Immediately below is a past paper that was done on search strategies as you will

Immediately below is a past paper that was done on search strategies as you will see mentioned in the instructions to follow. This is to give you a clear picture of what I have been working on to help you to complete the chart to follow. I have been assigned to a hospital medica; surgical unit to help leadership and clinicians to reduce the number of Catheter associated infections. We have made consistent strides in a positive direction however the implementations need to continue with the help of all the stakeholders.
Past paper:
Identifying an Appropriate Search Strategy for a Systematic Review about Reducing Catheter-associated Tract Infections
The study seeks to enhance patient safety by proposing ways to reduce catheter-associated tract infections. Understanding the research problem will involve reviewing evidence-based sources drawn from various databases. I will use the systematic review approach for my research. According to Bramer et al. (2018), formulating the research question is the first step in a systematic review. The research question should be specific to generate research results. For the current study, the research question is to determine how to enhance patient safety by proposing ways to reduce catheter-associated tract infections. The second step involves describing articles that can answer the research question. At this stage, the researcher hypothesizes the answers research could answer the research question.
The third step involves isolating key concepts from the research question. The concepts are the topics that the research articles should help address. For instance, topics for the current study will include catheter-associated tract infections and ways to reduce catheter-infected infections. The identified topics form the foundation for the search strategy. The identified elements do not necessarily follow the PICO structure, which involves determining how the topics affect patients, proposed interventions, how the intervention compares with other interventions, and the projected outcome. At this stage, the researcher further formulates the inclusion and exclusion strategies to determine which articles to include. Where the projected outcomes are similar, they can be assigned in one search element.
The fourth step in the search strategy involves deciding the elements that should form the basis for the search. According to Cooper et al. (2018), the elements with a specific topic are the best to include in a search strategy. The researcher should eliminate overlapping search elements for the best results. According to MacFarlane et al. (2022), the choice of elements could result in research bias. The fifth step involves identifying the appropriate databases to draw the articles from. The most recognized search databases for nursing articles include MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane CENTRAL, PsycINFO, PubMed, and CINAHL. For the current study, all the popular research databases will be considered. The sixth step involves documenting the search process. The documented research strategy should be accountable and reproducible.
The seventh step involves identifying appropriate index terms for the thesaurus of one of the databases. According to Heath et al. (2021), the search process should identify matching index terms for the key concepts of the search elements. For best results, only the most relevant terms should be searched first. In the current study, the specific terms will include catheter, infections, patient safety, and CAUTI. Later, the researcher can introduce general terms. Cooper et al. (2022) observe that searching for the meaning of terms in the thesaurus of a research database could be challenging since the meaning could explain the specific element without elaborating. Therefore, the researcher should consider including the general terms to optimize the search.
The eighth step involves identifying the synonyms of the key search terms. For instance, synonyms for “catheter” could include endotracheal, tube, and tubing. Some databases could provide more synonyms than others. Therefore, the researcher should consider the database with the most relevant synonyms. The next step involves varying the search term to increase the possibility of generating more search results. For instance, the researcher could truncate the term or change the suffix. For instance, in the current study, the key search term is catheter-associated. Therefore, the researcher should consider variations like “catheter-induced,” “catheter-related,” or “catheter-caused.” The tenth step involves using appropriate syntax, punctuation, and boolean operators to search for articles. The researcher should consider alternating the words OR and AND to increase the chances of getting results. The next step involves optimizing the results before duplicating the strategy in the other research databases. For the current study, the search will be replicated in the popular nursing databases identified in the fourth step.
I selected the search strategy for a systematic literature review since it would allow me to obtain an in-depth understanding of the topic of study. As a nurse leader, the knowledge gained will help me guide nurses in my team to understand how best to reduce catheter-associated tract infections. The choice of search strategy was informed by the need to conduct evidence-based research and improve the quality of service provided. For example, it will help me understand how catheter-related infections occur and how best to reduce them to enhance the quality of care. Therefore, the search strategy was the most appropriate for the current study.
 
References
Bramer, W. M., De Jonge, G. B., Rethlefsen, M. L., Mast, F., & Kleijnen, J. (2018). A systematic approach to searching: An efficient and complete method to develop literature searches. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 106(4), 531–541. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148622/
Cooper, C., Booth, A., Husk, K., Lovell, R., Frost, J., Schauberger, U., Britten, N., & Garside, R. (2022). A tailored approach: A model for literature searching in complex systematic reviews. Journal of Information Science, 1(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515221114452
Cooper, C., Booth, A., Varley-Campbell, J., Britten, N., & Garside, R. (2018). Defining the process to literature searching in systematic reviews: A literature review of guidance and supporting studies. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0545-3
Heath, A., Levay, P., & Tuvey, D. (2021). Literature searching methods or guidance and their application to public health topics: A narrative review. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 39(1), 6–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12414
MacFarlane, A., Russell-Rose, T., & Shokraneh, F. (2022). Search strategy formulation for systematic reviews: Issues, challenges and opportunities. Intelligent Systems with Applications, 15(2022), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswa.2022.200091
New instructions for the paper now due:
Evidence reviews and synthesis are a critical part of practice change. You have already had experience using an individual literature matrix in NURS 8302. For this assignment, you will collect the evidence using the search strategies that you identified earlier in the course. You will list those articles that are relevant on the individual literature matrix. Add more rows to the table as needed. You will then complete the evidence synthesis and recommendation form from the individual evidence review. Make sure to include APA 7 formatted references on the final page.
Submit the Synthesis Recommendation Form found in the learning resources. A completed Synthesis and Recommendation Form is required to earn any points for the assignment. You will be asked to resubmit the assignment until a satisfactory grade is obtained.
Please see attached the Synthesis Recommendation tool with table to be completed