For your final assignment, you will write a literature review on any topic you chose earlier in the semester. A literature review is an overview of the previous research conducted on a topic. Its purpose is to inform readers of the significant knowledge and ideas established on a topic. In addition, a literature review compares, contrasts, and/or connects findings that were identified when reviewing the previous researchers’ work.
The purpose of this assignment is to hone your abilities to research a topic of study so you can learn to (1) identify and formulate an inquiry question that defines what you’d like to learn, (2) apply your knowledge by reading the research on the topic, (3) analyze information found in academic, peer-reviewed journal articles, and (4) synthesize new knowledge into a literature review.
As you write, remember your audience. In this case, it is your professor. Your current professor is not a nursing subject expert, so provide explanations of acronyms or terminology. When in doubt, assume your reader does not know anything about the subject.
Assignment Description:
You are asked to complete a short literature review on a nursing education topic of your choice for this assignment. You will locate at least 5 academic, peer-reviewed journal articles on your topic and write at least a 750-word literature review using the articles you’ve selected.
Steps to leading up to writing a literature review. (You should have completed these already.):
Choose a topic that you are interested in researching.
Formulate an inquiry question that describes what you would like to know about your nursing education topic. This will help you focus your searches.
Utilize the online library resources to search for and locate journals that include your topic’s information.
Find articles, read the abstracts and skim the articles to determine if they correspond well to your topic AND inquiry question.
Select at least 5 journal articles.
Read your articles and begin to sort and classify them according to their findings. Utilize the excel spreadsheet to organize this information.
Writing a literature review:
Organize your articles by sorting and classifying their findings in a meaningful way, always considering your original topic and inquiry question. (Your outline)
Write your review.
Submission:
You will submit a word document, that includes:
Cover page
Body (literature review)
Reference page
