Important Information / Warnings: THE TOPIC IS ADDICTION. AN ARTICLE FROM A NURSING JOURNAL THAT WAS AUTHORED BY A NURSE ABOUT NURSES MUST OBTAINED TO USE WITH THIS PAPER.
Remember, your article cannot be a retrospective study (exception: you may use secondary analysis of population based datasets), mixed methods study, a qualitative study, a systematic review, a quality improvement article, or an evidence based practice article.
In order to be graded for course credit, your uploaded paper with a reference page must be a Microsoft Word document and your other references (articles, websites, guidelines, etc.) must be PDF files. Submission of any other type of file will result in a zero for your submission because Canvas cannot open them and therefore your coach can’t grade them
You are expected to submit pdf files of your statistics source, your primary research article, clinical practice guideline, and your other discipline research based article along with the word document for your paper.
In this assignment, students will be asked to create the initial steps of an evidence-based practice project using your topic and the article you found in the Topic, PICO Question, and Article assignment. Students will also need their PICO(T) question. The student will locate several additional resources to answer their PICO question, and write this information into a paper using APA style. The student should carefully read the instructions and find an article or question that they feel best meets those instructions. Your paper should be between five and seven double-spaced pages, but that does not include the cover page or references.
Please note that no direct quotes are allowed in this paper except when giving the conceptual definition for a variable. Each direct quote will receive a five-point deduction from your grade.
APA tips:
Use the 7th edition APA student paper title page format.
Originality is a key factor for a critique. The points off for direct quotes are high, other than regarding conceptual definitions of variables.
Make sure you use correct in-text citations for all paraphrasing.
DO NOT USE FIRST PERSON! “I think” “we believe” for example, are not allowed for this paper.
Reference sources following APA format.
Double space the entire paper–title page, headings, paragraphs, references, etc. Do not use Introduction as a heading. The title goes above the Introduction paragraph.
Below is the website link to Journal of Addictions Nursing. This is a journal that may be beneficial so long as the article meets the requirements above.
