Evidence Based Practice Task 1

Western Governors University

Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research

The nursing topic of interest is bedside handover, which is the concept of conducting shift handover at the patient’s bed instead of doing it at the front desk.
Part A
The article being analysed is:
Tobiano, G., Chaboyer, W. & Murray, A. (2012). Family Members’ Perceptions of the Nursing Bedside Handover. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 192-200. The analysis of the primary research report is done in the form of a graph (figure 1). Each of the four analysis areas is rated within a scale of 1-10; 1 denotes extremely weak while 10 denotes very strong. Table 1 then gives justifications for the rating by explaining why each area of analysis was rated that way in the analysis chart.
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Figure 1

Table 1
|A1 Article: Tobiano, G., Chaboyer, W. & Murray, A. (2012). Family Members’ Perceptions of the Nursing Bedside Handover. Journal |
|of Clinical Nursing, 22, 192-200. |
|A2 Background or introduction |The researchers provided an in depth introduction of the research topic outlining |
| |important issues, previous research on the topic and their findings. The introduction |
| |and background sections lead to the identification of the research gap, which the |
| |researchers sought to fill. |
|A2 Review of the literature |There is no specific section where the researchers reviewed the literature. Instead, |
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