NR500_W5_Evidence-Based_Practice_Searchable_Clinical_Questions_Form

Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR500 Foundational
Concepts and Applications
Evidence-Based Practice Assignment -
Searchable Clinical Questions Form
S
TUDENT
N
AME
: C
HLOE
C
ARSON
D
ATE
: 12/1/15
D
IRECTIONS
:
Please read the Evidence-Based Practice Guideline Rubric located in Doc Sharing, for
instructions on how to complete this form.
1. C
LINICAL
Q
UESTION
:
Select a health-related topic applicable to your practice setting and formulate a clinical question, using the
PICO (T) format. Please type the question here:
In premature infants with gastroesophageal reflux, is positioning equipment as effective as
gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) medications in reducing the occurrence of GERD symptoms?
2. Identify the PICO (T) Terms:
3. S
EARCH
: P
UB
M
ED
/MEDLINE
Go to MEDLINE at and conduct a search on your clinical question. Please type
your search history in the table below:
Search
Number
P I C O T # of
Results
Notes
1 Premature
infants
74,916 I searched on the P,
premature infants, by
typing it in the search
field and clicking
search.
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2 GERD
medications
1,281 I searched for the I,
GERD medications, by
clearing the search
field and typing in
GERD medications
and clicked search.
3 Positioning
equipment
11,255 I searched for the C,
positioning equipment,
by clearing the search
field and typing in
positioning equipment
and clicked search.
4 Reduction
of GERD
symptoms
834 I searched for the O,
reduction of GERD
symptoms, by clearing
the search field and
typing in reduction in
GERD symptoms and
clicked search.
5 Premature
infants
GERD
medications
Positioning
equipment
1 I cleared the search
field and typed in
premature infants
GERD medications
positioning. The search
yielded one result. This
is not within optimal
range.
6 Preterm
infants
Gastro-
oesophageal
medications
positioning 1 Before I cleared the
search field a text field
popped up with gastro-
oesophageal. I
changed my verbiage
from premature to
preterm and typed in
preterm gasto-
oesophageal
medications positioning
into the search field.