Learning Objectives
Assessed:
1. Explain the research process that underpins the evidence base for nursing practice
2. Discuss and critique commonly used research designs that inform health care practice
Graduate Outcomes supported:
- CL03: Demonstrate the ability to critically appraise the literature related to complex nursing issues
Details:
This assignment involves finding an issue you have encountered in practice - this could be your clinical practice or nursing related work if you are employed in healthcare. Identify and reflect on the issue. Conduct a search for literature related to this issue and provide a
Some examples may include:
- Mental health: Nurses roles in seclusion reduction.
- Medical settings: How can we recognise delirium better?
- Community nursing: What are the risks in community visiting?
- Surgical settings: Is post-operative pain assessment by nurses effective?
Introduce your paper and provide some objectives.
Define the issue you will be discussing. Make sure you provide a search strategy - as discussed in lectures, searches need to be repeatable and believable! Describe the evidence you have found. It may be better to do this in themes to make the structure of your paper stronger. Finally, provide a discussion/conclusion that draws this evidence together to support change in the issue you have identified.
References must be in APA 6thedition. Be sure to provide strong evidence to inform your arguments.
This assignment involves finding an issue you have encountered in practice - this could be your clinical practice or nursing related work if you are employed in healthcare. Identify and reflect on the issue. Conduct a search for literature related to this issue and provide a brief overview of the evidence. Please be creative in identifying issues related to where you would like to work in the future - you may have also witnessed or experienced something during your clinical placements that you feel could be done better. This is your chance to prove that this is the case.
Some examples may include:
- Mental health: Nurses roles in seclusion reduction.
- Medical settings: How can we recognise delirium better?
- Community nursing: What are the risks in community visiting?
- Surgical settings: Is post-operative pain assessment by nurses effective?
Introduce your paper and provide some objectives. Define the issue you will be discussing. Make sure you provide a search strategy - as discussed in lectures, searches need to be repeatable and believable! Describe the evidence you have found. It may be better to do this in themes to make the structure of your paper stronger. Finally, provide a discussion/conclusion that draws this evidence together to support change in the issue you have identified.