Length: Two to four pages (excluding title and reference pages). The “APA Reference for Article” on page two must be formatted using APA 7th edition and double spaced. Your responses on the the rest of form are to be single spaced.
· This assignment will use the attached “Search Strategy Form” and will include the following: Use your approved PICOT question as the title on your title page. Include a title page and reference page using APA 7th edition formatting for the six articles you found. Please download the form, fill it out, add the title page, and add the reference page for one big Word document.
- Make sure your APA is correct:
- on your title page
- when listing references on the form
- on your reference page
· View the videos to help you get started on searching the literature to locate research articles pertaining to your PICOT question topic.
· To prepare for this assignment and future assignments, you will need to conduct a literature search by accessing nursing research databases located in YSU’s Maag Library’s website. You will need to search at least five nursing research databases. It will be helpful for you to start your search with the words from your PICOT question.
· You are required to locate six individual quantitative research studies related to your PICOT question topic. These must be original research articles—not literature reviews or sources that summarize multiple studies.
Each article should meet the following criteria:
- Be a single, original nursing research study that uses a quantitative design (see chapters 8, 9, and 10).
- Be relevant to your PICOT question and applicable to nursing practice.
- Be published within the last eight years to ensure the information is current.
Do NOT use the following types of sources:
- Literature reviews or integrative reviews
- Meta-analyses or systematic reviews
- Expert opinions or commentary articles
- Educational or informational articles that are not research-based
- Qualitative or mixed-methods studies
- If the title of your articles has the words “Review, ” “Literature Review,” or “Meta-analysis” in it, do not use the article!
· You must use six quantitative research studies. These six studies will be used throughout the remainder of the course assignments.
· It is very important to find and use the correct research design in the articles for this assignment. You will be using these articles for future assignments. If you don’t have the correct design or if your article is more than 8 years old, you will receive a 17% (1/6th) deduction for each article that is incorrect for this and all future assignments.
· Be sure to critically appraise the research for validity and applicability.
· All links must be valid links to the actual article, not just the abstract.
· In scholarly writing, do not refer to yourself and do not use “I,” “Me,” “My,” etc. Instead of writing “I searched….,” state “A search was conducted…”
APPROVED PICOT : In adult patients with acute chest pain (P). Rapid ECG and troponin protocol (I).Standard ED evaluation (C). Time to diagnosis of myocardial infarction (O). During ED visit (T).