Chamberlain College of Nursing NR439 – Evidence-Based Practice

Chamberlain College of Nursing NR439 – Evidence-Based Practice

Research Database Assignment – Week 3

Guidelines and Grading Rubric

Purpose

You are to locate and document research databases that relate to a significant clinical nursing issue of your choice. The research databases may be labeled as such, or may be collections of research studies and reports. You are not looking for research or articles, you are looking for new databases.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome:

CO 1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO #7)

Due Date: You are to identify a total of five research databases (or collections of research-based evidence) that are relevant to a significant clinical nursing issue that is important to you. Submit the descriptions using the form provided in Doc Sharing to the Week 3 Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. Sunday (MT).

Points

The assignment is worth a total of 175 points. Please see the grading rubric for details.

Requirements

1. Choose a topic of interest to you that is a significant clinical nursing issue. Please note that the databases you identify could be useful sources of information for your Capstone project in NR451, so choose your topic thoughtfully.

2. Download the NR439_Research_Database_Form from Doc Sharing and type information about each database directly onto the form. Your paper does NOT need to follow APA formatting; however, you are expected to use correct grammar, spelling, syntax, and write in complete sentences.

3. Save the file by clicking Save as and adding your last name, e.g., NR439_Research Database_Smith.docx.

4. Describe your topic of interest. This is worth 15 points.

5. Locate a total of five research databases related to your topic. Each research database description is worth 30 points. You may search for these in various locations, e.g., the Internet or the CCN Library. You may NOT choose the databases that are already familiar to you – MEDLINE, PUBMED (which also indexes MEDLINE), GOOGLE SCHOLAR, and CINAHL. Instead, you are expected to expand your knowledge of evidence-based sources. Places to help you begin include your textbook, which lists databases and websites that report research. The Chamberlain online library (http://library.chamberlain.edu) gives you access to several databases and provide tutorials for searching. Government sites such as those at the National Institutes of Health offer collections of research on a variety of subjects. The key to choosing the databases is that each contains research-based evidence that also pertains to your topic of interest. Again you are looking for new databases to use in the future and not articles related to your nursing clinical issue.

6. Review each database to gather information to create a description for the assignment. Each description must:

a. identify the title of the research database;

b. describe the location of the research database in a way that a reader could find it. This should be the URL. This URL should take you to the home page of the database.

c. name owner or publisher of the source;

d. describe the research database. This must be in your own words and not copied and pasted from the original source. Include the purpose of the database and the subject matter it covers. This may be two to three sentences; and

e. explain how the research found in the database relates to your topic of interest. This may be a two or three sentences.

7. Submit to the Research Database basket in the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 3. Please post question about this paper in the Q & A Forum.

Example

The following is an example of a description for JBI:

Title of Database: Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence-Based Nursing and Midwifery

Location of Database (URL): www.joannabriggs.edu.au

Owner or publisher of Database: Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence-Based Nursing and Midwifery (JBI)

Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers:

The Joanna Briggs Institute is an international not-for-profit Research and Development Organization that provides evidence-based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health. Those with membership are able to obtain evidence-based practice information from systematic reviews, evaluation reports, electronic journals, best-practice information, and consumer healthcare information.

Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest:

JBI is relevant to my topic of interest because it provides reports, systematic reviews,

and journal articles, and best-practice information on current issues in healthcare. Hospital

readmissions are a major issue in healthcare. The database had several resources

addressing the problem of hospital readmissions and identifying strategies for

improvement.

Grading Criteria

Category	Points	%	Description
Topic Description	15 points	9%	Identify a topic of interest that pertains to a significant clinical nursing issue. Provide a brief description of the topic and why it was chosen.
Research Database	150 points (30/database)	86% (17% each)
Title, location, and owner/ publisher	(15/database)		· Identify, by title, a research database, or collection of research that is relevant to nursing. · Describe the location of the research database or collection of research, i.e., a URL. · Name the owner and/or publisher of the database.
Description, purpose, and relevance to topic	(15/database)		· Describe in your own words the research database or collection of research. Include the purpose of the database and the subject matter it covers. · Explain how the database relates to your topic of interest.
Writing	10 points	5%	Properly name the file for submission. Include your name on the form. Write in complete sentences with no grammar, spelling, or syntax errors.
Total	175 points	100%

Grading Rubric

Assignment Criteria	A Outstanding or Highest Level of Performance	B Very Good or High Level of Performance	C Competent or Satisfactory Level of Performance	F Poor, Failing, or Unsatisfactory Level of Performance	Total
Topic Description (15 points)	Identifies a nursing issue. Describes in detail the significance of the topic and why it is of personal interest. 14–15 points	Identifies a nursing issue. Describes in general why it is important to nursing or why it is of personal interest. 13 points	Identifies a nursing issue, but makes a weak case for why it is significant in general and of personal interest in particular. 12 points	Does not identify a nursing issue, e.g., identifies a medical topic, or fails to describe why the topic was chosen. 0–11 points	/15
Research Database Description: Title, location, and owner/publisher (15 points for each database)	Selects a research database or collection that has relevance to nursing. Identifies the title of the database or collection. Gives the correct location of the database so that the reader can find it. Names the owner or publisher of the database. 14–15 points	Selects a research database that has relevance to nursing. Gives the general location but the reader cannot necessarily find it. Correctly identifies the owner or publisher. 13 points	Selects a source that reports research relevant to nursing, but is not a research database or collection. Gives a location that can’t be found, or fails to properly identify the owner. 12 points	Selects a nursing resource that does not report research, or selects a research database and describes an article instead of the database. Or fails to identify any source. 0-11 points	/15
Research Database Description: Purpose and relevance to topic of interest (15 points for each database)	Describes in detail the research database or collection. Includes the purpose of the subject matter of the database. Explains how the database relates to your personal topic of interest. 14–15 points	Describes briefly the research database or collection. Includes the purpose of the database. Explains how it relates to your topic of interest. 13 points	Partially identifies the database or collection and its purpose. Explains how it relates to your topic of interest. 12 points	Gives the name of the database, but fails to describe it. Describes article and not database.Give no purpose, or an incorrect purpose. Fails to explain how it relates to your topic of interest. 0–11 points	/15
Clarity and Writing (10 points)	Writes with no grammar, spelling, syntax, or other errors. 10 points	Writing contains one to two errors of any type. 9 points	Writing contains three to four errors of any type. 8 points	Writing contains five or more errors. 0–7 points	/10
TOTAL	/175

NR439 Research Database Guidelines Rubric.docx Revised 2/26/2016 jw

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