1. Amy Knehans, MLIS AHIP

2. Categories of Information Sources
Systems: synthesized resources that summarize information from many sources. (DynamMed)
They often provide background information.
Most answers to questions asked can be found in a synthesized resource
Provide guidance or recommendations for patient management.
Summaries: systematic review of articles and clinical practice guidelines—you assess the information and make decisions. (Cochrane, Medline, CINAHL, TRIP)
By collecting the evidence on a topic, systematic reviews become more useful than individual or primary studies.
Studies: individual studies (eg, MEDLINE articles)
Many studies exist but the information they contain needs evaluation before application to clinical problems.

3. JAMAevidence
Center for Evidence Based Medicine
HHSL Systematic Reviews

5. Resources to Search
An answer to a focused clinical question that I can’t find in synthesis resources.
CINAHL
Medline/Clinical Queries/PubMed Health
Joana Briggs (Systematic Reviews)
Cochrane (Systematic Reviews)
PsychInfo
Web of Science
AHRQ

6. Objective - Identify/define the question to be addressed precisely and explicitly. All members of the team should work to develop and perfect the question because it guides the rest of the review production process.
A benefit from careful consideration of the question is that it sets the stage for efficient and effective literature searching to identify and retrieve the current best evidence.
Specifying a structured question and identifying an appropriate study design to answer it will allow you to select and use searching resources efficiently and thus enhance your evidence-based practice.
Guyatt G, Meade M.O., Agoritsas T, Richardson W, Jaeschke R (2015). What Is the Question?. In Guyatt G, Rennie D, Meade M.O., Cook D.J. (Eds), Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd ed. Retrieved August 11, 2016 from

7. Can patient centered interventions improve medication adherence? P=
adults prescribed self-administered medication for prevention of chronic diseases (can get specific i.e. diabetes) I=
patient centered (or name intervention specifically) i.e. education, motivational support, follow up phone calls (based on patient needs) C=
none OR traditional medication adherence interventions O=
medication adherence, Biomarkers, mortality, morbidity, quality of life, patient satisfaction, quality of care for studies with a statistically significant improvement in medication adherence, Adverse events, decreasing re-hospitalizations and mortality; reducing medical care costs; restoring self-esteem; and diminishing depression.

8. What are the interventions to reduce or prevent pressure ulcers in the operating room?
(((((preventive measures [Title/Abstract]) OR prevention and control [MeSH Terms]) OR preventive interventions[Title/Abstract])) OR (((("risk assessment"[Title/Abstract]) OR "Risk Assessment"[Mesh]) OR prevention[Title/Abstract]) OR pressure ulcer prevention [Title/Abstract]) OR ("Pressure Ulcer/prevention and control"[Mesh]))) AND ((((((((((((((((((((((pressure ulcer[MeSH Terms]) OR Bedsore[Title/Abstract]) OR Bedsores[Title/Abstract]) OR Skin Ulcer[Title/Abstract]) OR Decubitus Ulcer[Title/Abstract]) OR Pressure Sore[Title/Abstract]) OR pressure sores[Title/Abstract]) OR dermal ulcers[Title/Abstract]) OR pressure injuries[Title/Abstract]) OR pressure wound[Title/Abstract]) OR "PU prevention"[Title/Abstract]) OR pressure ulcer[Title/Abstract]) OR pressure area care[Title/Abstract]) OR pressure injury[Title/Abstract]) OR skin assessment[Title/Abstract]) OR skin tear[Title/Abstract])) AND (((((((((((((((((((Intraoperative Care[MeSH Terms]) OR Postoperative Complications[MeSH Terms]) OR Postoperative Period[MeSH Terms]) OR Postoperative Care[MeSH Terms]) OR intraoperative complications[MeSH Terms]) OR perioperative period[MeSH Terms]) OR Perioperative Care[MeSH Terms]) OR Perioperative Nursing[MeSH Terms]) OR Surgical Procedures, Operative[MeSH Terms]) OR Operating Rooms[MeSH Terms]) OR General Surgery[MeSH Terms]) OR Operating Tables[MeSH Terms]) OR Operating Room Nursing[MeSH Terms]) OR Monitoring, Intraoperative[MeSH Terms]) OR Intraoperative Period[MeSH Terms]) OR intraoperative prevention[Title/Abstract]) OR intraoperative incidence[Title/Abstract]) OR surgery[Title/Abstract]) OR surgical patients[Title/Abstract]))) NOT negative pressure wound therapy[MeSH Terms]) NOT “negative pressure wound therapy”[Text Word])

9. Use Filters and Limits My NCBI to customize

10. Evidence Based Medicine limit options in Medline
Limit a Search by Publication Types
clinical trial
controlled clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
meta-analysis
guideline
practice guideline
multicenter study
consensus development conference
comparative study
evaluation studies
Subject Subsets
Systematic Reviews
MeSH vocabulary terms
(combine these terms with your topic)
randomized controlled trials
random allocation
cohort studies
meta-analysis
double-blind method
follow-up studies
epidemiologic study
characteristics
evaluation studies
research design
outcome and process
assessment (health care)
evidence-based medicine
placebos
comparative study
sensitivity and specificty

12. Managing and Screening Citations
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13. Step 1: formulate the research question
Step 2: Develop the review protocol, including the context and rationale for the review and the specific procedures for the search strategy, data collection and extraction, qualitative synthesis and quantitative data synthesis (if a meta-analysis is done), reporting, and peer review
Step 3: Systematically locate, screen, and select the studies for review
(DOCUMENT EVERYTHING)
Step 4: Appraise the risk of bias in the individual studies and extract the data for analysis
Step 5: Synthesize the findings and assess the overall quality of the body of evidence
Step 6: Prepare a final report and have the report undergo peer review

14. PRISMA Flow Diagram
PRISMA Flow Diagram Generator

15. Does RN bedside report improve patient outcomes compared to traditional report outside of the room in hospitalized patients?
Will a comprehensive discharge planning and after hospital care intervention reduce re-admissions within 30 days?
How can organizations raise awareness of nurse work-arounds of unsafe practices?
What is the Impact of nurses' uniforms on patient and family perceptions of nurse professionalism?
Does hand washing among healthcare workers reduce hospital acquired infections?
What is the best available evidence regarding the effectiveness of acute in-hospital falls prevention strategies for adult patients?
What are the interventions to reduce or prevent pressure ulcers in the operating room?
What is the impact of Early Term Birth (37 0/7 weeks of gestation through 38 6/7 weeks of gestation), on discharge planning and readmission rates?
Among patients with ventricular assist devices does a dressing change protocol using a chlorhexidine gluconate impregnated sponge dressing compared to the standard dressing change protocol affect the number of driveline exit site infections?