Systematic Reviews & Guidelines
- Write one paragraph discussing the differences between systematic reviews and meta-analyses; Include one clear reason when you would use each of them, or when done together (using both).
- Write one paragraph on clinical practice guidelines and locate/read one guideline that you use or should use in your current clinical practice. Use the resources above.
5.4 DiscussionSystematic Reviews & Guidelines
Students will post their initial replies before being able to see other students’ posts.
In the introduction to Week 5, there were links and readings about systematic reviews and clinical guidelines. We use clinical guidelines in practice – all the time (although you did not know what you were following was a clinical practice guideline).
In preparation for this discussion, please read Chapter 13 in your text and these resources:
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
· Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis video:
· https://youtu.be/qc7M1r45jwc
· TARG Bristol (2017). A three-minute primer on meta-analysis (Links to an external site.)
· Fontaine, G., Cossette, S., Maheu-Cadotte, M., Deschenes, M., Rouleau, G., Lavallee, A., Pepin, C., …Mailhot, T. (2019). Effect of implementation interventions on nurses’ behavior in clinical practice: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression protocol. Systematic Reviews, 8, 305. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1227-x (Links to an external site.)
Clinical Practice Guidelines
· FNU Library. (2021, April 2). Introduction to clinical practice guidelines. (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nu8i4PBbtQLinks to an external site.
· Duke University. (2022). Nursing Tools. Find Guidelines. https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/nursing/guidelines#s-lg-box-24690616Links to an external site.
· California State University (2022). Nursing: Clinical practice guidelines. A guide for students in the CSUF nursing program. https://libraryguides.fullerton.edu/nursing/CPGsLinks to an external site.
Approved Resources to Use in Writing Discussion Posts:
· The course textbook,
· any published peer-reviewed full-text article from the CINAHL database
· .org, or .gov website with published credible information.
· The use of AI is not permitted in this DQ.
· All sources must be published within the last 5 years.
· The initial DQ response must include the course textbook.
Instructions
It is important to stay current in these discussion threads. Read all discussion postings. You must be an active and regular participant. One or two sentences or just simply agreeing with a classmate’s post will not be sufficient.
For posts on this topic:
· Submit your original post to the topic below by the due date before 11:59 pm EST. This post must be a minimum of 200 words.
· APA Format is required for writing in-text citations and references. No direct quotes should be used.
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Discussion Topic
Initial Post
For your initial post, complete the following:
· Write one paragraph discussing the differences between systematic reviews and meta-analyses; Include one clear reason when you would use each of them, or when done together (using both).
· Write one paragraph on clinical practice guidelines and locate/read one guideline that you use or should use in your current clinical practice. Use the resources above.