Parental perception of support in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

– [ ] Start with background- background to the study. A focus question. Why you have the focus question. Put question at the end.

– [ ] Methodology- inclusion and exclusion. Best available evidence. Why you think they are the best to answer the questions. Best articles to answer the question. Best available evidence. Summary of the articles selected.

– [ ] Give reader sense of what the article is about. Explained the process. Tell what they are. Summary table of the articles. Table goes in appendix (appendix is not marked).

– [ ] Findings- review the articles. Thematic analysis, themes. Topic 1. Subjects for discussion. Themes that emerge from thematic analysis. Conclusion. Topic 3. What patients think. Topic 2. What healthcare professionals think.

Audit trail.- all steps taken of how u got somewhere. How and why u selected the articles. Explai why the articles are okay.

– [ ] Inclusion and exclusion criteria- what time period. Min 6 articles. Best available evidence. Identify themes from articles.

– [ ] Explain in the seearchibv how u got keywords= Boolean operators. Explain why you chose the data bases. Ovid-search