The Need for more Ethics Education for Nurses (Health, Medicine, Nursing Research Paper)

Topic : Identify the educational gap in knowledge of ethics for nurses.
Problem: nurses
INTRO
1. Introduction to the project;
2. Powerful statement to stimulate interest;
3. Identify purpose of project;
4. Provide preview of what project will include
•The introductory paragraph should be your introduction to your project and it goes under the title of your paper (pay attention to APA format for when it is appropriate to bold headings/titles).
•You should start your introduction with a powerful statement or two to stimulate interest.
•Identify the purpose of your project and provide a preview of what the project will include. You may have included some of this information when describing it to your peers in the discussion assignment; now write it formally as part of this paper.
BACKGROUND & SIGNIFICANCE OR STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Include the following 4 criteria:
1. Discuss the background and significance of the project's central topic or problem.
2. Answer the question "Why is this Important?"
3. Provide examples from the literature to support the topic and/or identified problem.
4. Provide a minimum of 3-5 supportive references and cite them according to APA.
• When choosing references, be selective, do not just include the first ones that pop up on your literature search. Your references should be within 5 years unless it is important to establish and discuss the background and significance; for ex: there may be a key study that “sparked” the research being done in a particular area, or maybe there was an older report that identified a problem that still exists and has not been resolved or addressed. You may go through several articles before finding what is relevant for your project.
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
• Hopefully by now you have already started your literature review for your project, and now you are going to be putting it together for this assignment.
• You will do an initial review of the literature to get you familiar with the topic and/or the identified problem for the project, as well as the identified key elements.
• You should continue to build on the review of the literature after this assignment is completed until you feel you have adequately researched your topic and can proceed with your project based on your findings. Your mentor can help you determine if it is enough. It is not just about meeting a required number of references; it is about the quality of the references you are using.
• You will need to add to the previous references you began in the background section, making your total minimum # of references for the paper 13-15. You can have more than 15, but not less than13.
If articles are older than 5 years but you feel they are important to project - indicate that in the literature review section
ANALYZING & SYNTHESIZING THE LITERATURE
Evaluate the literature as a whole in relation to your topic, grouping the articles into similar categories. Examine the strengths and weaknesses of the literature and determine how it either supports or does not support the project’s topic or stated problem.
• You will track your articles on the Chart of Summary of Evidence Table.
• Keep in mind that the articles in this section should be PRIMARILY RESEARCH studies or systematic reviews, NOT summary articles. The review should be about the evidence rather than someone else’s opinion of the evidence. If a summary article is relevant to your project, you may also include it, but there should only be 1 or 2 summary articles.
• Do not use secondary sources; you need to get the article, read it, and make your own decision about quality and applicability to your project, even if you did find out about the study in a systematic review.
WRITING THE SUMMARY OF STUDIES
• When writing about a study you should include a brief summary of the study design, setting and sample.
• Do NOT simply address each study and give a summary.
• Discuss the “high points” in the review. It is helpful to try to explain the high points to someone out loud without your notes—that makes you think about what you actually discovered (or didn’t).
• What is the most significant data in the study that supports your project?
• The studies in this section MUST relate directly to your identified topic/problem and purpose of your project.
• Conclude with a summary statement regarding the strength of your initial review, and, if needed, how you plan to proceed with your ongoing review of the literature.