2806NRS Research in Nursing

A2 Written Assignment – Annotated bibliography

1200 words, Weighting: 35%; Marked out of 50%

Due Date: Week 7 Tuesday, April 27, 5pmSample Page

Aim

In this formative assessment item, you will have the opportunity to write an annotated bibliography which will assist you in finding, summarising and organising research literature to support you in providing evidence-based clinical practice. Writing an annotated bibliography will help you think about the relevance and quality of research articles that inform your decision-making in everyday nursing practice situations.

This assessment item will assess –

Learning Outcome 1: Examine the contribution of research to evidence-based practice.

Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate the credibility of the information provided by research studies.

Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate understanding of the major elements of the research process that underpin translation to practice.

For this assessment, you need to write a 1200-word annotated bibliography.

You are provided with a case study and a reference list of relevant research articles to the case. You are asked to select three articles that best provide evidence-based guidance for the patient in the case study.

There are three (3parts) to this task:

Part 1: Annotated Bibliography (600 words)

Part 2: Justification for selecting each article (300 words)

Part 3: Recommend ways to improve this patient’s nursing care (300 words)

Please note no introduction and no conclusion are required.

Task Description

Task Instructions

In your annotated bibliography you need to:

Write an annotation¹ for each of the three (3) research articles you select from the Reference List below (200 words each annotation).

Justify your selection of each article based on how the article informs best clinical practice to manage the patient condition(s) presented in the case study (100 words each for justification). You will need to include in your justification:

The strength of the research article in relation to the case study (provided below);

The quality of the research article.

Using the evidence you have critiqued, recommend ways to improve this patient’s nursing care, based on your critique of the evidence (300 words).

Please refer to the resource indicated in the footnote. Further information on how to structure an annotated bibliography will be included in a TTP session.

Case Study

Tom is an 80-year-old overweight man, has arrived at the general practice clinic where you are currently working as a Registered Nurse. Tom is breathless, has visible peripheral oedema and tachycardia. In 2019, Tom was diagnosed with chronic heart failure because of ischaemic cardiomyopathy and hypertension. He states that in the past few days he has experienced distressing shortness of breath and is feeling increasingly unwell.

Based on Tom’s case, choose three (3) research articles from the reference list below. Select each article that you believe best provides evidence-based guidance on how Tom can better manage his condition.

Select three (3) out of the eight (8) research sources provided below.

NOTE: All references cited in this list are available via the readings left-hand menu tab

on the BlackBoard site.

Atherton, J. J., Sindone, A., De Pasquale, C. G., Driscoll, A., MacDonald, P. S., Hopper, I., Kistler, P., Briffa, T. G., Wong, J., Abhayaratna, W. P., Thomas, L., Audehm, R., Newton, P. J., O’Loughlin, J., Connell, C., & Branagan, M. (2018). National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian clinical guidelines for the management of heart failure 2018. Medical Journal of Australia, 209(8), 363-369. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja18.00647

Buck, H. G., Stromberg, A., Chung, M. L., Donovan, K. A., Harkness, K., Howard, A. M., Kato, N., Polo, R., & Evangelista, L. S. (2018). A systematic review of heart failure dyadic self-care interventions focusing on intervention components, contexts, and outcomes. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 77, 232-242. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.10.007

Im, J., Mak, S., Upshur, R., Steinberg, L., & Kuluski, K. (2019). ‘The Future is Probably Now’: Understanding of illness, uncertainty and end‐of‐life discussions in older adults with heart failure and family caregivers. Health Expectations, 22(6), 1331-1340. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12980

Jiang, Y., Shorey, S., Seah, B., Chan, W. X., Tam, W. W. S., & Wang, W. (2018, 2018/02/01/). The effectiveness of psychological interventions on self-care, psychological and health outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure—A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 78, 16-25. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.08.006

Miller, S., Mandrusiak, A., & Adsett, J. (2018). Getting to the heart of the matter: What is the landscape of exercise rehabilitation for people with heart failure in Australia? Heart, Lung & Circulation, 27(11), 1350-1356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2017.08.016

Ryan, C. J., Bierle, R., & Vuckovic, K. M. (2019). The Three Rs for preventing heart failure readmission: Review, reassess, and re-educate. Critical Care Nurse, 39(2), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2019345

Salahodinkolah, M. K., Ganji, J., Moghadam, S. H., Shafipour, V., Jafari, H., & Salari, S. (2020). Educational intervention for improving self-care behaviors in patients with heart failure: A narrative review. Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Sciences, 7(1), 60-68. https://doi.org/10.4103/JNMS.JNMS_19_19

Srisuk, N., Cameron, J., Ski, C. F., & Thompson, D. R. (2017). Randomized controlled trial of family-based education for patients with heart failure and their carers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(4), 857-870. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13192

Other elements:

Word limit of 1200 words needs to be strictly adhered to. The word limit for an assessment item includes in text citations, tables and quotations. The word limit DOES NOT include the reference list. Please note the marker will cease marking your submitted work once they have reached the allocated word limit

Refer to the Griffith Health Writing and Referencing Guide. Ensure your assignment format strictly adheres to these guidelines.

