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Literature Review Research Paper

In a quality research paper address the following using the provided clinical question:

Clinical question:

In a 74-year-old African American client with congestive heart failure, does implementing a comprehensive discharge planning program compared to standard discharge practices lead to improved self-care, medication compliance, lifestyle changes, diet restrictions, self-blood pressure checks, and appointment follow-up to prevent rehospitalization?

Population: 74-year-old African American client with congestive heart failure

Intervention: Implementing a comprehensive discharge planning program

Comparison: Standard discharge practices

Outcome: Improved self-care, medication compliance, lifestyle changes, diet restrictions, self-blood pressure checks, and appointment follow-up

Time: To prevent rehospitalization

1. Briefly describe the background to the problem, including how you came to personally select this research question and the clinical significance to this question/problem.

2. Describe how you searched for the best evidence to answer your question. Give the details of your search processes: Search engines/databases used, terms used, limits chosen, etc.

3. Present the best evidence to answer this clinical question. A minimum of 3-4 research articles will be required. These articles should address the research question directly

4. Provide selective critique of the articles utilized by presenting the best and worst findings of the articles within the paper.