DIRECTIONS: Please read the Evidence-Based Practice Guideline-Searchable Clinical Questions Form Guidelines and Rubric located in Course Resources, for instructions on how to complete this form. You may add more rows to each table to fit your search.
1. CLINICAL QUESTION:
In the adult patient does hypothermia verses maintaining normothermia during surgery increase infection rate?
2. Identify the PICO (T) Terms:
P- Adult surgical patients
I- Hypothermia
C- Maintaining Normothermia
O- Increased postoperative infections
T- N/A
3. SEARCH: PUBMED/MEDLINE
Go to MEDLINE at http://www.pubmed.gov and conduct a search on your clinical question. Please type your search history in the table below:
Search Number P I C O T # of Results Notes
4. SEARCH: EBSCO/CINAHL
Go to the Chamberlain Library at http://www.chamberlain.edu/library and enter EBSCO. Conduct a search on your clinical question. Please type your search history in the table below:
Search Number P I C O T # of Results Notes
5. SEARCH: THE JOANNA BRIGGS INSTITUTE
Go to The Joanna Briggs Institute via the CCN Library. Conduct a search on your clinical question. Please type your search history in the table below:
Search Number P I C O T # of Results Notes
EBP Searchable Clinical Questions
with Annotated Bibliography
Guidelines with Scoring Rubric
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to: a) formulate a PICO (T)-formatted clinical question, b) identify key terms for conducting a review of the literature, c) search for relevant evidence in scholarly databases, and provide a summary of research articles to support an answer to the clinical question.
Course Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
(CO#3) Apply research principles to interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO 9)
(CO#4) Analyze data from relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery of care. (PO 4)
(CO#5) Analyze the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master?s Education in Nursing. (PO 1)
Due Date: Sunday 11:59 PM MT at the end of Week 5.
Total Points Possible: 200
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