21 Jan Women’s Health Initiative

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 1 Discussion

Introduce Yourself!

Throughout this course you will have many opportunities to respond to the opinions and comments of your classmates. Take this opportunity to introduce yourself and to learn about each other. Be sure to include your name, location, pathway or track for your MSN program, and something about you that you would like your classmates to know.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 2 Discussion

Define and Describe Your Foreground and Background Information

Using the PICOT question you identified, rewrite the question for your peers and define the difference between foreground and background information as it relates to your PICOT question. Also, provide a general overview on what evidence is available.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 3 Discussion

Defining Internal and External Evidence

Discuss the difference between external and internal evidence as it relates to your PICOT search strategy.

Address the strengths and weaknesses of searching in a databank versus a web-based search engine. You must use two databanks mentioned in the text.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 4 Discussion

Searching for Data

Describe three unique features of PubMed database that sets this database apart from other evidence-based search engines.

Compare and contrast two additional databases and reference your selected topic, by using the Cochrane Collaboration and Medline as your search engines.

Determine how you applied the three key questions when deciding which database to use.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 5 Discussion

Quantitative Research Design

Using the knowledge and insights gained from the textbook and other reliable sources answer the following.

In your own words, define quantitative research and provide two examples of quantitative designs with a brief explanation of each design.

Identify a potential quantitative research study that is important to nursing and describe which design you would use for this study, why you would use that design, and how the information generated from the study could be applied in nursing practice.

Reflect as to the value of quantitative research adding to the science, knowledge, and practice of nursing.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 6 Discussion

Qualitative Research Design

Using the knowledge and insights gained from the textbook and other reliable sources answer the following. Define, in your own words, qualitative research. Locate and cite two different types of qualitative research articles related to your PICOT project. Provide a brief explanation of each design. Identify a potential qualitative research study that is important to nursing and describe which design you would use for this study, why you would use that design, and how the information generated from the study could be applied in nursing practice. Reflect on the value of qualitative research adding to the science, knowledge, and practice of nursing.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 7 Discussion

EBP and PICOT

Discuss how you used the three components inherent to Evidence-Based Practice inquiry to direct your clinical question database search.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 8 Discussion

Evidence-Based Change

Locate an article from a peer-reviewed nursing journal where a practice change was made based on research, preferably a change that could relate to your area of practice or organization. Note: You are seeking to find an evidence-based article that describes some change in practice that was based on research; this is all about applying research, not doing research. Thus, you are not looking for a research article, but you are looking for an article that uses evidence from research to make a change.

Describe the change made and comment on the strength of the research evidence utilized and the whether the change led to improved patient outcomes.

Note any barriers to change that were identified and how they were overcome.

End your discussion with a reflection on how this article is useful to you as you consider your role as an advanced practice nurse leading others to use the best evidence to strengthen nursing practice and improve nursing-sensitive patient outcomes.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 9 Discussion

PICOT

Complete the EBP Implementation Scale for your PICOT. Post your results here for peer and instructor feedback.

MN504 Scientific and Analytic Approaches to Advanced Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 10 Discussion

Collaboration for Research and Evidence-based Practice

Consider the role of the nurse as an interdisciplinary team member in completing research and using research findings to inform health care practices.

Review the following:

Women’s Health Initiative retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi

Collaborative strategies to enhance research and evidence-based practice. (see Journal in Reading)

Answer the following questions:

Discuss the role of the advanced practice nurse as an interdisciplinary research collaborator and member of the interdisciplinary team obligated to co-participate in the implementation and use of evidence-based practice.

End your discussion by providing an example of an evidence-based change that would require the collaborative efforts of nursing and at least two other healthcare disciplines and that would lead to quality improvement in healthcare.