Description
Topic 1: Define and Describe Your Foreground and Background Information
In Unit 1 you identified a PICOT question. Using the same question, 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.
See the Discussion Board grading rubric on the Course Home.
Topic 2: Rapid Appraisal Checklists
Comment about how you can apply the checklists, referenced in the Practice section of Activities, into your research for feedback from your instructor and peers.
Reading
Textbook Readings
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare
- Chapter 1: “Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practice and Cultivating a Spirit of Inquiry”
- Chapter 2: “Asking Compelling, Clinical Questions”
- Chapter 3: “Finding Relevant Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions”
- Chapter 4: “Critically Appraising Knowledge for Clinical Decision Making”
- Chapter 5: “Critically Appraising Quantitative Evidence for Clinical Decision Making”
Journal Readings
Irwin, M., Bergman, M., & Richards, R. (2013). The experience of implementing evidence-based practice change: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Oncology Nursing, 17, 548–49.
Melnyk, B., Fineout-Overholt, E., Stillwell, S., & Williamson, K. (2009). Igniting a spirit of inquiry: An essential foundation for evidence-based practice. American Journal of Nursing, 109(11), 49–52.
Newhouse, R. (2006). Evidence and the executive: Examining the support for evidence-based nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Administration, 36(7/8), 337–340.
Welford, C., Murphy, K., & Casey, D. (2011). Demystifying nursing research terminology: Part 1. Nurse Researcher, 18(4), 38–43.
Welford, C., Murphy, K., & Casey, D. (2012). Demystifying nursing research terminology: Part 2. Nurse Researcher, 19(2), 29–35.
Web Resources
Go to the NCQA site, navigate to the “About NCQA” page, and read about the purpose and design of this organization to promote evidence-based quality in healthcare.
- National Committee on Quality Assurance. 2015. Retrieved from http://www.ncqa.org
Practice
- Review Appendix B, Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklists, on pages 539–550.
- Determine how the checklists can be integrated into your research and then begin applying to your project.
- Use Discussion Topic 2 to post your comments about using these checklists in your research.
NOTE:
Please, concentrate more on the question # 1.
Explanation & Answer
i have attached the paper. However, I was not sure whether to tackle topic 2 or not. Please let me know in case of any alterationsThank you
Running head: FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Nurse Rounding: An Evidence-Based Practice Paper
Name of Student
Name of Student
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FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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Nurse Rounding: An Evidence-Based Practice Paper
In evidence based practice, nursing practitioners need to acquire a general information of
the conditions of a patient and possible clinical interventions in any clinical encounter. With
increase in experience and a better understanding of how to ask background information, there is
need for a paradigm shift from asking simple to more complex foreground questions (Melnyk,
Fineout-Overholt, Stillwell & Williamson, 2009). Such complex foreground questions focus
more on finding relationships between: a specific patient; the problems of that...
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