Nur 555 Appraise a quantitative article from your PICO search on your topic of interest
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My final PICOT statement is: Healthcare workers (P) hand hygiene and proper wearing and disposal of PPEs (I) as opposed to no Intervention (C) reduces prevalence for hospital-acquired infections (O) in 6 months(T).
Appraise a quantitative article from your PICO search on your topic of interest.. Write a summary by briefly answering the following questions:
- List the citation for the article in APA Format
- Name the Database where you found the article (such as CINAHL, Medline, etc)
- What was the study’s purpose, design, sampling technique, sample size, and characteristics of the sample?
- Identify the hypothesis, independent and dependent variables.
- How was the data evaluated (measurement tool, etc)?
- Would the study help you with your PICOT problem? Explain.
- What are the strengths and weaknesses to consider if you were to include it in your Evidence Based Practice Change Proposal?
- Begin with CINAHL (used advance search options for full text resources) Look in others such as (Guidelines.gov, Cochrane, Medline, Embase, PsyINFO, Cochrane, etc.).
- Searchoptions are limited to the above mentioned References/sites only
- Must be written using correct grammar, and college level English
- Must have Knowledge of the question
- 7th edition APA format
- At least 4 references
- Minimum 500 words
