WGU C361 - Task 1 Evidence Based Practice.

WGU C361 - Task 1 Evidence Based Practice/WGU C361 - Task 1 Evidence Based Practice. Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Task 1 Quantitative Article McCarthy, D. M., Wolf, M. S., McConnell, R., Sears, J., Chevrier, A., Ahlstrom, E., … Mark Courtney, D. (2015). Improving Patient Knowledge and Safe Use of Opioids: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Academic Emergency Medicine, 22(3), 331–339. Background or Introduction The quantitative research paper was printed in 2015, the article was centered on the improvement of patient understanding of the safe use of opioids when combined with education on the written and verbal instructions given at time of service. During 2015, opioids that were prescribed had significantly increased as well as the number of overdoses since 1990.