Discuss your library search strategies and briefly summarize the literature you reviewed. Focus your discussion on the “problem” and how the literature you identified provides evidence of the existence of the problem. | Browse Homework Help

The purpose of the class is to learn how to write a research proposal. It is not to solve all of nursing’s problems or save the world-you can do that when you are out of school and someone is paying you to do it You are learning a process in this class.

You will want to carefully pick your topic. Getting the PICOT question right is the hardest part. But, once it is right, the rest of the proposal should be easy! DO NOT pick topics such as the nursing shortage (you can’t cure it in 11 weeks), the pitfalls of nursing education, why NPs are better than MDs, etc. PICK A CLINICAL TOPIC! Your life will be much easier. Remember that you will be proposing an intervention for the purposes of this class project. If you elect not to pick a clinical topic, make very sure that you will be able to meet all of the grading criteria for the research proposal.

You will want to think of a nursing/patient problem. For illustrative purposes, let’s say you think that pressure ulcers are a problem. You have read research that suggests that a new mattress is the answer to pressure ulcers. So, you have two groups of patients-an intervention group that will be placed on the new mattress and a control group that will stay on the regular mattress. The outcome you are looking for, of course, is a reduction in pressure ulcer rates. So, you conduct this study on a particular unit or units over six months and compare rates. For a topic like this you will be able to find research to support your intervention. This is key to helping you with your proposal. We will talk more about this as we go along but trust me when I tell you a clinical topic is much easier for you to deal with!