Hospital Readmission after Heart Disease
NUR 204 Research Paper OUTLINE WORKSHEET
Note: This Outline should be filled out after completion of the PICO search, with information from your 6 sources of information, which may include: Peer reviewed journal articles, Official websites with published reports, Case reports, small research studies, and popular media (if approved by faculty). You will utilize this outline to organize your paper.
Abstract: Write this after you write the paper, even though it goes at the beginning.
- Introduction
- State the purpose of your Research Paper discusses the relevance of the topic
to nurses and patients. Your Intro should cover the following:
- Population/problem that you will discuss
- Nursing Intervention(s) that you and/or the article authors are investigating
- Relevance of the topic to nurses and patients. Use statistics, cited from official websites and studies to demonstrate the significance of your statements (include proper in-text citation for all statistical data!)
- Background information regarding recent history and current trends
- Analysis of RESEARCH (Discuss evidence from studies on the topic)
- Identify the article by author, year of publication and nature of the study
(avoid using article title)
- Describe the population/problem studied, include sample size, if possible
- Describe the location/setting of the study, describe effect of the ACA or other
relevant legislation
- Explain (in your own words) how the authors conducted their studies (e.g.
survey, review of medical records, birth/death statistics, etc.)
III. Identify the significance of these studies for Nursing Practice.
- For relevance to the care setting, considering the QSEN competencies
- For relevance to Nursing Standards of Practice, ANA Code of Ethics
- For relevance to health care systems (local, state, national, global)
- Conclusion A. State best practice for your topic, based on the evidence reported in
these studies
- State your recommendations for further research that will:
- Uphold standards of high quality nursing care
- Improve outcomes in current health care system
