TOSTART!ALWAYSWRITEANINTRODUCTION!•IdentifiestheClinicalPracticeProblemandGuideline•IdentifiesthePRACTICEPROBLEManddescribesWHYthispracticeproblemisofsignificancetonursing(15)•Identifiesthecurrentspecificstandardizedguidelineselectedforuseinthispaperandthataddressestheproblem.Providesacopyofthestandardoralinktothefullguideline.(10)•AuthorsareidentifiedandadescriptionofHOWtheguidelinewasdevelopedisdescribed.(10)BegintheBodyofthePaper!•EstablishestheResearchSupport•Identifiesthebestevidencethatsupportsthestandardizedguideline,bestpractice,orbundle.(Theresearchthathasbeencompletedthatprovidestheevidencethatsupportstheguideline,bestpractice,orbundle).Identifiedfromreferencesoftheguideline,bestpractice,orbundlechosen.Usingtheformprovided,identifiestheFULLreferencefortheresearchstudy,thesetting,purpose,researchdesign,sample,findings,andlimitations.IdentifiesandjustifiestheLEVELofevidenceforEACHstudy.(60)•Usesthestrongestevidencefound;especiallyconsidersmeta-analyses,integrativereviewsofresearch,clinicaltrials,andquasi-experimentalstudiesrelatedtothechosentopic.(10)•Providesanarrativesummaryofthelevelsofevidenceofthesixstudiesrepresentingthe“bodyofevidence”supportingyourproposedclinicalchange.(10)ESTABLISHTHERESEARCHSUPPORTRESEARCHEVIDENCETABLEResearchArticle(provideFULLreference):SettingPurposeResearchdesignSamplestudiedFindingsLimitationsLevelofEvidenceandJustificationforLevel.EVIDENCE-BASEDMANAGEMENTProvidesaplanforhowtheguideline,bestpractice,orbundlemightbeimplemented.Who?(5)What?(5)Why?(5)When?(5)Identifiesachangetheorytouseintheimplementationoftheguidelineanddescribeshowthechangetheorywouldguidethepracticechange.(15)Identifiescostfactorstoimplementthechange.(5)•Identifiestheexpectednursingsensitiveoutcomeoroutcomesofthechange.(10)•Identifieshowtheoutcomewillbemeasuredandprovidesacopyofatooltodemonstratethemeasurementoftheoutcomeoroutcomes.(10)•Discusseswhowillcollectoutcomedata,analyzeit,andmakechangesbasedontheresults.(10)•Discusseshowthechangewillbesustained.(10)OUTCOMESSummarySynthesizesthecontentofthepaperand…Identifiesatleast4summarypoints(20)FinalReflectionThoughtfulreflectionontheexperienceofseekingtheevidenceforachangeinclinicalpractice:DiscusseshowtheexperiencebroadenedandstrengthenedunderstandingofevidencebasedNURSINGpractice.(15)Envisionshowtomoveforwardasanadvancedpracticenurseusingtheunderstandingandskillsdevelopedduringthewritingofthepaper.(15)