Evidence Based Practice

Significance of Application of Research in Evidence Based Practice



Significance of Application of Research in Evidence Based Practice

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;113/5/1451

In this resource, the author has made discussion on the clinical guidelines which are designed on the different reasons of empirical research. These guidelines are about the treatment of children facing acute otisis media. The age group of these children is between ages of 2 months to 12 years. This resource is the best description of the best possible diagnosis of AOM and complies with the same definition throughout the document. This source does not exactly publish the empirical research. This source is a reflection of evidence-based findings, but it does not truly reflect the evidence itself. This article is related to the nurses in the mentioned case. The main issues discussed in this article are pain management, appropriate antibacterial selection, observation and choice of antibacterial treatment, and preventive measures that support the strong evidences. The article is comprised of the huge guidelines which are used to support the different institutions. These institutions were basically comprised of the creation and analyzing the research. The article is basically a combination of the evidence summary and the practical guidelines. The clinical guidelines mentioned in this article have provided the support to the reasons and summaries of required findings. Thus, it was an effective strategy that made the article a very effective one.

Block, S. L. (1997). Causative pathogens, antibiotic resistance and therapeutic

considerations in acute otitis media. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 16, 449- 456.

Since the authors view and recommendations are only presented in this area, it can be called as unfiltered source. Moreover, the author's recommendations and views are dependent on the existing literature and these have been included in the journal too. The author of this article presented the information which has been included in the conclusion part. This information is partially filtered by the author. In the present scenario, the information is not helpful as this information does not explain the alternative medicines for acute otisits media. This information only focuses on the reasons due to which AOM is caused. The problem in hand has not been addressed in this evidence as it is more like a summary.

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.

A resource which is highly filtered has been used for collection of these articles. In order to have a clear picture, the researcher drew data form lot of article and arranged in a sequence in a logical way. Lot of information related to ear infection has been described in this source but the reader finds no logical order. Hence, the nurses may not be able to collect required information ...