A. Type of each source/appropriateness/classification
American Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians. (2004). Clinical practice guideline: Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media. Retrieved from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/113/5/1451.full
This evidence based article is a filtered source and appropriate resource for nursing practice. It establishes comprehensive clinical guidelines to diagnose and manage acute otitis media (AOM), as well as when and how to treat signs and symptoms. It provides a review of multiple research studies and offers recommendations for practice. Its main finding is that watchful waiting is preferable to prescription of antibiotics in treatment of children with uncomplicated AOM.
Block, S. (1997). Causative pathogens, antibiotic resistance and therapeutic considerations in acute otitis media. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 16(4)449-56.
This is a unfiltered source. It is an appropriate source for nursing practice because it gives in depth overview of pathology on pathogens that are associated with AOM and the medications used in treatment. On the other hand, it does not address watchful waiting as a mode of treatment; instead it recommends other antibiotics to combat penicillin-resistant organisms. This article is an evidence summary.
Kelley, P., Friedman, N., Johnson, C. (2007). Ear, nose and throat. In W. Hay, M. Levin, J. Sondheimer, & R. Deterding (Eds.), Current pediatric diafnosis and treatment. (18th ed., pp. 459-92). New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill.
This is unfiltered general information source. This resource is may be not appropriate for clinician use due to being a broad information source on different issues and challenges surrounding AOM. The authors do not address some key factors such as antibiotic resistance and the paper does not guide the clinician in proper