Assessment 2 Instructions: Determining the Credibility of Evidence
and Resources
Develop a 2-4-page scholarly paper in which you describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, and then
identify and analyze credible evidence that could be used as the basis for applying EBP to the issue.
The goal of using evidence-based research findings is to enhance safety and quality of patient care and ensure
optimal outcomes are achieved. It is not uncommon to hear a nurse say, “why change it as we’ve always done it this
way.” However, this is no longer acceptable in today’s practice environment. The profession of nursing has evolved,
and the expectation is that the professional nurse has a scientific foundation to support the care that is provided. As
the profession of nursing continues to evolve and engage in health care transformation, baccalaureate-prepared
nurses are expanding taking on leadership roles that include incorporating EBPs. To be able to do this, the nurse
needs to understand the criteria and makes a resource credible, as this is crucial when deciding if the research is
valid and reliable for implementation into health care settings.
It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health Determining the Credibility of Evidence activity prior to
developing the report. The activity is a media simulation that offers an opportunity to review a scenario and work on
determining the credibility of presented evidence. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 2
successfully. This media simulation is one potential source of context on which to base your assessment submission.
This will take just a few minutes of your time and is not graded.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies
through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Explain criteria that should be considered when determining credibility of resources such as journal
articles and websites.
Analyze the credibility and relevance of evidence and resources within the context of a quality or safety
issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 3: Apply an evidence-based practice model to address a practice issue.
Explain the importance of incorporating credible evidence into an EBP model used to address a quality
or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, that could benefit from an evidence-based
approach.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on
evidence.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling
using current APA style.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly
resources to incorporate the best available evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement
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skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients, health care systems, and nursing
practice outcomes are positively impacted.
Scenario
For this assessment, you may choose from the following options as the context for the quality or safety issue or
chosen diagnosis for researching and completing this assessment:
The specific diagnosis you identified in your previous assessment.
The simulation Vila Health: Determining the Credibility of Evidence.
A personal practice experience in which a sentinel event occurred.
Instructions
The purpose of this analysis is to better understand what constitutes credibility of journal articles as well as
websites. The role of the baccalaureate-prepared nurse in incorporating evidence-based research continues to
growth in clinical practice. As quality improvement (QI) measures to reduce safety risks continue to be emphasized,
the need for evidence-based models and evidence-based templates is growing. This type of systematic approach to
incorporating evidence-based findings allows nurses to make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best
available evidence. When the most up-to-date evidence-based findings are utilized, patient-centered care improves
outcomes and enhances the patient experience.
For this assessment:
Explain the criteria that should be used when determining the credibility of journal articles as well as websites.
Support your explanations with references to the literature or research articles that describe criteria that
should be used to determine credibility.
Your identification and determination of credibility should be done within the context of your chosen
scenario for this assessment. For example, if you choose to use the provided Vila Health scenario, your
initial identification of resources should be of resources that will best help address the presented issue.
However, if you are locating resources to help provide evidence-based care for the diagnosis you
identified in the first assessment, you may want to begin your literature and evidence search from the
databases that identified. Any of the three scenario options are acceptable. So, pick the one that most
interests you.
Be sure to address the following in this assessment, which correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring
guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so that you will know what is needed for a distinguished score.
Describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, that could benefit from an evidence-based
approach.
Explain criteria that should be considered when determining credibility of resources such as journal articles
and websites.
Analyze the credibility and relevance of evidence and resources within the context of a quality or safety
issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
This is where you are selecting the specific resources to help address the issue in your chosen
scenario.
Explain the importance of incorporating credible evidence into an EBP model used to address a quality or
safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Selecting a model for evidence-based practice changes. [PDF] and Evidence-Based Practice
Models help explain the various evidence-based nursing models.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using
current APA style.
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Submission Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
Length of submission: 2–4-page scholarly paper, this does not include the APA-formatted title page and
reference list.
Number of references: Cite 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and
considerations. Resources should be no more than five years old.
APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style.
Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you
complete the final capstone course.
