Identify an area of clinical interest. Locate a minimum of one peer-reviewed journal article related to your clinical topic of interest.

Nursing Question

Assignment Criteria:
Develop a scholarly paper that addresses the following criteria:

1. Identify an area of clinical interest.

2. Locate a minimum of one peer-reviewed journal article (no older than 5 years) related to your clinical topic of interest. Do not use a meta-analysis or systematic review.

3. Critique the journal article, fully answering the questions in the table below.

4. The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 4 to 5 pages excluding the title and reference page.

5. Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.

6. Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.

7. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we,  you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.

8. Include a minimum of one professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper and a second  benchmark peer reviewed source (may be textbook or other journal article) and be less than five (5) years old.

9. APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).