Foundations of Evidence Based Practice

Requirements for Paper
This is to be a 4-5 page paper MAXIMUM, (not including the title and reference page) in APA format (7th ed) answering the following questions. You do not need an abstract.

1. Identify a patient problem you have in you work setting.

• What formal structures are in place to help address the problem?
• What evidence is there for addressing and investigating the problem?
• What barriers did you face in searching for evidence?
• What databases did you access for evidence and why? (be specific).

2. Find a clinical practice guideline from a source that publishes guidelines, such as the American College of Cardiology CHF guidelines, that would be suitable for the problem you identified. (Google “patient guidelines_____” for the topic you choose. Give an overview of the guideline. Critically appraise the guideline using the AGREE II Instrument posted in the modulRubric

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• Criteria Total Possible Points: 25
o Clearly identifies a patient problem in the clinical setting. Scope of problem, implications of problem and goals in resolving problem.- 2 points
o Clearly identifies formal structures in place to help address the problem. Includes department/service(s) key players. – 2 points
o Clearly identifies the use of evidence in addressing the problem. -2 points
o Identifies barriers in searching for evidence.- 2 points
o Clearly identifies databases that were accessed in researching the problem.- 2 points
o Identifies an appropriate Clinical Practice Guideline related to the patient problem. Identifies the specifics of the guideline. – 3 points
o Critically appraises the clinical practice guideline using the AGREE II instrument provided in the assignment link. – 10 points
o Paper is consistently written in APA format, 7th ed and falls within the 4-5 page limit not including title page and references. – 2 points
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