PURPOSE

This assignment is intended to help you learn to write a narrative essay on finding best evidence to make recommendations for change in practice.

OVERVIEW

In this culminating Signature Assignment, you will develop a 8-11 page narrative essay, exclusive of title page and references, describing your journey to critically appraising and synthesizing the literature to make a recommendation for a change in practice. To support your findings and arguments, your data must be from primary sources.

ACTION ITEMS

1. Using APA format (double-spaced, 1-inch margins, no running head, etc.), a write narrative essay in a formal paper style.
   • It is anticipated that your paper will be at least 8-11 pages long, excluding a cover and references pages, include at least 10-20 primary, scholarly articles that support your arguments.
   • Be sure to visit the Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.) to review helpful information needed for your primary
   • Be sure to use databases in the Franklin Library to support your analysis. You may find that the CINAHL is the most applicable database, but other databases may be used.
2. Review the following example documents and guides:
   • Types of Scholarly Articles (Links to an external site.)
   • APA 7th Edition Sample Papers & Guides (Links to an external site.)
   • Annotated Sample Student Paper (Links to an external site.)
   • Student Sample Paper (Links to an external site.)
   • Student Title Page Guide (Links to an external site.)
   • Quick Reference Guide (Links to an external site.)
   • Heading Levels Template (Links to an external site.)
3. Develop your Signature Assignment Paper. Your final paper should be composed of:
   • Title page
   • Introduction (including the practice you are concerned about and your PICO(T) question)
   • Body — Narrative discussion sections, in which you:
     • Describe the databases you searched, the number of articles initially returned and how you narrowed them to fit your area of interest.
     • Discuss the outcomes you found in your articles.
     • Remember, you are not to analyze the articles, but synthesize the outcomes and level of evidence. You will have to be concise as you will only have 1-2 sentences for each article (10-20 articles). To support your findings and arguments, your data must be from primary sources.
   • Conclusion, in which you:
     • State the current practice and recommendation for change or changes in practice you found in the evidence.
   • References, in which you:
     • Include all articles (10-20) and any other reference you need (should not be many.
4. Submit the completed draft of your paper (that utilizes Grammarly and the feedback from the Online Writing Review). Your work will automatically be checked by Turnitin. Any submission before the due date is for you to check your similarity report in Turnitin.
5. Access your Turnitin report by reviewing your Submission Details for this assignment.
6. Revise your work as needed based on the feedback once again if/as needed.
7. By the due date indicated, re-submit the final version of your work.