Your nurse manager has tasked you with researching the best practices to educate

Your nurse manager has tasked you with researching the best practices to educate nurses on your unit about ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and barriers encountered by nurses in the prevention of VAP. The sources used for this must come from scholarly peer-reviewed literature, with at least one author being a nurse, published in the past five years, and MUST be full text and research articles (one quantitative and one qualitative). The information you collect will be used to create an education initiative for nurses on your unit.
STEP 1: In order to evaluate the evidence found, you will need to find and describe qualitative and quantitative research. What is the main difference between the two? Which one is considered the gold standard in research & why?
STEP 2: Perform a database search on best practice for prevention of VAP and barriers nurses encounter in preventing VAP. Make sure that you describe in SPECIFIC DETAIL (step-by-step) your search strategy and process for locating the appropriate research articles that meet the criteria outlined in the assignment (you may use a table or graph to demonstrate). Describe the search strategy you used to find these two research articles using the FNU library resources (specifically LIRN network). Make sure to indicate how you determined which database to search; why was this an appropriate database; how did you find the correct date range? How did you determine that the article was quantitative versus qualitative; how did you know it was a research article? How did you ensure that at least one author was a nurse? How did you know it was a full-text article? a peer-reviewed article? How did you narrow down the search? How many articles did you initially locate? What key search terms did you use? What limitations did you use to narrow down your search?
STEP 3: You must locate 1 quantitative and 1 qualitative research article for the assignment which are full-text articles (meaning no abstracts). You MUST attach/upload the two articles you located to the discussion posting AND the rationale for choosing each article. These articles must also be cited using APA 7th edition. These need to be research articles and not systematic reviews (NOT a meta-analysis or meta-syntheses) AND from a peer-reviewed scholarly journal AND one author must be a nurse and published within the past five years.
Discussion Protocol. Please observe the following 3 x 3 rule: when writing your weekly discussions: – A minimum of three paragraphs per DQ. Each paragraph should have a minimum of three sentences. Remember that peer responses need to be substantive and extend the original discussion posting by making connections, relating to others’ ideas and adding supporting detail. Refer to grading rubric, to receive full credit each portion of the discussion posting must be addressed along with the 1 peer responses.
All answers or discussions comments submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (7th ed.) 2019.
Discussions must have a minimum of two references, not older than 2015. First post by Wednesday 11:59 PM weekly and respond to two peers by Sunday 11:59 weekly.