Search Strategy Research Paper

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Part 1.

Based on the PICOT question (For nurses working with populations at risk for Covid-19 infection (P), how does use of cloth masks (I) compare to use of medical masks (C) for droplet transmission prevention (O) while wearing during a 12-hour shift (T)?), the search was conducted using PubMed database. The search terms were: droplet, transmission, cloth, medical, mask, and infection. These search terms were derived from the PICOT question.

Part 2.

The search terms were used in the search of PubMed database with the initial results refined to publications in the last five years. The results were for 11 publications. The search was further refined to publications in the last one year with the results being ten publications. Search Strategy Research Paper.

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Part 3.

Figure 1. Screenshot of search results narrowed down to ten studies

Part 4.

The search was conducted on PubMed database. The specific search terms were: droplet; transmission; cloth; medical; mask; and infection. All the search terms were included in the search bar with no Boolean operators applied. The initial generalized search was conducted with the filter set at articles published in the last five years. The search results presented eleven articles. The search was further refined with the publication data revised to articles published in the last one year. With the filter applied, the search results presented ten articles. All the search results were useful for answering the PICOT question since they sought to explore the effectiveness of different mask materials in preventing the diffusion of aerosol droplets. Besides that, the articles are specifically targeted at addressing Covid-19 virus transmission through aerosol drops from the nose and mouth thus making the articles useful for answering the PICOT question.

The ANA Position Statement and Class PICOT Question

The statement image below was tweeted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in March 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The ANA’s position is that cloth masks are not suitable protection for nurses who work with the public.  As everyone in the class are nurses and Covid-19 is a global concern, each person in the class already has some knowledge of this topic.

While Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) might explore unfamiliar interventions that could lead to practice change, that does not mean that the starting point or current policy is wrong. Search Strategy Research Paper. Sometimes EBDM simply confirms what we were doing as the best current option.

Using the above position expressed by the ANA as some of the background information, the class will use the steps of EBDM to either confirm or refute this official position as best practice. (Other background information to familiarize yourself with—if you are not already acutely aware—would be what Covid-19 is, how it is transmitted, and masking shortages and trends.)

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EBDM is a process that stems from a question. Moving forward, the class will learn the EBDM Steps through assignments in which everyone uses the same clinical question. Therefore, everyone will utilize the following class PICOT question for assignments in this and upcoming modules:

For nurses working with populations at risk for Covid-19 infection (P), how does use of cloth masks (I) compare to use of medical masks (C) for droplet transmission prevention (O) while wearing during a 12-hour shift (T)?

The APA reference for this statement that you will need to use on your poster is, as follows:

American Nurses Association [@ANANursingWorld]. (2020, March 24). Search Strategy Research Paper.  Nurses should not be wearing cloth masks. Evidence shows they are ineffective when dealing with #COVID19 patients. [Tweet; image attached]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/ANANursingWorld/status/1242566943292317696

Library Tutorials and Search Strategy Videos

Searching for Evidence  

Complete all Tutorials on this page BEFORE attempting or completing the Search Strategy assignment. 

Library Tutorial Lesson 1:  Search Strategies
https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/VPcBgspGhkURHz/html (Links to an external site.)

Library Tutorial Lesson 2:  Key Words and Subject Headings

https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/7aVeOiSoKGmZCU/html (Links to an external site.)

Library Tutorial with Librarian Suzanne Abbey – This thorough and self-guided lesson provides you with the tools to execute a search of professional databases in order to find evidence for your PICOT question.  Be sure to open all of the links and watch all of the videos provided for you in the lesson.  All tutorials should be completed as a precursor to the Search Strategy assignment.  Search Strategy Research Paper.

https://uttyler.libwizard.com/id/92582398992907a73c7b8886679eb2a6

Learning Activity: Search Strategy

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• Due Saturday by 11:59pm

• Points 100

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After you have completed and understand the library tutorials, perform a search strategy and complete the assignment as follows:

1. Based on the class PICOT question(regarding the ANA Position Statement about cloth masks versus medical masks for nurses), complete a search using either CINAHL, PubMed, or the Cochrane database.
2. Narrow or expand your search yield to contain 5 – 10 studies if possible. Search Strategy Research Paper.
3. Capture and submit a screen shot of the search terms/historyyou used to narrow down to the most useful and appropriate articles.  (This screen shot must include the list of key words and limiters that you used.  We are NOT looking for the list of articles that were found.)
4. Write a paragraph to describe this systematic search.  This paragraph should follow APA guidelinesand must include the exact search terms that you used WITH Boolean operators.  The paragraph must also include limiters that were used to narrow the results (including types of publications, date range, etc.), the number of results that your search produced, and how many of those were actually useful to answer the PICOT question. See examples from Making EBP Real in text on p. 94. and the exemplar on the previous page.

Complete and submit the Learning Activity as a Word document.

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