Wk 3 – Research and Evidence – Support the Need for a Change

Assignment Content

In this assignment you find evidence from literature and journals that supports the need for your proposed change………. literature related to the issue of dealing with the smoking problem among the patients waiting for surgery.
Find a minimum of three original research articles (Original is defined as articles not utilized for week 1 or week 2 assignment) to support your project and summarize EACH article in no less than 350 words.
**Should be no less than three (3) separate 350 word summaries
The articles must be:
- Peer reviewed
- Recent (published within 5 years)
- Statistically significant
Find current guidelines and summarize the clinical guidelines in no less than 350 words.
· Consider processes, policies, and clinical guidelines that relate to your chosen issue or problem.

Submit separate PDFs of the three original articles and a separate pdf of the current guidelines for your subject/problem as well as a reference page with an APA-formatted citation for each article.

Format and Submit your assignment as the following:
- A word paper of article summaries and clinical guidelines formatted in APA format ( to include title page and reference page). **You can summarize all articles in one word document with reference page included.
- No less than four (4) separate Pdfs (this includes Three (3) pdfs of the original articles and a pdf of the current guidelines)

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Smoking and Surgery
Research and Evidence – Support the Need for a Change
Article#1
The article “Impact of smoking on perioperative outcomes after major surgery” by Schmid et al. describes the effect of smoking cigarettes on the persons undertaking various types of surgeries (Schmid et al., 2015). The article examines the effect of smoking on pre-surgical results in persons anticipating 1 of the 16 main oncologic, orthopedic, or cardiovascular surgical procedure.

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