Submit a 4-5 page, 7th ed. student APA paper, not including title and references.
Select a PEER reviewed EBP Research paper from a professional advanced practice journal related to your APN (Advanced Practice Nurse) track.
APN track: Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, therefore you will need to pick a Psychiatric/Mental Health article ….that is < 5 years old.
Evaluate the paper using the following criteria.
Identify your APN track. (Mine is PMHNP (Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
What method did you use to find the article? (Cochran library, Silver Platter etc.)
Journal name and year of article publication.
Title and all authors.
Identify the topic and question under study (PICOT if given) (The word PICOT is a mnemonic derived from the elements of a clinical research question – patient, intervention, comparison, outcome and time)
Subjects – how many and how were they identified?
What were the research methods used in the study? Methodology
What did the findings show?
Interpret the finding. (i.e. p value and sign levels.) What does this mean?
What is the significance of the findings for professional practice in your specific APN track?
Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Submit a link to the article at the bottom of the paper
Identify which of the MSN essential(s) this assignment meets (The MSN essentials or domains are attached as a PDF document below for your review to select the appropriate one)
