This assignment is the main deliverable for this course, all the coursework you have done up to this point should support the development of your literature synthesis paper. Your synthesis paper should not simply be a summary of articles you have found based on your literature search. Rather, you will identify relationships of the articles you found and group them to understand what is known about your topic of interest. Altogether, what does the evidence mean? How does it relate to your problem and population of interest. How will the evidence guide your DNP project idea?
For this assignment:
Write a short paper (limit 4-6 pages) concisely synthesizing the articles you found during the literature search to answer your PICO question. Add additional articles to your evidence table for a total of 7-10 articles. All articles that are included in your evidence table (7-10 articles) should be referenced in paper. Please take in to consideration feedback given for your Literature Search assignment and make changes as needed. You will include the table (only the table, not the directions for use) as an appendix to this paper. **No systematic reviews or meta-analysis of any kind are permitted for this assignment. You should include the following in your paper:
Background of your chosen topic: revise your previously submitted background paragraph based on instructor feedback (limit to <1 page). (Attached)
Search Strategy: revise your previously submitted search strategy paragraph based on instructor feedback (limit to <1 page), include completed PRISMA diagram as an appendix. (attached). Please revise the search strategy and PRISMA diagram using the PRISMA template attached.
Synthesis of the literature found to answer clinical question. Synthesis paragraphs will refer to more than one paper at a time and the text must carry meaning. Please use headings for your synthesis, headings should be unique to how you interpret your articles and group them together to make meaningful connections (limit to 2-3 pages).
2 potential recommendations for interventions that are feasible for a DNP project (limit to <1 page). These recommendations should be congruent with what you report in your synthesis.
Conclusion (short paragraph)
An exemplar for this assignment has been attached. *Please keep in mind that the exemplar may not be perfectly done, but it does a good job of demonstrating the expectations of the assignment.
Literature search and evidence Table from submitted work has also been attached.
