Grading Rubric: Writing a Literature Review

              Grading Rubric: Writing a Literature Review

                         NUR 3165 Professor Valdes

                                      Fall 2016

1. Title page: APA format throughout paper:………………………………… 10 Points

2. Introduction: How the phenomena impacts healthcare delivery:…………………………… 10 Points (One Page)

3. The healthcare concern for the topic of search: How the phenomena impacts nursing care………….. 10 Points( One Page)

4. Body of Literature Review: Determine what is previously and presently known and not known about a subject, concept or problem in the area being looked 

at: …………………………………………………40 Points (6 Pages)……………..  

 Hypothetical:

1. Comparing and contrasting stable versus unstable Atrial-Fibrillation in the emergent patient population requiring emergency treatment: A literature review

2. The impact of translational science when promoting research based findings into nursing practice for positive patient outcomes: A literature review

3. Building a culture of safety through the concepts of  compassion, empathy, and caring: An Interpersonal communication perspective towards quality of care

5. Conclusion of the Literature Review. When concluding the information gathered   what determination can be made about the evidence gathered moving forward in building a research question. What may need to be investigated in the present or future?……………………………………………………..10 Points (Two Pages)

6. Write on Final Paragraph concerning a potential research question and or performance improvement concern you came up with when connecting the literature to your area of practice…………………………………………… 10 Points( One Page)

7. Reference List: APA format, research articles that are peered reviewed within the past five years, expert opinion to quantitative and qualitative analysis……..10 Points

• Evidence may be presented over five years if the literature continues to impact present practice
• Expert Opinion: Best Practices to Randomized Trials and Systematic Reviews 
• See Levels of Evidence in the Week One of Angel NUR 3165
• Five articles in the reference three of them research literature 3 Quantitative and 1 Qualitative, 1 Best Practice and or Expert Opinion Ex: World Health Organization and or Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Best Practice

                        Helpful Hints to Write the Paper

                         Purpose of a Literature Review

The purpose of a literature review is to:

1. Enable the student to develop skills to search, read, interpret and

summarize the literature on a particular subject.

2. Enable the student to select a topic; the focus of the topic should be

related to nursing practice phenomena.

3. Determine what is known and not known about a subject, concept or

problem in the area of nursing practice.

4. Determine gaps, consistencies and inconsistencies in the literature

about a subject, concept or problem in nursing practice.

5. Generate potential useful research questions/ EBP projects/activities for the nursing discipline.

6. Identify a new practice intervention, or provide evidence for changing a

practice intervention.

7. Enable the student to develop a research question and/or provide

discussion on the relevance of the literature review findings to nursing

practice concern in the American healthcare system.