EBT1 Task 2 Frequently Asked Questions Paper

EBT1
Task Two Frequently Asked Questions

Brenda Luther, PhD, RN
EBT1 Course Mentor [e-mail] 5-30-12

The most common questions for this task are:
1) What is filtered and unfiltered?
Answered in COS learning activities and the link is copied below.
2) Where are the articles?
Retrieval guide provided below- they are all provided for you in Ereserves.
3) What are the definitions for evidence summary/guideline or primary evidence?
This is a bit more work- primary definition in Houser and the FAQs of our COS, evidence summary and evidence based guideline more literal and to be interpreted by you.
4) I have a revision and I thought I answered the points.
Did you use headings in your paper? Without headings the graders…show more content…
Critique if the evidence valuable for nursing practice?
Identify if the evidence is: primary research, an evidence summary, an evidence-based guideline, or none of these?

You will need to know the definition of filtered and unfiltered sources of evidence?
When searching for evidence, we have to be able to discern the difference between filtered and unfiltered sources or databases that store evidence. Both are valuable and present – but they are different in their purpose and credibility to us when we use evidence.

Here is a link from our COS that defines Filtered and Unfiltered SOURCES or databases that store evidence for our use:

http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/learn/ebp/mod01/index.html in the COS in talks about filtered, unfiltered, etc. This resource contains information regarding the filtered and unfiltered Sources. They all but tell you how to assess a database in this tutorial.

Unfiltered sources are databases that rely upon you to search and find within their database. You have to use keywords to find the articles. They did not ‘pre-decide’ for you what you can read about or discover about a topic in their…show more content…
Clinical practice guideline: Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media. American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians. (2004.) Clinical practice guideline: Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media. Retrieved May 17, 2008, from http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;113/5/1451This guideline is located at AAP’s website at the link above.
Causative pathogens, antibiotic resistance and therapeutic considerations in acute otitis media. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Block, S. L. (1997). Causative pathogens, antibiotic resistance and therapeutic considerations in acute otitis media. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 16, 449–456.This article is uploaded from PubMed and saved in WGU Library Ereserves for you and labeled Block
Ear, nose, and Throat, Current pediatric diagnosis and treatment. Kelley, P. E., Friedman, N., Johnson, C. (2007). Ear, nose, and throat. In W. W. Hay, M. J. Levin, J. M. Sondheimer, & R. R. Deterding (Eds.), Current pediatric diagnosis and treatment (18th ed., pp. 459–492). New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill.This chapter is uploaded and saved in WGU Library Ereserves for you. The author is W.W. Hay of the text and Kelley is the author of the