NURS-FPX4030 Locating Credible Databases and Research
Locating Credible Databases and Research on COPD SAMPLE SOLUTION
The goal of this test is to help a new nurse find good databases for research on COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We will look at the databases available through the Capella Library and make a list of them from best to worst for finding evidence-based practices about COPD. As a preceptor teaching a new nurse, the best thing you can do to help them learn is to tell them to learn more about the diagnosis. The preceptor’s job would be to give them the tools they need to do this. Use verbal and interpersonal ways of talking to make sure you understand the instructions the best you can. Huber (2015, p. 112) says that verbal communication is both talking and writing. Interpersonal communication, on the other hand, is face-to-face communication between two or more people who are always aware of each other and send and receive information. Tell the new nurse where to find information, such as policies, internal search databases, and guidelines for the facility. Ask them to come back, teach what they’ve learned, talk about what they’ve learned, and ask any questions they might have. “Clinicians are told to ask questions about clinical practices to make sure they are based on evidence and don’t hurt patients” (Bourgault, 2018, p.10).
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This database has the best definitions of COPD from a group of medical sources. You can use filters to narrow your search by subject, date range, length, type of media, or collection. It also has links to other search databases and pages about topics that are similar. This would be a good place to start if you just want to learn more about the disease and how it works before you start looking into evidence-based practices. This would be most helpful for a new nurse who doesn’t know much about a certain diagnosis. NURS-FPX4030 Finding Reliable Databases and Information
Summon: This is the most common way to look for information in the library databases. Once you type in the subject and see the results, you can filter the results. You can do an advanced search on the main search page, but the site is just as easy to use if you search first and check filters. The search page has information about the Summon features. With all the filters you need, it’s easy to find evidence-based practices from peer-reviewed, scholarly journals published within the last 5 years. All the results are ranked by how relevant they are. “Current practices can be called into question when you use up-to-date information from new EBP research” (Chrisman, Jordan, Davis, & Williams, 2014, p.8). This search engine gives you results from a lot of different databases. This is the best place to find evidence-based practices for medical diagnosis that are easy to use.
This search engine, Cinahl Complete/EBSCO host, is similar to “Summon” in that it lets you search right away in advance. You can start by narrowing your search. In the search bar, you can choose between the main point and two other options that allow you to broaden your search. There are also many different ways to search. Some of the options are full text, range of dates for when it was published, language, evidence-based practice, peer review, publication type, and many others. With all of the filter options checked, the search can be narrowed down to evidence-based practices from the last 5 years that have been published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. This makes it easy to get the most relevant results quickly. This would be the next best place to look for medical practices that are backed up by evidence.
Health and Medical Collection by ProQuest: This database has all of the search page filters as well. This site also has two different thesauruses that can be used for research. The filters for evidence-based practice, scholarly reviewed, and date range to narrow down timeframe all let the most specific and relevant items show up first. This database has the most languages to choose from for research, which could be useful if education needs to be given in more than one language. This database would be the next best place to find medical diagnosis results based on evidence-based practice.
Ovid Nursing Full Text PLUS: Searches in more than one field. Like other databases, the filters let you choose what to show. But compared to the other databases listed, this one has less filter options to choose from. It still lets you choose from the last five years, journals that have been reviewed by experts, and full-text journals. It is the least user-friendly and last choice, but it is still possible to find evidence-based practice results for medical diagnosis when doing research related to medicine.
Conclusion
Five databases were evaluated and listed to most useful to least useful. All of these databases were chosen from Capella’s extensive database collection because they were directly related to finding information and evidence based practice for nursing, medical diagnosis, or medical field specifically. The most important thing for the new nurse is to help them find evidence based information effectively. “Currently, evidence suggest the more nurses perceive research as difficult to find and understand, the lower they perceive their own knowledge and skills related to EBP”, (Keib, Cailor, Kiersma, & Chen, 2017, p.37). It is important for the new nurse to be able to learn more as they practice patient care by helping them find the best evidence based information along the way.
References
Bourgault, A. M. (2018, December). Bridging evidence-based practice and research. Critical Care Nurse, 38(6), 10-12. doi:http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.4037/ccn2018278
Chrisman, J., Jordan, R., Davis, C., & Williams, W. (2014, July/August). Exploring evidence-based practice research. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, 12(4), 8-12. doi:10.1097/01.NME.0000450295.93626.e7
Huber, D. L. (2015). Leadership and Nursing Care Management (5 ed.). Philedelphia: Saunders. NURS-FPX4030 Locating Credible Databases and Research
Retrieved June 2019, from https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781455740710
Keib, C., Cailor, S. M., Kiersma, M. E., & Chen, A. M. (2017, July). Changes in nursing students’ perceptions of research and evidence-based practice after completing a research course. Nurse Education Today, 37-43. doi:https://doi.org/10.1
Assessment 1 Instructions: Locating Credible Databases and Research
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Create a 1-2-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.
