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Evidence-Based Practice Written Assignment Outline

Paper will follow the rules of APA 7 format and style.

Title Page

Introduction (Note: the word introduction is  not a header) will address the following:

What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?  In student’s own words , not copy/pasted from any source.   Final sentence of introduction will state: This paper will present three articles related to EBP and will address ways to improve the use of EBP in nursing. (Entire introduction should be 2-4 sentences long.)

Body of Paper: Using in-text citations, each paragraph will have a heading and address the following:

1. Clarification of the kind of source being summarized (statistic, RCT, observational study, case study, lit review, commentary, etc.)

2. Explanation of author credentials (Is the author a nurse, doctor, other?) Each author need not be listed individually.  They can be referred to as a group (i.e., three of the authors are nurses, two are doctors).

3. Summary of the source (no more than 5 sentences long) What was the goal/purpose of the study?  How was the study conducted? What were the results of the study (data)?

4. One-two sentence(s) explaining the outcome (lesson learned) of the study.

Note: Summaries should be written as paragraphs, not numbered lists.  The prompts presented in these instructions should not be included in the summary.  Each sentence should make sense to a reader who has not seen the prompts.

Conclusion: Conclusion will discuss how the use EBP can be improved in 3-4 sentences. What can  nurses do?

References: List 3 selected studies from the 5 provided references in APA7 format.