Preparing the assignment
1) Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
a. Select a scholarly nursing or research article, published within the last five years, related to mental health nursing. The content of the article must relate to evidence-based practice.
b. The submitted assignment should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.
2) Include the following sections :
a. Introduction
· Establishes purpose of the paper
· Captures attention of the reader
b. Article Summary
· Statistics to support significance of the topic to mental health care
· Key points of the article
· Key evidence presented
· Examples of how the evidence can be incorporated into your nursing practice
c. Article Critique
· Present strengths of the article
· Present weaknesses of the article
· Discuss if you would/would not recommend this article to a colleague
d. Conclusion
· Provides analysis or synthesis of information within the body of the text
· Supported by ides presented in the body of the paper
· Is clearly written
e. Article Selection and Approval
· Current (published in last 5 years)
· Relevant to mental health care
f. APA format and Writing Mechanics
· Correct use of standard English grammar and sentence structure
· No spelling or typographical errors
· Paper is 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
· Citations in the text and reference page