Evidence Based Integration Paper 

For this project, you will take on the role of a nurse practitioner treating a patient with a chronic condition. Your patient is not completely satisfied with the treatments you’ve tried and asks about a specific alternative therapy. Unfamiliar with these sorts of therapies, you decide to do some research before making recommendation. In this case, you get to decide what condition your patient has and which intervention he or she is interested in trying. Your objective is to determine whether or not you would recommend the regular treatment either alone or in combination with alternative treatment. The paper should not be more than 4 pages excluding the title page and references. APA format is required with a professional paper.  

Nurses, of all levels of education, must be able to convey information in an articulate, 

succinct, and confident manner in a variety of clinical and academic settings. 

Discipline-specific writing promotes critical thinking, which develops the skills of 

analysis and organization. For this project, you will take on the role of a nurse 

practitioner treating a patient with a chronic condition.  Your patient is not completely 

satisfied with the treatments you’ve tried and asks about a specific alternative 

therapy.  Unfamiliar with these sorts of therapies, you decide to do some research 

before making a recommendation.  In this case, you get to decide what condition 

your patient has and which intervention he or she is interested in trying.  Your 

objective is to determine whether or not you would recommend the regular treatment 

either alone or in combination with alternative treatment.  The paper should not be 

more than four pages, excluding the title page and references. APA format is 

required with a professional paper, A paper that is judged by the faculty as very 

poorly written (such things as incomplete sentences, multiple subject/verb errors, 

unclear wording, multiple spelling errors, and/or combination of these errors) may be 

returned for revision with an automatic deduction of 25 points that cannot be 

redeemed.  Have someone proofread the paper after you have proofread—it can 

difficult to recognize your errors

Criteria Points  Grade  

1 Description of the Chronic condition (including pathophysiology and etiology).  

2 Definition of the specific treatment options, including EBP guidelines and first-line pharmacotherapy.  

3 Summary of the current research in specific alternative therapy.  This area should include specific research studies, the population description, size (n =) and the results   NEED EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE   

4 After reading the evidence.  What are some nonpharmacological treatment options that you would recommend?    

5 What did I learn doing this paper?    

6 On-time, APA format, correct grammar and spelling  

Reference :  

You can use MERCK manual for the clinical aspect  

All reference need to be not older than 2015 

American Psychological Association [APA]. (2010). Publication manual of the  

American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC:  

Dunphy, L. M., Winland-Brown, J., Porter, B., & Thomas, D. (2015). Primary care: Art  

and science of advanced practice nursing.  4th ed. FA.Davis. Philadelphia, PA.  

ISBN-13: 978-0803638013  

Fenstermacher, K., & Hudson, B. T. (2019). Practice guidelines for family nurse  

practitioners (5th  ed.). Elsevier. St Louis, Ms. ISBN-10: 0323290809  

Goroll, A. H., & Mulley, A. G. (2014). Primary care medicine: office evaluation and  

management of the adult patient. 7th ed. Wolters Kluwer Health: Philadelphia, PA.  

ISBN-13: 978-1451151497   

Kennedy-Malone, L., Fletcher, K. R. & Martin-Plank, L. (2014). Advanced Practice  

Nursing in the Care of Older Adults. F.A. Davis Company. Philadelphia, PA. ISBN 

13: 978-0803624917  

Rhoads, J., & Jensen, M. M. (Eds.). (2014). Differential Diagnosis for the Advanced  

Practice Nurse. Springer Publishing Company. New York, NY. ISBN-10:  

0826110274 

Other Resources  

1. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (October 2017). Put prevention into practice. A  

step-by-step guide to delivering clinical preventive services: A systems approach. Available at  

http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ppipix.htm

2. Clinical Evidence, BMJ Publishing Group web site. Available at

http://www.clinicalevidence.org

3. Cochrane Library evidence-based web site. Available at

http://www.cochrane.org/

4. Fronske Web Portal Page. Available at

http://www.myhq.com/public/f/l/flagstaff/

There is a  

wealth of access to various sites that can be found here, including evidence-based links and  

patient education links.  

5. University of California, San Diego: A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine At  

https://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/

6. Journal of Family Practice POEMs web site. Available at  

http://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/

7. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Available at 

http://www.preventiveservices.ahrq.gov

8. University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Virtual Hospital. Available at

https://uihc.org/health

library  

9. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Available at  

http://www.nccam.nih.gov/

10. Nurse Org.

https://nurse.org/resources/nurse-practitioner/#-what-is-a-nurse-practitioner