Summary Of The Purpose Of This Assignment To Guide Students
Summarythe Purpose Of This Assignment Is To Guide The Student In Deve
The purpose of this assignment is to guide the student in developing and practicing skills for retrieving and reviewing the nursing literature. A review of the literature is a critical first step for discovering the current state of the science and gaps when implementing evidence into practice. Students will identify a nursing practice issues, provide an introduction, problem statement, search and retrieve nursing literature, identify themes, annotate several research articles, identify gaps in the evidence, and discuss implications. The purpose of this assignment is to gradually guide the student in developing the signature assignment. The idea is for the student to take a stepwise approach to completing the signature assignment.
The signature assignment will be broken into three steps: STEP 1 - Introduction and Problem Statement; STEP 2 – PICOt, Databases, and Search Terms; and STEP 3 – Three Themes and Annotated Bibliographies. These steps will be combined into the final signature assignment in week 8. This assignment is STEP 2 – PICOt Question, Search Terms & Databases. Last week, you wrote STEP 1 (attached). For STEP 2, the student will complete the following using the provided template:
- Provide a title that conveys or describes the assignment.
- Develop a PICOt formatted clinical project question, including Population, Intervention, Comparison, Expected Outcomes, and timeframe.
- Identify at least six key search terms used in retrieving the literature.
- Specify at least four databases searched, such as CINAHL, MEDLINE, or others.
- List references used in the template in APA 6th edition format.
Below is the sample template to fill out or use directly:
PICOt Formatted Clinical Question:
P – (Population)
I – (Intervention)
C – (Comparison)
O – (Expected Outcomes)
T – (Timeframe)