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.
Demonstration of Proficiency
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.
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
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 clinical diagnosis.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
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 Help 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 Help 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. NURS-FPX4030 Locating Credible Databases and Research
You may choose the diagnosis for the patient in this scenario. Choose something you would find interesting to research or that applies to a clinical problem 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, 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 and describe to which of these you would direct a nurse colleague to search for evidence.
Describe where you might go in the clinical setting 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, 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 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.
Explain why the sources of online information selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
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, 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].
Submission Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
Length of submission: 1–2 pages (not including 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 (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. NURS-FPX4030 Locating Credible Databases and Research
Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you complete the final Capstone course.
SCORING GUIDE
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
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Assessment 2 Instructions: Determining the Credibility of Evidence and Resources
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Develop a 2-4-page scholarly paper in which you describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, and then identify and analyze credible evidence that could be used as the basis for applying EBP to the issue.
The goal of using evidence-based research findings is to enhance safety and quality of patient care and ensure optimal outcomes are achieved. It is not uncommon to hear a nurse say, “why change it as we’ve always done it this way.” However, this is no longer acceptable in today’s practice environment. The profession of nursing has evolved, and the expectation is that the professional nurse has a scientific foundation to support the care that is provided. As the profession of nursing continues to evolve and engage in health care transformation, baccalaureate-prepared nurses are expanding taking on leadership roles that include incorporating EBPs. To be able to do this, the nurse needs to understand the criteria and makes a resource credible, as this is crucial when deciding if the research is valid and reliable for implementation into health care settings. NURS-FPX4030 Locating Credible Databases and Research
It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health Determining the Credibility of Evidence activity prior to developing the report. The activity is a media simulation that offers an opportunity to review a scenario and work on determining the credibility of presented evidence. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 2 successfully. This media simulation is one potential source of context on which to base your assessment submission. This will take just a few minutes of your time and is not graded.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Explain criteria that should be considered when determining credibility of resources such as journal articles and websites.
Analyze the credibility and relevance of evidence and resources within the context of a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 3: Apply an evidence-based practice model to address a practice issue.
Explain the importance of incorporating credible evidence into an EBP model used to address a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, that could benefit from an evidence-based approach.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to incorporate the best available evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients, health care systems, and nursing practice outcomes are positively impacted.
Scenario
For this assessment, you may choose from the following options as the context for the quality or safety issue or chosen diagnosis for researching and completing this assessment:
The specific diagnosis you identified in your previous assessment.
The simulation Vila Health: Determining the Credibility of Evidence.
A personal practice experience in which a sentinel event occurred.
Instructions
The purpose of this analysis is to better understand what constitutes credibility of journal articles as well as websites. The role of the baccalaureate-prepared nurse in incorporating evidence-based research continues to growth in clinical practice. As quality improvement (QI) measures to reduce safety risks continue to be emphasized, the need for evidence-based models and evidence-based templates is growing. This type of systematic approach to incorporating evidence-based findings allows nurses to make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence. When the most up-to-date evidence-based findings are utilized, patient-centered care improves outcomes and enhances the patient experience. NURS-FPX4030 Locating Credible Databases and Research
For this assessment:
Explain the criteria that should be used when determining the credibility of journal articles as well as websites.
Support your explanations with references to the literature or research articles that describe criteria that should be used to determine credibility.
Your identification and determination of credibility should be done within the context of your chosen scenario for this assessment. For example, if you choose to use the provided Vila Health scenario, your initial identification of resources should be of resources that will best help address the presented issue. However, if you are locating resources to help provide evidence-based care for the diagnosis you identified in the first assessment, you may want to begin your literature and evidence search from the databases that identified. Any of the three scenario options are acceptable. So, pick the one that most interests you.
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 a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, that could benefit from an evidence-based approach.
Explain criteria that should be considered when determining credibility of resources such as journal articles and websites.
Analyze the credibility and relevance of evidence and resources within the context of a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
This is where you are selecting the specific resources to help address the issue in your chosen scenario.
Explain the importance of incorporating credible evidence into an EBP model used to address a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Selecting a model for evidence-based practice changes. [PDF]and Evidence-Based Practice Models help explain the various evidence-based nursing models.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
Submission Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
Length of submission: 2–4-page scholarly paper, this does not include the APA-formatted title page and reference list.
Number of references: Cite 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support 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.
