NS312 Research & Nursing Practice 2 Assignment

Students are asked to identify an aspect of patient care that they have observed, participated in, and/or interests them.  Students are asked to:

• Formulate a research question based on their area of interest using an appropriate (PICO/PEOS/SPICE) framework.
• Develop a search strategy that includes the following:
  • Information on the electronic databases used in the search.
  • Provide the search terms used in the search.
  • Provide information on any limits applied in the search
  • Identify circa 3-4 primary research articles which focus on the topic of interest.
  • Critically review the chosen research articles paying close attention to the research design used and how the study findings answer your research questions.
  • Following your critical reading of the chosen articles, you are required to write a critical literature review which:
    • Answers your chosen research question.
    • Whilst also referring to the quality and reliability of the research designs used by the researchers.

  Please link the findings of your review to clinical practice in the form of recommendations for practice.