Assignment Instructions: This assignment requires you to identify, retrieve, summarize, and synthesize relevant literature focused on your PICO clinical question or project purpose. The findings from this literature review will be utilized by student to develop the DNP Project. Organize the document with headings, subheadings, and tables to display and organize your findings effectively. Use the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses Checklist to guide your review.
ResultsSelection of sources of evidence: Give numbers of sources of evidence screened, assessed for eligibility, and included in the review, with reasons for exclusions at each stage, ideally using a flow diagram.
Characteristics of sources of evidence: For each source of evidence, present characteristics for which data were charted and provide the citations.
Critical appraisal within sources of evidence: If done, present data on the critical appraisal of included sources of evidence.
Results of individual sources of evidence: For each included source, present the relevant data charted that relates to the review questions and objectives (tables).
Synthesis of results: Summarize and/or present the charting results as they relate to the review questions and objectives.
DiscussionSummarize the main results (including an overview of concepts, themes, and types of evidence available), link to the review questions and objectives, and consider the relevance to key groups.
Limitations Discuss the limitations of the scoping review process.
Conclusions Provide a general interpretation of the results with respect to the review questions and objectives, as well as potential implications and/or next steps
The PICO Question for this assignment is: In pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes, does the use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) devices compared to traditional finger-stick glucose monitoring along with weekly online email reports improve patient compliance with monitoring protocols and significantly reduce their glycemic profile?
The first half of the paper has already been done and is attached here. Please make sure all of the information added is based on the same topic. The title of the paper is: “Understanding Continuous Glucose Monitoring Needs in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Scoping Review”. The requirement for this paper is to Appraise 5 research articles based on the information given above. The 5 articles have already been searched for and are attached along with the first half of the paper.