NR326 Mental Health Nursing RUA: Scholarly Article Review Guidelines
Purpose
The student will review, summarize, and critique a scholarly article related to a mental health topic.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
(CO 4) Utilize critical thinking skills in clinical decision-making and implementation of the nursing process for psychiatric/mental health clients. (PO 4)
(CO 5) Utilize available resources to meet self-identified goals for personal, professional, and educational development appropriate to the mental health setting. (PO 5)
(CO 7) Examine moral, ethical, legal, and professional standards and principles as a basis for clinical decision-making. (PO 6)
(CO 9) Utilize research findings as a basis for the development of a group leadership experience. (PO 8)
Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
Total points possible: 100 points
Preparing the assignment
- Follow these guidelines when completing this Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
- Select a scholarly nursing or research article, published within the last five years, related to mental health The content of the article must relate to evidence-based practice.
- You may need to evaluate several articles to find one that is
- Ensure that no other member of your clinical group chooses the same article, then submit your choice for faculty
- The submitted assignment should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the title and reference
- Select a scholarly nursing or research article, published within the last five years, related to mental health The content of the article must relate to evidence-based practice.
- Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric must match exactly).
- Introduction (10 points/10%)
- Establishes purpose of the paper
- Captures attention of the reader
- Article Summary (30 points/30%)
- 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
- Article Critique (30 points/30%)
- Present strengths of the article
- Present weaknesses of the article
- Discuss if you would/would not recommend this article to a colleague
- Conclusion (15 points/15%)
- 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
- Article Selection and Approval (5 points/5%)
- Current (published in last 5 years)
- Relevant to mental health care
- Not used by another student within the clinical group
- Submitted and approved as directed by instructor
- APA format and Writing Mechanics (10 points/10%)
- Introduction (10 points/10%)
- Correct use of standard English grammar and sentence structure
- No spelling or typographical errors
- Document includes title and reference pages
- Citations in the text and reference page
For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar) visit the APA Citation and Writing page in the online library.
NR326 Mental Health Nursing RUA: Scholarly Article Review
Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully understand the concepts learned in the review module.