Locating Credible Databases and Research Paper

Locating Credible Databases and Research Paper

Locating Credible Databases and Research Paper

            Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an essential component of nursing practice in the modern world. It entails the use of best research evidence, patient values, and one’s expertise in making treatment decisions. EBP contributes to care outcomes such as enhanced safety, quality, and efficiency. Nurses should have the competencies needed for them to implement evidence-based strategies in their practice. Therefore, this essay examines a case scenario involving a nurse who wants to learn more about the management of a post-operative patient. The essay explores topics that include communication strategies, best places to complete research, sources of online information, and why they should provide best evidence.

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Communication Strategies

            Effective communication is important to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis and collaborate in access and use of best practices in their care. One of them is raising awareness about the importance of evidence-based practices. Raising awareness increases the urge and interest among nurses to utilize best practices in their patient care process (Bianchi et al., 2018). The other strategy is facilitating the process. Facilitation is achievable through training, coaching, and mentorship. Training nurses about searching best practices and translating them into practice builds the competence and confidence they need in offering best care to their patients. Coaching and mentorship help them to sustain the desired behaviors and skills for evidence-based practice. The other communication strategy is seeking feedback from the nurses on their experiences with utilizing research in their practice (Horntvedt et al., 2018). Feedback informs improvement strategies to build competencies in their practice.

Best Places to Complete Research

            Online libraries are the best places for completing research. They provide enhanced benefits such as access to extensive sources of research related to the diagnosis or healthcare issue. One can access online libraries through the university’s library. The online library also provides the opportunity to customize the search and results related to the diagnosis or healthcare issue. The type of resources accessed through the online library include articles, journals, quality improvement projects, guidelines and policies utilized in case management. The resources would enrich the nurses’ understanding of the diagnosis and its clinical management.

Five Sources of Online Information

            Several sources of online information can be used to locate evidence for the clinical diagnosis and practice issue. They include CINHAHL, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and MEDLINE. These online databases provide access to accurate sources of evidence-based data. The evidence is peer-reviewed and has high reliability and validity rates.

Why The Sources of Online Information Should Provide the Best Evidence for the Chosen Diagnosis

            The sources of online information selected should provide best evidence for the chosen diagnosis to ensure safety in patient care. Often, nurses and other healthcare providers make their care decisions based on the information obtained from the selected online platforms. As a result, the information should be accurate to minimize the potentials of patient harm in the care process. The selected sources of online information should also provide best evidence since they transform nursing practice. Nurses use the evidence to introduce new, innovative practices that optimize patient care outcomes. Lastly, they should provide best evidence, as they contribute to efficiency and quality in nursing care (Ellis, 2019). Nurses rely on the sources of evidence to minimize resource wastage in their practice as well as provide high-quality care that align with the needs of their patients.

Conclusion

            In summary, EBP is important for enhanced care outcomes in nursing. Nurses should be assisted to develop competencies in translating evidence into practice. Strategies such as training, coaching, mentorship, and seeking feedback are effective. Nurses should ensure that the sources of online information are accurate, valid, and reliable. The need for this is to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency in the patient care process.

References

Bianchi, M., Bagnasco, A., Bressan, V., Barisone, M., Timmins, F., Rossi, S., Pellegrini, R., Aleo, G., & Sasso, L. (2018). A review of the role of nurse leadership in promoting and sustaining evidence-based practice. Journal of Nursing Management, 26(8), 918–932. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12638

Ellis, P. (2019). Evidence-based Practice in Nursing. Learning Matters.

Horntvedt, M.-E. T., Nordsteien, A., Fermann, T., & Severinsson, E. (2018). Strategies for teaching evidence-based practice in nursing education: A thematic literature review. BMC Medical Education, 18(1), 172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-018-1278-z

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Assessment 1 Instructions: Locating Credible Databases and Research

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• Create a 2-4 page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.

Introduction

Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.

Your Online e-Portfolio

Creating an ePortfolio is not required in the BSN program, but you may find it helpful to create one to attach to your professional resume while job hunting. Online ePortfolios serve two key purposes: 1) to support learning and reflection, and 2) to be used as a showcase tool. Your learning journey can be documented, and ePortfolios contribute to lifelong learning and growth through reflection and sharing. Online ePortfolios can also be shared with employers and peers to present artifacts that demonstrate your accomplishments at Capella.

Professional Context

As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for providing patient-centered, competent care based on current evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best practices.

Scenario

You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgical floor of a local teaching hospital. This hospital is nationally recognized as a leader in education and has a computer lab with an online library where staff has access to medical research databases (that is, CINAHL, PubMed, Medline, and Cochrane library) and online sources of all hospital policies, procedures, and guidelines, and computers at nurse workstations that also have access to these resources. (For this scenario, use the Capella University Library to simulate the hospital’s online library.) You have given the nurses their patient assignments and you have all participated in shift report. A new nurse who just completed orientation and training a week ago approaches you and tells you that one of the assigned patients has a diagnosis he or she is very unfamiliar with. Knowing that patient-centered care based on best practices is imperative to positive patient outcomes, you want to assist this nurse to find research that can be utilized to provide the best care for this patient. Describe how you would communicate with this nurse to encourage him or her to research the diagnosis. Assume you will assist in the quest to locate evidence, then describe where you would go within the facility and what resources you would look for. These resources may include websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, or any other sources of online information.

