Maternal Mortality/Morbidity
Describe the nursing meta-paradigm. Provide support using at least one reference other than your textbook.
What is a phenomenon of interest (POI)?
Identify the POI that you are investigating.
Using the selected phenomenon of interest, write a PICO/PICo question (See Table 9.1 in your textbook).
Identify each element from your question: P (population), I (intervention), C (comparison), and O (outcome); or P (population), I (phenomenon of interest), Co (context).
Describe the relationship of each PICO/PICo element to the meta-paradigm element (Review Table 8.1 and Ch. 8 in textbook).
Using your PICO/PICo (keywords and phrases), perform a literature search.
Describe the types of evidence (studies) you found and what you learned from performing the search (Ex: were their more types of one study than another, very limited research if you narrowed too much, too broad with your search terms, etc.).
Identify the key words and phrases from the PICO/PICo you created which were used to search the evidence.
Describe at least two (2) bibliographic databases that were used in the search (name, brief history, and what makes it unique).
Describe the tools that were used to broaden/narrow your search (MeSH subject headings, Boolean operators, truncation- be specific).
What are clinical practice guidelines and how are they used by the healthcare team?
Provide the following information on the guideline:
Describe how and where you found the CPG.
Describe how the CPG relates/applies to your PICO.
