EBP

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Literature Search (25 points)

Directions: Identify a clinical issue or problem. Develop a study question to answer the question. Perform a literature search (consider working with a librarian on this). Complete the following items on the word document (.docx) provided in the module (download the document, complete it, then upload into the assignment area). Or, copy and paste the assignment (below) into your own word document (.docx), then upload it into the assignment area. DO NOT ALTER THIS DOCUMENT (a 5-point deduction will occur)

Name:

Academic Program & Population of Focus (-1 point if missing, e.g., BSN-DNP, Pediatric Primary Care):

Clinical Issue or Problem (3 points) (e.g., there is a high number of pediatric needlesticks in an Emergency Department)

There is an increased number of hospitals acquired infections in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Problem Statement (3 points) (e.g., the average number of needlesticks for children in an Emergency Department is 2.2 needlesticks per visit [author & author, 2019])

The rate of infections among the hospitalized patients in an intensive care unit increased from 4.6% to 9.3% in the past few months (Haque et al., 2018).

Study Question (5 points)

· PICO(T) format (e.g., Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2019, Appendix A, pp. 706-7)

P (Patient/problem) – Healthcare professionals, Patients, Hospital acquired infection

I – (intervention) – hand hygiene/hand washing using soap and water

C – (Comparison) – hand rubs

O – (outcome) – reduced infection rate

(T) – (time) – Hospitalization period.

Does hand washing using soap and water compared to hand rubs reduce hospital acquired infections in an intensive care unit during the hospitalization period.

Key Search Terms (5 points) (include Boolean operators)

Hand washing AND hospital acquired infections OR health care associated infections OR nosocomial infections

Search Engines Used (5 points) (e.g., PubMed, CINAHL, etc.)

CINAHL Plus with Full Text

Cochrane Library

PubMed

Medline

Number of Initial Publications Generated (1 point) (matching the search terms and phrases)

14,100

Refined Search: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria (2 points)

Inclusion:

· Full Text

· Published within the last five years

· Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals

· Academic Journals

Exclusion.

· Any publication before 2017

· Journals with only abstracts

· Books

Number of Publications Generated and Number Selected the Literature Review (1 point)

2,649 publications

References

Haque, M., Sartelli, M., McKimm, J., & Abu Bakar, M. (2018). Health care-associated infections - an overview. Infection and drug resistance, 11, 2321–2333. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S177247