Write a short paper no more than 6-7 pages. The paper should include all areas from the guidelines below. Be sure and include a copy of each article used.
Guidelines:
1. Write a clinical question using the PICOT format , and time.
a. Should reflect uncertainty in clinical practice
b. The question is phrased using the PICOT format. The following is an example of a PICOT question:
In newborn infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, does oral sucrose administration provide better non-pharmacologic pain management than non-nutritive sucking during heel sticks?
3. Appraise the evidence for evidence based practice . Use critical appraisal guide.
a. What is the quality of the evidence? How rigorous and reliable is it?
b. What is the evidence-magnitude of effects?
c. What is precision of estimates?
d. What evidence is there of side effects/benefits?
e. What is financial cost of applying the evidence?
f. Is the evidence relevant to my practice?
4. Extract the data. Complete the evaluation table for your two articles chosen.
5. Develop a plan for implementation
