NUR09401: Discussing How you Would Search for Evidence and Evaluating this Selected Evidence: Advancing Practice through Research Essay, ENU, Singapore

PART 1: Discussing how you would search for evidence and evaluating this selected evidence

• PART 2: Design a small pilot study, following the stages of the research process

• PART 3: Discuss how you would disseminate the findings from you study and how implementation might occur.

Part 1 in more detail requires you to:

• Describe how you will locate relevant evidence for the chosen scenario (including keywords & database)

• Provide a clear systematic search strategy

• Retrieve relevant literature (minimum 6 articles) •

Evaluate the evidence based on a hierarchy of evidence Part 2 in more detail requires you to:

Develop a research proposal based on the following areas:

1.Developing a research question

2.Determine research approach – you need to choose from one of the following: Quantitative – experimental Quantitative – observational Qualitative

3.Determine Setting

4.Sampling method

5.Inclusion/exclusion criteria

6.Recruitment

7.Ethics

8.Data Collection

9.Data Analysis (you will not actually analyze data – but you need to discuss how you might analyze the data if it was collected.) *You must use literature to demonstrate you understand the research process and to justify the decisions you are making when planning your research.

Part 3 in more detail requires you to:

•Consider how you would share your work (Dissemination Plan) and implement changes in practice

•Write about what will help or hinder dissemination and implementation using evidence to support your writing.