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Once you have searched for the item, it will appear. To obtain the summary, click on the link

“JBI Database PDF.” The summary will open in a full-text mode.

The second item is a systematic review. Like the summary, this is considered a high level of

evidence because it provides a critical analysis of multiple sources of evidence. This resource

can be obtained by searching in PubMed, CINAHL, or Nursing and Allied Health Database. Use

information in the citation to find this article quickly.

Kingston, L., O’Connell, N. H., & Dunne, C. P. (2016). Hand hygiene-related clinical trials

reported since 2010: A systematic review. The Journal of Hospital Infection, 92, 309–320.

The third source of evidence obtained by the EBP committee comes from The New York Times.

In this article, the author has also combined information from multiple sources, but this item

is intended for lay people. Therefore, it is ranked low on the hierarchy of evidence; however, this

does not mean that it cannot contribute to the body of evidence. This article is posted on the

Web, and you can obtain it by entering the http website listed in the citation. Or, you can enter

the phrase “you’ve been washing your hands wrong” into a search engine such as Google or Bing.

Here is the citation:

Bromwich, J. E. (2016, April 20). You’ve been washing your hands wrong. The New York

Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/health/washing-hands

.html?_r= 0

Read these articles and complete the grid for each of them. Be aware that because these are

not studies, you may not have information to put in each of the columns. When this is the case,

simply indicate “not applicable.”

Apply What You Have Learned (continued)

» Propositional knowledge is the science of nursing, and nonpropositional knowledge is the

art of nursing.

» The pyramid of the 5 Ss is an organizing framework that explains the importance of various

levels of evidence. It uses the 5 Ss: studies, syntheses, synopses, summaries, and systems.

» Syntheses include case studies, concept analyses, meta-synthesis systematic reviews, traditional

literature reviews, integrative reviews, and meta-analyses.

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