Choose ONE of the following TWO scenarios to inform your response to the task:
Scenario 1
You attend clinical placement at an aged care home where the Nurse Unit Manager tells you they are wanting to find out best practice for preventing falls in residents. The research question they want you to answer is: “In adults, what nurse-initiated interventions are effective for preventing falls?” Or
Scenario 2
You attend clinical placement in a hospital where the Nurse Unit Manager tells you they are wanting to find out best practice for assessing nutritional status. The research question they want you to answer is: “In adults, what tools are effective for assessing nutritional status”?
TASK
Using the following A’s of Evidence Based Practice, you are to:
ACQUIRE the literature by using a structured search strategy adapted as appropriate for various research databases (e.g. Google Scholar, PubMed; CINAHL; PsycINFO) to identify evidence that will inform your response to the research question. You are to report and justify your search strategy.
APPRAISE the quality of studies by grouping according to their position on the NHMRC Level of Evidence and comment on implications of study quality.
