the steps in planning a study to generate evidence

Course Project: Part 2—Literature Review

PLEASE SEE THE TWO DOCUMENTS ATTACHED. ONE IS THE LITERATURE
SUMMARY DOCUMENT AND THE OTHER IS THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT I
SUBMITTED.

This is a continuation of the Course Project presented in Week
2. Before you begin, review the Course Project Overview document
located in the Week 2 Resources area.

The literature review is a critical piece in
the research process because it helps a researcher determine what is currently
known about a topic and identify gaps or further questions. Conducting a
thorough literature review can be a time-consuming process, but the effort
helps establish the foundation for everything that will follow. For this part
of your Course Project, you will conduct a brief literature review to find
information on the question you developed in Week 2. This will provide you with
experience in searching databases and identifying applicable resources.

To prepare:

• Review the information in Chapter 5 of the
  course text, focusing on the steps for conducting a literature review and for
  compiling your findings.
  • Using the question that you selected in your
    Week 2 Project (Part 1 of the Course Project), locate 5 or more full-text
    research articles that are relevant to your PICOT question. Include at least 1
    systematic review and 1 integrative review if possible. Use the search tools
    and techniques mentioned in your readings this week to enhance the
    comprehensiveness and objectivity of your review. You may gather these articles
    from any appropriate source, but make sure at least 3 of these articles are
    available as full-text versions through Walden Library’s databases.
  • Read through the articles carefully. Eliminate
    studies that are not appropriate and add others to your list as needed.
    Although you may include more, you are expected to include a minimum of five
    articles. Complete a literature review summary table using the Literature Review Summary Table Template located
    in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Prepare to summarize and synthesize the
    literature using the information on writing a literature review found in
    Chapter 5 of the course text.

To complete:

Write a 3- to 4-page literature review that
includes the following:

• A synthesis of what
  the studies reveal about the current state of knowledge on the question that
  you developed
  • Point out inconsistencies and contradictions
    in the literature and offer possible explanations for inconsistencies.
• Preliminary
  conclusions on whether the evidence provides strong support for a change in
  practice or whether further research is needed to adequately address your
  inquiry
• Your literature review
  summary table with all references formatted in correct APA style

Required Readings

Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017).
Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th
ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

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  • Chapter 3, “Key Concepts and Steps in
    Qualitative and Quantitative Research” (for review)
  • Chapter 4, “Research Problems, Research
    Questions, and Hypotheses”

This chapter focuses
on the steps in planning a study to generate evidence. These include developing
a research question, identifying variables, articulating a problem statement,
and generating hypotheses.

• Chapter 7, “Ethics in
  Nursing Research”

In this chapter, the
focus is on the ethical dilemmas that occur when planning and conducting
research and the ethical principles that have been enacted for protecting study
participants.

Fouka, G., & Mantzorou, M. (2011). What
are the major ethical issues in conducting research? Is there a conflict
between the research ethics and the nature of nursing? Health Science Journal,
5(1), 3–14.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This article describes a literature review
conducted to determine the most important ethical issues that nurses encounter
when undertaking or participating in research. The authors detail the results
of the review and make recommendations for solving some of the problems
highlighted.

Newcomb, P. (2010). Evolving fairness in
research on human subjects. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric
Nursing, 23(3), 123–124.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

In this article, the author describes some of
the ethical controversies that may arise in conducting research in human
subjects, especially with respect to ownership of genes. The author also
stresses the importance of educating research subjects and their families about
the ultimate purpose of research.

Yakov, G., Shilo, Y., & Shor, T. (2010).
Nurses’ perceptions of ethical issues related to patients’ rights law. Nursing
Ethics, 17(4), 501–510.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

The authors of this article detail a study
conducted to determine how nursing staff deal with ethical issues in relation
to the law. The article emphasizes the difficulty staff had in distinguishing
between legal and ethical problems. The authors make several recommendations to
deal with legal and ethical problems.

Delwiche, F. (2008). Anatomy of a scholarly
research presentation in the health sciences. Retrieved from
http://dana.uvm.edu/Anatomy/

This presentation highlights the primary
components of scholarly research articles. The presentation details the
distinguishing factors of scholarly journals, the peer-review process, and the
definition of “primary literature.”

American Nurses Association. (2001). Code of
ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Retrieved from
http://nursingworld.org/DocumentVault/Ethics-1/Code-of-Ethics-for-Nurses.html

This website provides the code of ethics for
nurses to be used in carrying out their responsibilities. There is also a
detailed explanation of each provision.

Document: Literature
Review Summary Table Template (Word document)

Note: You will use
this document to complete the Project throughout this course.