Assignment task: Find a current clinical practice guideline about chronic pain in patient diagnosed with osteoarthritis dated within the past five years from the assigned reading or the website of the professional nursing association of your area of interest or nursing specialty. Answer the following questions:
1. Read the selected clinical practice guideline and share its:
- Title
- Date of publication
- Organization or author
- Purpose
- Target population
- Two major clinical recommendations
2. In a concise paragraph, provide a reflection of your appraisal of the clinical recommendations by examining the following aspects of the clinical practice guideline:
Did the organization or author have the expertise to produce the guideline? Explain.
Were the recommendations based on strong evidence? Consider the levels of evidence for the references used to develop the clinical practice guideline and explain.
What was the overall strength/grade of the evidence for appraising clinical practice guidelines?
How will the recommendations help you to care for patients?