Ensure that you use scholarly literature² (digitized readings, research articles, relevant Government reports and textbooks) that has been published within the last five [5] years (between 2015 – 2020 (inclusive).

Use the APA 7 referencing style.

You may use headings to organize your essay.

Unless otherwise instructed, write in the third person.

Use academic language³ throughout.

Refer to the marking rubric when writing your assignment. This will assist you in calculating the weightings of the sections for your assignment.

Submit your assignment via Turnitin as per the instructions on your Learning@Griffith course site. [Submit in the ‘FINAL Written Essay’ assessment tab].

2806NRS Research in Nursing

A2 Annotated Bibliography MARKING RUBRIC

Assessable Elements	EXEMPLARY Exceptionally high quality of performance or standard of learning achievement.	ACCOMPLISHED High quality performance or standard of learning achievement.	DEVELOPING Satisfactory quality of performance or standard of learning achievement.	BEGINNING Unsatisfactory quality of performance or standard of learning achievement.	TOTAL MARK
Criterion One Write an annotation for each of the three research articles you select, including the limitations of the research article.	Exceptionally high standard as evidenced by a clear and succinct description and evaluation/critique of each article, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of each article.	High standard as evidenced by a clear description and evaluation/critique of each article, demonstrating a reasonable understanding of each article.	Satisfactory standard as evidenced by adequate description and evaluation/critique of each article, demonstrating sufficient understanding of each article.	Unsatisfactory standard as evidenced by an unclear or absent description and /or evaluation/critique of each article. An understanding of each article has not been developed. Evaluation of the articles is flawed.	/18
Mark allocation	17-18	13-16	9-12	<9
Criterion Two Justify your choice for selecting each of the three research articles based on their strengths and quality and how each article informs best clinical practice to manage the patient condition(s) presented in the case study.	Exceptionally high standard as evidenced by a clear and comprehensive discussion on the justification on the choice of each article based on informing best clinical practice.	High standard as evidenced by a broad discussion on the justification on the choice of each article based on informing best clinical practice.	Satisfactory standard as evidenced by brief but sufficient discussion on the justification on the choice of each article based on informing best clinical practice.	Unsatisfactory standard as evidenced by underdeveloped discussion on the justification on the choice of each article based on strength, informing best clinical practice.	/8
Mark allocation	8	6 – 7	4-5	<4
Criterion Three Make recommendations that can improve this patient’s nursing care	Exceptionally high standard as evidenced by identification of a range of appropriate and specific recommendations including a clear and comprehensive justification of the recommendations.	High standard as evidenced by an accurate identification of some appropriate and specific of recommendations including a clear description of the recommendations; may include basic justification for the recommendations.	Satisfactory standard as evidenced by identification of recommendations including an adequate description of the recommendations.	Unsatisfactory standard as evidenced by the flawed identification of recommendations. Description of the recommendations is inadequate.	/8
Mark allocation	8	6 – 7	4-5	<4
Criterion Four Use of the literature	Exceptionally high standard as evidenced by synthesis and accurate integration of high quality, credible evidence supports ideas that are relevant to the topic.	High standard as evidenced by some synthesis and integration of good quality, credible evidence to support ideas that are relevant to the topic.	Satisfactory standard as evidenced by attempting synthesis and integration of reasonable quality, credible evidence to support ideas that are relevant to the topic.	Unsatisfactory standard as evidenced by a lack of synthesis and integration of poor-quality evidence resulting a lack of support for ideas that may not be relevant to the topic.	/6
Mark allocation	6	5	3 – 4	<3
Criterion Five Presentation, grammar and academic writing	Exemplary demonstration of academic writing standards; Exemplary sentence and paragraph structure, with few, if any errors, exemplary and overall logical flow, that indicates a sophisticated ability to communicate ideas effectively.	High quality demonstration of academic writing standards; appropriate sentence and paragraph structure, with some error and overall logical flow, that indicates an effective ability to communicate idea.	Sufficient demonstration of academic writing standards; Developing sentence and paragraph structure, and/or there are some errors that disrupt the logical flow or communication of ideas.	Does not comply with academic writing standards; Poor sentence and paragraph structure, and poor logical flow demonstrates an inability to communicate ideas effectively.	/6
Mark allocation	6	5	3 – 4	<3
Criterion Six Referencing	Exceptionally high standard as evidenced by exemplary use of APA 7 format in-text and reference list with no errors.	High standard as evidenced by the consistent use of APA 7 format in-text and reference list with minimal errors.	Satisfactory standard as evidenced by the developing use of APA 7 format in-text and reference list, but with several errors.	Unsatisfactory standard as evidenced by the beginning or absent use of APA 7 format in-text and reference list with many errors.	/4
Mark allocation	4	3	2	<2
				TOTAL	/50

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