RUA

1) Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

a. Select a scholarly nursing or research article, published within the last five years, related to mental health nursing. The content of the article must relate to evidence-based practice.

b. The submitted assignment should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.

2) Include the following sections :

a. Introduction

· Establishes purpose of the paper

· Captures attention of the reader

b. Article Summary

· Statistics to support significance of the topic to mental health care

· Key points of the article

· Key evidence presented

· Examples of how the evidence can be incorporated into your nursing practice

c. Article Critique

· Present strengths of the article

· Present weaknesses of the article

· Discuss if you would/would not recommend this article to a colleague

d. Conclusion

· Provides analysis or synthesis of information within the body of the text

· Supported by ides presented in the body of the paper

· Is clearly written

e. Article Selection and Approval

· Current (published in last 5 years)

· Relevant to mental health care

f. APA format and Writing Mechanics

· Correct use of standard English grammar and sentence structure

· No spelling or typographical errors

· Paper is 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages.

· Citations in the text and reference page

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