This page covers the fourth of the five As -- applying the evidence you have acquired and appraised as is needed to answer your clinical question and/or called for by your patient's situation or circumstances. How the evidence is applied will change on a case-by-case basis, but there are four areas in particular which should be considered when applying evidence -- diagnosis, prognosis, harm, and therapy. Drawing from content presented in the University of Minnesota Libraries EBP tutorial, each is discussed in turn in the tabs to the right.
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Adapted from the University of Minnesota Libraries EBP tutorial, here are some questions to ask when determining what of the literature you have appraised to apply to a prognosis stemming from your clinical question:
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Adapted from the University of Minnesota Libraries EBP tutorial, here are some questions to ask when determining what of the literature you have appraised to apply to considerations of harm stemming from your clinical question:
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The University of Minnesota Libraries EBP tutorial poses the following questions to ask when determining what of the literature you have appraised to apply to a therapy that may provide an answer to your clinical question:
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