Please follow instructions about creating a PRISMA diagram provided in your courseroom.
- Review the Capella library guide Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Health Sciences for help with PICOT question.
- Review these resources on PRISMA diagrams:
- PRISMA. (2021). PRISMA flow diagram
- This is the link to access the PRISMA tool website. You will use this to complete the diagram required for your assessment.
- University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library. (2021). Creating a PRISMA flow diagram
- This library guide gives step-by-step instructions for how to create a PRISMA flow diagram.
- Use keywords derived from your PICO(T) question to enter in library databases to search for and locate four EBP articles.
- Use library tools, PRISMA, the Research Log spreadsheet, and RefWorks to organize and keep track of your search process.
- Create a PRISMA diagram to illustrate your research process. (Use resources found above). Or create your own diagram using the PRISMA Flow Diagram Shinny App.
- Create a 1-2 page paper to describe your exhaustive search process and include a PRISMA diagram.
Note: Please read and refer to your courseroom instructions carefully since the steps above are just an outline and your courseroom provides more details.
Additional Information on PRISMA
- What is a PRISMA Flow Diagram?
- PRISMA stands for Preferred Reporting Instrument for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. It is intended to show the research process from search to abstract review to full text selection.
- Get a PRISMA flow diagram from: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) website.
- The flow diagram depicts the flow of information through the different phases of a systematic review. It maps out the number of records identified, included and excluded, and the reasons for exclusions.
Source: BMJ (OPEN ACCESS) Page MJ, Moher D, Bossuyt PM, Boutron I, Hoffmann TC, Mulrow CD, et al. PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 2021;372:n160. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n160