Assignment

Advanced Levels of Clinical Inquiry and Systematic Reviews

Identify and briefly describe your chosen clinical issue of interest. Identify at least four relevant systematic reviews or other filtered high-level evidence, which includes meta-analyses, critically-appraised topics (evidence syntheses), critically-appraised individual articles (article synopses).

Develop a PICO(T) question to address the clinical issue of interest for the Assignment. Describe how you developed a PICO(T) question focused on your chosen clinical issue of interest.

Identify the four research databases that you used to conduct your search for the peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Describe the levels of evidence in each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, including an explanation of the strengths of using systematic reviews for clinical research. Be specific and provide examples.

Provide APA citations of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Only choose four articles from the cites

ABBASI, M., DEHGHAN, S. F., MADVARI, R. F., MEHRI, A., EBRAHIMI, M. H., POURSADEGHIYAN, M., … GHALJAHI, M. (2019). Interactive Effect of Background Variables and Workload Parameters on the Quality of Life among Nurses Working in Highly Complex Hospital Units: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research, 13(1), 8–13. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/37929.12482

Holland, P., Tham, T. L., Sheehan, C., & Cooper, B. (2019). The impact of perceived workload on nurse satisfaction with work-life balance and intention to leave the occupation. Applied Nursing Research, 49, 70–76. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2019.06.001

Jin, H., Chen, H., Munechika, M., Sano, M., & Kajihara, C. (n.d.). The effect of workload on nurses’ non-observance errors in medication administration processes: A cross-sectional study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, 24(5). https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1111/ijn.12679

Joan, Z. (2018). Higher Than Optimal Nurse Workloads Increase the Odds of Patient Mortality. AJN, American Journal of Nursing, (8), 17. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000544153.14198.44

Shin, S., Park, J.-H., & Bae, S.-H. (2018). Nurse staffing and nurse outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nursing Outlook, 66(3), 273–282. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2017.12.002

Chiang, H.-Y., Hsiao, Y.-C., & Lee, H.-F. (n.d.). Predictors of Hospital Nurses’ Safety Practices Work Environment, Workload, Job Satisfaction, and Error Reporting. JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY, 32(4), 359–368. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000240

Halm, M. (2019). The Influence of Appropriate Staffing and Healthy Work Environments on Patient and Nurse Outcomes. American Journal of Critical Care, 28(2), 152. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=134825022&site=eds-live&scope=site

Anna Lee, Yip Sing Leo Cheung, Gavin Matthew Joynt, Czarina Chi Hung Leung, Wai-Tat Wong, & Charles David Gomersall. (2017). Are high nurse workload/staffing ratios associated with decreased survival in critically ill patients? A cohort study. Annals of Intensive Care, (1), 1. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1186/s13613-017-0269-2