In this assessment task, you will demonstrate your ability to identify a practice issue that requires an evidence-informed approach, develop a related clinical question, and search for evidence that may be used to answer this question. You will use this evidence, and the feedback from this assessment task, to inform and underpin the final assessment task, your research presentation.
Instructions
- Identify an issue or situation from practice or in healthcare that requires an evidence-informed approach.
- Explain why this issue is important for a registered nurse to understand, drawing on the literature to support your argument.
- Develop a searchable question using an appropriate framework.
- Design a search strategy, including database choice, key terms, and Boolean operators to link these (tables may be used for this section
- Use this strategy to carry out your search, and identify four research articles that address your question, choosing these from the highest possible evidence sources with reference to an appropriate hierarchy
- Include a screenshot of the search history from your database searches as an appendix to your report.
The question and the articles you find to address this will form the basis for your second assessment task.
PLEASE NOTE: This assessment task is about your search for evidence. You are NOT being asked to answer your question, or write an essay about your topic.