Assignment 1: Application – Best Practices For over 20 years, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study has conducted research trials to examine factors that impact risks and development of
conditions that impact women such as heart disease (Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Stroke, or Coronary Artery Disease). Health care providers use results from these trials to develop
guidelines for delivering care to patients. In your role in clinical settings, you must be familiar with these guidelines, and you must be aware that through clinical practice, guidelines
frequently evolve and change. Often, what is considered a best practice today might not be a best practice in the future. For this Assignment, you compare guidelines outlined in the WHI study to
current best practices for assessing and managing conditions. To Prepare: Review the Women’s Health Initiative article in this week’s Learning Resources. Locate and select a research article that
addresses current best practices for assessing and managing the disorder. Be sure that the research article you select is from a reputable source. Consider the similarities and differences between
the best practices presented in the WHI study and the article you selected. Think about the potential impact of differences in best practices on women’s health. Consider whether the best practices
in the article you selected should be used in clinical practice. To Complete: Write a 3-page paper that addresses the following: Describe Heart Disease you selected from the Women’s Health
Initiative study. Explain the current best practices for assessing and managing this disorder as suggested in the research article you selected. Compare the best practices presented in the WHI
study to the current best practices presented in the article. Explain how the differences in best practices might impact women’s health. Explain whether you think the current best practices in the
article you selected should be used in clinical practice. Support your position with evidence-based research. Please use replicable references that are within the past 5 years. Use APA format and
double space. This paper should be based on an out-patient clinical experience of a nurse practitioner, not hospital experience. Here are some references to consider Optional Resources