You may choose the diagnosis for the patient in this scenario or health care issue/diagnosis of your choice. Or you may choose something you would find interesting to research or that applies to a clinical problem/diagnosis you would be interested in addressing. Create a list of at least five sources that could be used to find evidence, with the best source listed first, and explain why the sources you chose are best to find evidence for the diagnosis you chose and the clinical scenario. You are only evaluating the sources of evidence (database, website, policy database or website, journal article, et cetera). You are not actually completing a search and selecting evidence. Consider the following examples: a nursing journal in CINAHL may not be the best source of evidence for information on how to administer medications through a central-venous catheter, whereas a hospital policy database found on a website may not be the best source of information on caring for a patient with a rare chromosomal abnormality.

Preparation

To help ensure you are prepared to complete this assessment, review the following resources related to the Capella library. These resources will provide you an overview of the types of tools, resources, and guides available in the library. This may be useful in forming a better understanding of the library to apply to the hypothetical situation laid out in the scenario of this assessment.

• • BSN Program Library Research Guide.
  • Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Health Sciences.
  • Databases A-Z: Nursing & Health Sciences.
  • Get Critical Search Skills.

Remember, it is also appropriate to look toward databases and resources outside of the Capella library, such as organizational policies, professional organizations, and government health care resources.

You are encouraged to complete the Evaluating the Credibility of Evidence activity. This activity offers an opportunity to practice evaluating the credibility of evidence. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 1 successfully and is for your own practice and self-assessment. Completing this activity is also a way to demonstrate course engagement.

Instructions

The purpose of this assessment is to understand where to find evidence that can be applied to clinical scenarios and to learn effective communication and collaboration with clinical staff during the process of evidence location. As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will not only use research for self-improvement in your clinical role, but you will also serve as a mentor to supervised nursing staff. Therefore, you will need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively to guide them toward resources to find research, as well as support them through the initial evidence location process. In doing so, nurses can gain access to evidence that can be analyzed and utilized to stay current on best practices. This allows them to provide safe, patient-centered care and improve patient outcomes.

For this assessment:

• • Describe your role as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse supervising clinical staff nurses with regard to communication and collaboration in locating evidence for application to a nursing practice scenario.
  • Compile a list of five online databases or other online sources (that is, websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, et cetera) that can be used to research evidence to apply to this scenario or clinical practice issue/diagnosis and describe to which of these you would direct a nurse colleague to search for evidence.
  • Describe where you might go in the work place to complete this research and how you would access the desired, relevant research within research databases or other online sources.

Be sure to address the following in this assessment, which correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so that you will know what is needed for a distinguished score.

• • Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis/practice issue, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
  • Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources you would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue within the context of a specific health care setting.
  • Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis/practice issue.
  • Explain why the sources of online information selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
  • Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.

Note: While you are not selecting and evaluating specific evidence to help with the clinical diagnosis/practice issue, you should still be citing the literature and best practices to support your description of your communication and collaboration approach. Additionally, it is appropriate to cite best practices related to EBP and evaluating databases to support your explanation as to why you selected the five sources of online information that you did.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

• • Assessment 1 Example [PDF].

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

• • Length of submission: 2-4 pages (not including the title page or the reference page) description of communication, collaboration, and evidence location process, including a list of databases or other sources with description of why they are appropriate for clinical scenario diagnosis/health care issue (that is, something that would be useable in professional practice for other nurses). Be sure to include an APA-formatted reference page at the end of your submission.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of three sources of scholarly or professional evidence that supports your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than five years old.
  • APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

• • Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.

• • • Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.

• • Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision within the context of a specific health care setting.

• • • Describe the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.

• • Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.

• • • Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a diagnosis/health care issue and three out of five should be specific to the diagnosis/health care issue.

• • Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.

• • • Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.

• • • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

• • • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

• SCORING GUIDE

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

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Locating Credible Databases and Research Scoring Guide

CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.	Does not describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.	Lists communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.	Describes communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.	Describes communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources. Additionally, notes specific benefits of strategies in helping to build professional competence or a positive professional relationship. Cites literature to support discussion.
Describe the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for a diagnosis.	Does not describe the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access resources to find pertinent information for a diagnosis.	Lists the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access resources to find pertinent information for a diagnosis.	Describes the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access resources to find pertinent information for a diagnosis.	Describes the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access resources to find pertinent information for a diagnosis. Notes one or more reasons for utilizing the places within the health care setting.
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis/health care issue, and three out of five should be specific to the diagnosis/health care issue.	Does not identify sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis/health care issue.	Identifies less than five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence specific to a clinical diagnosis/health care issue, or one or more of the identified sources of online information is inappropriate for professional nursing practice.	Identifies five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence specific to a clinical diagnosis/health care issue, and ensures three out of five are specific to the diagnosis/health care issue.	Identifies five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence specific to a clinical diagnosis/health care issue, and ensures three out of five are specific to the diagnosis/health care issue. Ranks the sources from most useful for nurses to least.
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.	Does not explain the sources selected.	Identifies the sources selected, but does not provide a full or clear explanation as to the relevance or usefulness of the sources selected within the context of the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.	Explains why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.	Explains why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue. Notes criteria used to determine the relevance and usefulness of the sources.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.	Does not organize content for ideas. Lacks logical flow and smooth transitions.	Attempts to organize content with some logical flow and smooth transitions. Contains several errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.	Organizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.	Organizes content with a clear purpose. Content flows logically with smooth transitions using coherent paragraphs, correct grammar/punctuation, word choice, and free of spelling errors.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.	Does not apply APA formatting to headings, in-text citations, and references. Does not use quotes or paraphrase correctly.	Applies APA formatting to in-text citations, headings and references incorrectly, detracting noticeably from the content. Inconsistently uses headings, quotes, and/or paraphrasing.	Applies APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.	Exhibits strict and flawless adherence to APA formatting of headings, in-text citations, and references. Quotes and paraphrases correctly.