[Solved] literature review

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

**Assessment Type**

Literature review

**Value**

35%

**Related Unit Outcomes**

1,3,4,5,6

**Due Date**

Week 6 Friday at 22:00hrs ACST

**Length**

2,500 words ±10%

**Task**

​This assessment builds directly on Assessment 1, where you identified and justified a nursing practice issue.

You will now critically examine and synthesise the existing research evidence related to that issue.

The aim is to develop a clear, evidence-based understanding of what is already known, what gaps exist, and how this knowledge can inform a future practice-change framework (Assessment 3).

Write a structured literature review (2,500 words ±10%) that analyses and synthesises peer-reviewed research relevant to your selected nursing practice issue.

**Task** **instructions**

Your review should:

Introduce the topic and scope

– Restate your nursing practice issue (from Assessment 1).
– Explain why this issue is significant for nursing care and patient outcomes.
– State a focused review question (e.g. PICo/PICO format).

Describe the search strategy

– Outline databases searched, keywords, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and date range.
– Summarise the number and type of studies located.
– Justify your choices to demonstrate a systematic, ethical approach to evidence retrieval (LO 2).

Critically appraise and compare the evidence

– Use recognised appraisal tools (e.g. JBI, CASP).
– Discuss methodological strengths, limitations, and reliability.
– Identify ethical or cultural considerations within the research.

Synthesise findings

– Group results into themes or categories (e.g. barriers, facilitators, interventions, outcomes).
– Highlight consistencies, contradictions, and gaps across the evidence base.

Discuss implications for nursing practice

– Evaluate how current evidence can be applied or adapted in diverse nursing contexts.
– Consider translation models (e.g. PARIHS, Knowledge-to-Action) to show how research could inform practice change (LO 3 & 4).

Conclude with evidence-based insights

– Summarise key findings and gaps that will guide your forthcoming evidence-framework proposal (Assessment 3).

A suggested word count is 200-250 words per paragraph.

**Preparation**

To prepare for completing this assessment students should;

– Have completed all the readings and activities from Modules 1-4.
– Ensure that they are up to date with tutorial attendance and/or watching the recordings and are monitoring the relevant discussion boards

**Presentation**

This assessment is to be submitted via the dedicated Turnitin submission point in Learnline. Only pdf or doc/docx files are accepted.

**Accepted or expected use of generative AI tools for this assessment item**

You may use GenAI only to develop research ideas and concepts. Please follow the CDU policies of academic writing.

**Assessment Criteria**

Marking rubric is available below

Suggested headings:

– Introduction
– Search Strategy
– Critical Appraisal
– Synthesis of Findings
– Implications for Practice
– Conclusion
– References

1.5 spacing, 12-pt font, APA 7th referencing.

Minimum 10 recent (≤10 years) peer-reviewed sources, excluding grey literature unless justified.

my topic should be related to medication error in nursing practice