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This week is about Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines as you complete an APA essay addressing the following points/questions. Please follow all rules for an APA paper including title page, page #s, running head, introduction, level headings, conclusion, reference list. There is no required word count this week but be sure to completely answer all the questions for each item in detail and use level headings so I know which area you are addressing. Additional sources are not required – if sources are used, make sure to use citations and references per APA rules. Assignment type rubric is Undergrad Single Article Analysis – please review.

Utilize the databases identified in the text to locate an Evidence-Based Practice Guideline, related to your topic identified in Module 1. Perform a rapid critical appraisal of the Evidence-Based Guideline by answering the following questions in APA format. This critical appraisal should be written in complete sentences (not just a numbered list) using APA format. Explain responses to yes/no questions in detail.

• Who were the guideline developers?
• Were the developers of the guideline representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (inter-disciplinary)?
• Who funded the guideline development?
• Were any of the guideline developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?
• Did the team have a valid development strategy?
• Was an explicit (how decisions were made), sensible, and impartial process used to identify, select, and   combine evidence?
• Did its developers carry out comprehensive, reproducible literature review within the past 12 months of its publication/revision?
• Were all important options and outcomes considered?
• Is each recommendation in the guideline tagged by the level/strength of evidence upon which it is based and linked to the scientific evidence?
• Do the guidelines make explicit recommendations (reflecting value judgments about the outcomes)?
• Has the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing?
• Is the intent of use provided (i.e. national, regional, local)?
• Are the recommendations clinically relevant?
• Will the recommendations help me in caring for my patients?
• Are the recommendations practical/feasible? Are resources (people and equipment) available?
• Are the recommendations a major variation from current practice? Can the outcomes be measured through standard care?

**Clearly and fully answer all questions

**Include the database

**Attach a copy of the guideline —one place that I like to use to find a Evidence based practice guidelines is from The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Here is there homepage: https://www.nice.org.uk/