Assignment 4.1: Appraising the Literature
1. Locate a minimum of four primary research articles that relate to your PICO(T) question.
PICOT Question: IN CHF PATIENTS (P), HOW DOES CHOOSING NOT TO ADHERE TO THE DAILY PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED FLUID RESTRICTION (I) COMPARED TO ADHERING TO THE PHYSICIAN-PRESCRIBED FLUID RESTRICTION (C) AFFECT NOT HAVING CHF EXACERBATION (O) WITHIN THREE MONTHS?
Using the ATTACHED Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Appendix E: AND ATTACHED Research Appraisal Tool Instructions (Word)Links to an external site., complete the Johns Hopkins Appraisal Tool (Word)Links to an external site. for each article. note that the instructions say to circle the appropriate quality of evidence; however, this tool does not allow you to circle items.
Using the appropriate column, note the quality of evidence in your synthesis table. Use this Johns Hopkins Evidence Rating Scale (Word)Links to an external site. to determine the level of evidence for the four articles.
For your assignment:
Submit at least four completed John Hopkins Appraisal Tool documents.
You are to also submit your FOUR ARTICLES upload them as Adobe PDFs or Microsoft Word documents.
