Level of evidence

 Assignment #2: Level of Evidence  After you have defined your PICOT question and identified your patient care issue, you can begin and the first part of your quality improvement (QI) project. In order to do this you will need to do a literature search to find evidence for your topic. When doing your literature search, identify a minimum of six (6) research articles on your topic. Once you have found the evidence in the literature, identify one research article from your literature search and determine the level of evidence of that article. In general, you should limit your literature search to articles that have been published during the last five years. Instructions: Step One: conduct a literature search for the first part of your QI project. Your QI project will be based on your PICOT question. You should search for a minimum of six research articles that were published within the last 5 years. Step Two: From your literature search, select one research article and rate the strength of the study design. You may choose a rating system that you feel best applies to the type of study you will be evaluating. Step Three: Construct your paper according to the outline below. When submitting your assignment, please be sure to also submit the research article you rated along with your paper. Additional resources can be found at the following website. (Health Sciences Library, 2012 Evidence-Based Practice Tools): http://libguides.hsl.washington.edu/ebptools. You can also find helpful information on how to research a PICOT question by visiting this site: https://libguides.umuc.edu/nurs410 Please refer to the following modules in your classroom in week one titled “Rating the Evidence” for examples of different rating systems, and AACN 2012 Levels of Evidence, which has the following reading: Peterson, M. H., Barnason, S., Donnelly, B., Hill, K., Miley, H., Riggs, L., & Whiteman, K. (2014). Choosing the Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice: Application of AACN Levels of Evidence. Critical Care Nurse, 34(2), 58-68 Your paper should follow the following outline: