Read Top Diagnoses in Primary Care Offices [DOCX]. Review Tables 1 and 2 from the article. Read Searching for Evidence Based Guidelines(1).docx. Evidence-based “practice” guidelines (EBG) are the basis for evidence-based practice. EBGs can be found on government websites or housed within healthcare resources like UpToDate and clinical guideline textbooks. Also, many professional organizations publish guidelines related to their specialty. You can search for EBGs within the databases of the UA Libraries. Critically appraise each guideline to evaluate its validity and applicability to your practice setting. Be sure to check for currency and relevance to your clinical context. Make sure the guideline is from a reputable source and not just a review of the guideline. Search for the actual, most up-to-date guideline from the original source. Consider the context of the patient population, setting, and practice. Avoid using guidelines that are from other countries unless they are unique circumstances that warrant their use. Using Table 2 from the article above, identify a diagnosis that you would like to explore. Select one that you have limited knowledge about but anticipate diagnosing frequently in the clinical setting. Research the diagnosis/disease. Use course resources such as the Comprehensive Physical Exam document, medical apps (examples on Student Resources module in the Course Content area), UpToDate, course textbooks and the 3P textbooks. Research the evidence-based guideline that guides the care for the diagnosis you selected. Follow the instructions below to document a concept map using the Disease Based Concept Map Template [DOCX]. Fill in the responses to the questions provided within each box of the concept map. Delete the instructions from each box in the template prior to completing your work.

NURSING CONCEPT MAP WRITING HELP

Evidence-based “practice” guidelines (EBG) are the basis for evidence-based practice. EBGs can be found on government websites or housed within healthcare resources like UpToDate and clinical guideline textbooks. Also, many professional organizations publish guidelines related to their specialty. You can search for EBGs within the databases of the UA Libraries.

Critically appraise each guideline to evaluate its validity and applicability to your practice setting. Be sure to check for currency and relevance to your clinical context. Make sure the guideline is from a reputable source and not just a review of the guideline. Search for the actual, most up-to-date guideline from the original source. Consider the context of the patient population, setting, and practice.  Avoid using guidelines that are from other countries unless they are unique circumstances that warrant their use.

Places to find current guidelines:

• To find guidelines in UpToDate, select a topic, then scroll down in the left column to Guidelines and Resources or Society Guidelines respectively.  UpToDate is a free resource for UA students. UpToDate is a free resource for all UA nurse practitioner students. Log in information can be found under the “Student Resources” course menu tab.
• To find current guidelines in UA Library databases, search PubMed and CINAHL. Log in to UA library here: https://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/rodgers/
  • In PubMed: After conducting a topic search, use the Publication Type filters: Guideline, Practice Guideline, Consensus Development Conference, or Consensus Development Conference NIH. Or search for the topic and combine with a search for ("practice guideline"[Publication Type] OR "practice guidelines as topic"[MeSH] OR ("guideline"[Publication Type] OR "guidelines as topic"[MeSH] 
  • In CINAHL: Search the topic and click on Edit to the right of the results in search history, then select Practice Guideline as a Publication Type. Or combine your topic search with a search for the CINAHL heading - Practice Guidelines.
• U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPSTF) U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPSTF)
• World Health Organization https://www.who.int/publications/who-guidelines
• National Institute of Health (NIH) https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/providers/clinicalpractice
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://search.cdc.gov/search/?query=clinical%20practice%20guidelines&dpage=1
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:  https://www.ahrq.gov
• Professional Organizations post relevant evidence-based medicine reviews or practice guidelines based on their websites. Here are some examples:

• American Diabetes Association:  https://professional.diabetes.org/standards-of-care
• American Heart Association https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements
• American Academy of Family Physicians https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/clinical-practice-guidelines/clinical-practice-guidelines.html
• American College of Physicians https://www.acponline.org/clinical-information/clinical-guidelines-recommendations
• American Psychiatric Association Psychiatry.org - Clinical Practice Guidelines
• American Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines and Clinical Guideline Summaries (guidelinecentral.com)
• American College of Gastroenterology https://gi.org/guidelines/
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/clinical-practice-guideline
• American Headache Society https://americanheadachesociety.org/resources/guidelines/guidelines-position-statements-evidence-assessments-and-consensus-opinions/
• Endocrine Society https://www.endocrine.org/clinical-practice-guidelines
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network: https://www.nccn.org/guidelines/guidelines-process/about-nccn-clinical-practice-guidelines

Disease Based Concept Map

Grading Rubric

Total points for assignment: 100