Nurses are Advocates for Health and Well being of Patients. What Role do they Play in the Nutrition and Hydration of Patients in Hospitals in the UK?

Nurses are Advocates for Health and Well being of Patients. What Role do they Play in the Nutrition and Hydration of Patients in Hospitals in the UK?

Introduction

Write an outline of the proposal. What does the proposal contain? What is the aim of your proposed research?
Can you identified and give a brief overview of two recent government strategies or policies which has been put in place to tackle the health issue ( i.e. patients nutrition and hydration) you are focusing on.
Why is this research topic important to your field of practice? Have you presented a Justification Statement? i.e. objectively justifying the research topic using relevant literature sources?
What is the aim of the study (Identify one aim)
Explain the selected methodological approach- i.e. secondary research versus primary research?

Discuss the strengths and limitations of selected methodological approach supported by relevant literature.
How will you conduct your literature search, i.e. literature search strategy?
What search engines will be used to search for the literature?
What academic data bases will be accessed?
What organisations, if any will be accessed for literature?
What relevant key words and Boolean operators will be used in the literature search?
What is your literature search exclusion and inclusion criteria and have you justified it?
Did you use peer review journals?