RESEARCH QUESTION AND HYPOTHESES
Question: In mechanically ventilated ICU patients, what is the relative effectiveness of semi recumbent patient positioning versus prone positioning in preventing VAP?
Hypothesis: We hypothesize that in mechanically ventilated ICU patients, semi recumbent positioning will be more effective in preventing VAP compared to prone positioning.
B. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cite each article in APA format and answer the following questions for each of the five (5) journal articles you have chosen (each article summary is worth 10 points). Label your articles 1-5, and then label answers to these questions 1-8.
In what ways does the information in this article address your research question?
What are the researchers exploring or questioning in the article?
What are the main findings?
What are the conclusions?
Did you notice anything you would do differently or any problems with the research?
What areas do the researchers recommend for future research?
How do you know that the journal and the author are credible?
How can you use this source in your group research project?
One page for each source. double spaced
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. SYNTHESIS
Using your five research articles write a one (1) page single-spaced summary of how your chosen five articles support your Research Question and Hypotheses. Organize this part of your paper thematically, i.e., organize your paper by population, intervention, methods of comparison, outcomes, and concepts. Don’t forget to discuss the weaknesses that the authors of the research papers you read for your annotated bibliography identified.
5 recent research articles (2017-2023). The articles must be from peer reviewed journals. The articles must describe a research study with all the elements such as design, sample, methods and so forth. The articles can not be opinion articles or concept analyses
Expert should pick each article