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Signature Assignment: Literature Review
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to write a literature review on the use of
integrative theory in clinical practice or research studies
Course Student Learning Outcomes
Critically analyze the philosophical underpinnings of nursing theories (EOPSLO # 1 & 4).
Critique nursing’s conceptual models, grand theories, and mid-range theories (EOPSLO #
3).
Examine the influence that nursing models and theories have upon research and
practice (EOPSLO # 3, 5, & 9).
Apply nursing theory or theories to nursing research (EOPSLO # 4 & 9).
Assignment Instructions
To complete this assignment, you will need to access the Miami Regional University
virtual library database: CINAHL Complete Database, MEDLINE Complete Database,
LIRN, and so forth. Our Librarian is available to help on campus from Monday to
Friday 7:30 am to 9:00 pm & Saturday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Remember we now also
have a Ask a Librarian option 7 days a week available in Moodle. Should you have
any questions, feel free to reach out to your professor or post your question in the
Q/A forum on Moodle. We are here to help.
This assignment is worth 30% of the course grade and will be graded on the
required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
This assignment will be graded on quality of information use of citations, use of
Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the
required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria and
rubric.
APA format and effective writing is required for the paper. Use your APA manual or
Purdue Owl to check and correct your formatting. Create your manuscript using the
version of Microsoft Word. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word
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document because it will end in “.docx”.
Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper
may be posted under the Q & A Forum.
The length of the project report is to be no fewer than four and no greater than six
pages, excluding the title page and reference pages.
This paper will be submitted through Turnitin, a Turnitin similarity score of 20% or less is
expected.
A minimum of 6 current scholarly references that are 5 years old or less.
The textbook required for this course may be used as a reference for this
assignment but does not count towards the required minimum number of scholarly
references.
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RUBRIC/GRADING
See MSN Paper Grading Rubric for more detail.
Category Points % Description
Introduction /
Background
10 10 Discuss the historical background of integrative theory.
Process use to find
articles and how & why
articles were selected
25 25 Keywords used in the search, data-based search, years used in the
search, number of articles retrieved. The articles selected (3) how
and why those these articles were selected.
Summary of finding 25 25 Compare and contrast the selected articles selected of how
integrative theory is used.
Implication to practice 25 25 Discuss the implication of integrative theory to nursing practice.
Conclusion/
recommendations
10 10 Discuss what you have drawn from reviewing literature so far.
Where might the discussion proceed?
APA Format & Clarity of
writing
5 5 APA format corrects with no more than 1-2 minor errors: Use of
a minimum of six current scholarly references.
Total: 100 pts 100
%
A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.
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