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Nursing

Assignment Summary

This assessment requires you to write:

A case study essay

  • Based on the case scenario, use the Clinical Reasoning Cycle to address the given points about the patient care. 
  • Use at least six scholarly sources, such as text books and peer reviewed journal articles, no more than seven years old, referenced in APA 7 style. 

This assessment help page assumes you have read the unit outline, assessment description and marking rubric provided in Moodle.

Plan Your Search

In this assessment, you may need to conduct multiple searches in order to address the patient's symptoms, health issues and goals, as well as relevant characteristics, such as their age or gender.

Start planning your search by:

  1. Identify the key concepts in your scenario 
  2. Consider alternative terms that authors might use for these. You will need to consider the clinical terms and everyday terms.
Key concepts Alternative terms
shortness of breath dyspnea OR breathlessness
adolescent teenager OR youth

Now use Boolean operators to connect your search terms. 

Use OR to combine all the terms for the same concept: mental health OR wellbeing

Use AND to combine terms from different concepts: mental health AND support

Use quotation marks to search for a phrase: "mental health"

Use brackets to group all terms from the same concept together

Watch the following video to learn more about Boolean operators

When you put it together:

("shortness of breath" OR breathlessness OR dyspnea) AND (teenager OR adolescent)

You will probably need to alter your search terms as you go.

Search For Resources


Do your references pass the CRAAP test?

When was this source published?

How old are the references and data used?

Has this source, or its data, been updated?

Does this type of information get updated?

Is there likely to be more recent information available elsewhere?

Is this information relevant to your assignment? Is there likely to be better information?

Is this aimed at the correct audience?

Who wrote it? What are their qualifications?

Where do they work? Who do they work for?

Are they likely to have a good understanding of this field?

Is the information reliable?

Can you find the original source?

What is the quality of the presentation? Are there significant errors?

Do the conclusions match the data?

Have all sides been considered?

Why has the article been written?

Is there any obvious bias? Is the author or their employer likely to get a benefit out of the recommendations?

Is it recommending a particular course of action or therapy? Does the data support this? Are any alternatives considered?

Write Your Assignment

The following PDFs are helpful when responding to scenarios.

Referencing

The following video has been created by the Library to step you through the referencing process if you are new to FedCite.

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