You should produce a robust report that critically evaluates and analyses the evidence base behind a nursing intervention of your choice. To do this you will be expected to identify one area of nursing practice or intervention, and undertake a structured literature review of the evidence base supporting this guidance, using the structured essay format provided.
⦁ Identify how you have chosen your topic and provide background information to provide context to your research question.
⦁ Demonstrate your search strategy to demonstrate how you have refined your search to, around 8 appropriate papers to support your topic.
⦁ Complete the summary of findings table to identify the evidence you have chosen and why it is relevant to your topic.
⦁ Appraising the evidence – You should appraise the quality of your papers, identified using a recognised critical appraisal tool, and justify your choice in text.
⦁ Critically appraise the key findings and themes of your literature which contribute to answering your question.
⦁ Draw conclusions from your analysis and discuss how this impacts on practice and service users.
