Evidence Based Practice Assessment Instructions
Your team
has presented its preliminary findings to the executive leadership in
your organization, but leadership has some doubts about some of the
information they received. Each member of the team has been charged with
doing a critical examination of recent research around each member’s
area of expertise. As the team’s nursing representative, you need to
look specifically at the health care concerns identified in the
Windshield Survey assessment.
Prepare a
4–5-page review of recent research that examines statistics on the
primary health concern of a population, describes the methods and tools
used in the research studies, explains the factors that affect health
promotion and disease prevention for a population, and recommends a
health care initiative.
Note: The
assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly
encouraged to complete them in sequence. Evidence Based Practice
Assessment
For
this assessment, you need to develop several points around which to
apply the research from the articles you located. Specifically, you need
to:
- Compare statistics for the primary health concern of your population to the rest of the general population in the United States. This would include frequency of occurrence, age groups most at risk, frequency of fatality, and so on.
- Describe the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in the research studies you located. Address any flaws or biases you believe are present.
- Explain the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for the population. (Hint: These may be things such as language barriers, cultural values, generational differences, social fear, and access to services.)
- Describe the types of health care initiatives that have been tried by other organizations specifically for the primary health care concern or the population.
- Recommend one health care initiative for your population, based on your research,
