This document discusses the difference between common practice and best practice in nursing. Common practice refers to the way things are typically done based on past experience, while best practice refers to the most effective way to do something based on research evidence. The document encourages nurses to engage in clinical inquiry by questioning current practices and searching research to determine if common practices should be changed or maintained. Nurses are asked to identify a clinical issue of interest, search the literature to find peer-reviewed research on the topic, and analyze the methodologies used in 4 research articles related to the issue.

1. Discussion: “common practice” and “best practice”
Discussion: “common practice” and “best practice”Discussion: “common practice” and “best
practice”Is there a difference between “common practice” and “best practice”?When you
first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared
with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation
session to brief you on these matters. As a “rookie,” you likely kept the nature of your
questions to those with answers that would best help you perform your new role.Over time
and with experience, perhaps you recognized aspects of these processes and procedures
that you wanted to question further. This is the realm of clinical inquiry.Clinical inquiry is
the practice of asking questions about clinical practice. To continuously improve patient
care, all nurses should consistently use clinical inquiry to question why they are doing
something the way they are doing it. Do they know why it is done this way, or is it just
because we have always done it this way? Is it a common practice or a best practice?In this
Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for
research in of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research
to compare research methodologies employed.To Prepare: Review the Resources and
identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Based on the
clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search
at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-
reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using
systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles. Review the results
of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to
search for peer-reviewed research. Reflect on the types of research methodologies
contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.Part 1: An Introduction to
Clinical InquiryCreate a 4- to 5-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the
following: Identify and briefly describe your chosen clinical issue of interest. This clinical
issue will remain the same for the entire course and will be the basis for the development of
your PICOT question Describe how you used keywords to search on your chosen clinical
issue of interest. Identify the four research databases that you used to conduct your search
for the peer-reviewed articles you selected. Provide APA citations of the four peer-reviewed
articles you selected.Part 2: Identifying Research MethodologiesAfter reading each of the
four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the
methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should
include the following: The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format. A brief

2. (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it
relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of
research related to your clinical issue of interest. A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the
aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article. A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of
the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative,
quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific. A brief (1- to 2-paragraph)
description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability
and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you
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