Reasearch

Reasearch Evidence-Based NURSING The Research Practice Connection Sarah Jo Brown 1 Choose your clinical area, determine a clinical practice problem Clinical area is ICU Clinical practice problem is CAUTI (done) 2 Background as to the rational for choice of question Done) 3 Develop a" researchable "question Using the PICOTS method ( in chapter 11) The researchable question is: Does reducing the usage of urinary catheters in conscious patients in the intensive care units effective in reducing catheter related infections during their stay in ICU? 4 Conduct your search of the literature to find out the best evidence available and Assess the strengh of evidence in chapter 10 , Box 10-1 , Box 10-3 What need to be added Only whatis mentioned below needs to be done. One more article jugde each article using Box 10-1 page 255 of the book Strengh of body of Evidence 1 Are the studies of the best design type for the issue being considered? 2 The quality (risk or bias of the studies and/SRs 3 The consistency of the findings across studies 4 the number of the studies 5 Were enough patients studied to be confident of the findings? 6 If an intervention, was the size of the estimated benefit in the population resonably precise? 7 Directness to health outcomes