Use this document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide a rationale, include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses.
Quantitative Studies
Introduction
- Introduce your nursing practice problem and discuss the purpose of your paper.
- State your PICOT question.
Background of Studies
- Summary of studies including problem, significance to nursing, purpose, objective, and research question.
How Do These Two Articles Support the Nursing Practice Problem You Chose?
- Discuss how these two articles will be used to answer your PICOT question.
- Describe how the interventions and comparison groups in the articles compare to those identified in your PICOT question.
Method of Studies
- State the methods of the two articles you are comparing and describe how they are different.
- State one benefit and one limitation of each method you have identified.
Results of Studies
- Summarize the key findings of each study in one or two comprehensive paragraphs.
- What are the implications of the two studies in nursing practice?
Ethical Considerations
- Discuss two ethical consideration in conducting research.
- Describe how the researchers in the two articles you choose took these ethical considerations into account while performing their research.
Conclusion
- Your conclusion should summarize the main points in the essay, including a varied restatement of the thesis.
