Reference no: EM133886949
Criterion 1: Identifies a topic that requires an evidence-informed approach, and justifies its importance to nursing practice.
Your topic may be one that has arisen in one of your practical placements (for example, an intervention or technique that has been carried out in different ways by different nurses, or something new that you would like to know more about), or it may be an area of practice that particularly interests you, or an issue that relates to yourself or a family member. While we would prefer you to choose a nursing-specific topic, you are welcome to look at a wider area of healthcare if you can justify why a registered nurse would need to know this. This should be related back to the nursing codes and standards for practice, and with reference to the EIP triad.
Criterion 2: Designs a searchable clinical question using an appropriate framework.
Depending on the type of question you are asking (ie qualitative or quantitative), you may choose to use PICO, PEO, PICo, or any other framework you may have found that works for you. Remember to reference the framework and explain it briefly (all components identified), to demonstrate your understanding and why you have chosen it. Identify the elements of the question formula in your clinical question.
Criterion 3: Demonstrates the ability to locate research relevant to the topic, using a well-constructed search strategy; search history included as an appendix.
In this section you should describe your search in detail, to demonstrate that you have made a comprehensive effort to find the best available evidence to answer your question. The description should be sufficient that your reader could replicate it and come up with similar results. You should include:
the databases you chose to search, and why you made this choice (referencing is needed to justify this)
the keywords or terms you used, the synonyms you included, and how you combined these to form your searches (some explanation of Booleans and their effects is needed here).
the results of your search, including number of articles identified in each database.
You may use tables rather than essay-style text to set this information out clearly.
Criterion 4: Selects four research articles which relate to the clinical question.
Provide full citations for the four articles you have identified. You do not need to describe or evaluate these articles, or attempt to answer your question using them, as this will be done in the final assessment task.
Appropriate articles to use
Please note that you MUST use research papers for this assignment, and for assessment task 3. General discussion papers, CPE (continuing professional education) papers, and clinical guidelines, although very useful in normal professional practice, are NOT appropriate for this assessment task. Look for:
Primary research: articles describing a single study, written by the researchers themselves. These articles will explain how the study was carried out and the results of that study.
Secondary research: systematic reviews, with or without meta-analysis or meta-synthesis, which bring together a number of studies to provide a bigger picture and, depending on the rigor of the review, stronger evidence.
Criterion 5: Communicates in academic language and references appropriately.
Academic writing skills and accurate Harvard referencing are required. You should be referencing not only the four articles found but also any factual information given in your paper, such as justification of the topic, database choice, and question framework. You are expected to draw on literature about research methodology, such as nursing research textbooks, to support the description and explanation of your process.