COLLEGE OF NURSING

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ARTICLE REVIEW SUMMARY

Utilizing evidence-based research in your practice ensures that your patients receive the most effective care possible. It is necessary for practitioners to review the research literature and identify therapeutic modalities that have been tested empirically and proven to more effective (as effective, or less effective) than others. By providing the information below, you will begin to build a library of EBP resources for your practice.

Criteria Value

Introduction that includes the aspect of treatment the selected article addresses:

Relapse prevention 1point

Summary of the article in your own words—500 words or less

(do not copy the abstract). 4points

Rate and grade the article using an evidence-based model. 1point

Use rating and grading to describe how the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner can

incorporate the findings in the article into practice. 2points

How has this article changed your perceptive/view of the treatment discussed? 1point

APA formatting for sentence structure, grammar, and reference citation. 1point

Total 10points