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Please download the document below and complete the outline. The goal of this outline is to assist you in content development to guide the first draft of your paper. Provide brief bullet points to address required content. You will then utilize this outline in conjunction with feedback from your instructor to develop this sections first draft of the DNP project proposal. 

Filling the bullet points.

DNP Project I: Section 2 Outline

Topic

Description

Content Bullet Points

Supportive Citations

Search methods

· Search terms

· articles available and articles selected

· Criteria of inclusion and exclusion of studies in the literature review

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Review of Study Methods

· Summary of study methods explored in literature review. (This can be done in one section or it can be explained with each study explored. See template for an example of this. Select a method and then stick with it.)

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Review Synthesis

· Synthesis of over-arching message of current literature. (What’s the bottom line? Describe the issue and what we should do about it. Who are the key players telling us to do this? This section should be brief and should introduce what you plan to explore in the themes of your literature review).

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Theme Development

· National, local, or regulatory guidelines pertinent to the problem (Include what regulatory body wrote the guidelines, last updates, any white papers, or current healthcare trends that make this pertinent).

· Best practice standard

· Themes of literature review (Please list the themes you plan to include in your literature review headings. You should have 2-3 articles to support discussion of each theme.)

· Quality gap and contextual information describing any suboptimal care

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Reference List

*** Insert any new references you plan to utilize in this section (minimum 10)