NSG2NMR Nursing And Midwifery Research

Assignment Requirements

The aim of Assessment is identify a clinical issue and propose a research question about this clinical issue. You are to then to conduct a literature search and determine whether there is existing evidence to answer your clinical question.

Once you have identified a research question you will need to:

1. Conduct a literature search using Medline/CINAHL databases (at a minimum) and identify literature relevant to the research question. Append the search history from your two database searches to the assignment. 
2. Write a Literature Review that describes what is already known about the research question. 
3. Consider how well the existing literature addresses your research question? (Consider if your research question has been fully answered, partially answered, or not answered at all)
4. (a) Identify what further research could be conducted (and its characteristics such as design, sample, outcome measures) that might provide important information to answer your research question AND (b) what are some ethical considerations that apply to these possible research studies.