Instructions
Appraising the Evidence and Creating an Evaluation Table
This assignment will help you take the next step in translating research to practice. An RCA must be done on all articles from the literature search that at first blush seemed appropriate to answer your PICOT question. Your literature search most likely resulted in over one hundred articles. Reviewing all of them, while appropriate when creating your own quality improvement (QI) project, is not the most efficient use of time. Since the purpose of this assignment is to learn the process of appraising the evidence and creating an Evaluation Table, you will be provided with results from a pared-down literature search for this assignment that is related to the topic you have been working on. The link to the reference list from that literature search is below. You will use these studies for the assignment this week and in Submissions Area.
Tasks:
This week, you will focus on appraising the quantitative studies in the provided reference list only, reviewing them, and objectively assessing their value for the intervention for your project. You will then summarize the studies in the Evaluation Table, which will provide a snapshot of the external evidence. In Week 7, you will create a Synthesis Table and evaluate the results. For now, your focus is on setting up an Evaluation Table and adding the quantitative evidence.
To prepare for the assignment:
- Complete RCAs of your quantitative studies using the appropriate RCA checklists.
- Complete RCAs of the quantitative studies only from the Reference List using the appropriate RCA checklists.
Click here to review the RCA checklists.
- Use the Evaluation Table Template, a Microsoft Word document that can be accessed from the link.
- Develop an Evaluation Table that includes the quantitative studies you have appraised.
Submission Details:
- For your assignment, include the following:
- Copies of the RCA checklists for the quantitative studies in one document.
- An evaluation table that includes the quantitative studies.
- Name your compilation as SU_NSG7020_W4_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
- Submit your paper to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
