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Suggested Essay Structure
Title: Give your piece of work a title.
Introduction: Give the reader direction. What is your intention for this piece of work? Introduce the research article. (200-300).
Main Body: You must also introduce your choice of critical appraisal framework and provide a rationale. Your choice of framework will provide the structure here. Please refer to lecture notes and resources (all on Moodle).
(2300 -2500).
Conclusion: Provide a summary of what has taken place. What are the implications for nursing practice? (300-400).
The critical appraisal of research written by Fitzsimons D Mullan D Wilson J S Conway B Corcoran B Demster M Gamble J Stewart C Rafferty S McMahon M McMahon J Mullholland P Hanna L Brown J (2007) The challenge of patients unmet palliative care needs in the final stages of chronic illness Palliative Medicine 21, 313-322
INTRODUCTION
The essay aims to critically analyse a research article, ………. (put the title of the article here) by Fitzsimons et al (2007). The critical appraisal is going to use a recognised research framework known as Critical Appraisal Skill Programme (CASP). Moore and McQuay (2006) define critical appraisal as a process of looking carefully at the research in a systematic way to judge its trustworthiness, effectiveness and also to evaluate its relevance in a particular context. In this assignment the analysis is going to focus on the importance of mixed method in a case study in the research article. The research used a mixed methodology to explore palliative care needs of non-cancerous patients. Data was collected from patients themselves, their significant others and their clinical team who are responsible for their care. To undertake this study the researchers used various methods and recommended tools such as the Short Form 36 (SF 36) and Hospital and Anxiety and Depression Questionnaire HADS. The researchers found that patients with a non-cancerous diagnosis health status were
Title: Give your piece of work a title.
Introduction: Give the reader direction. What is your intention for this piece of work? Introduce the research article. (200-300).
Main Body: You must also introduce your choice of critical appraisal framework and provide a rationale. Your choice of framework will provide the structure here. Please refer to lecture notes and resources (all on Moodle).
(2300 -2500).
Conclusion: Provide a summary of what has taken place. What are the implications for nursing practice? (300-400).
The critical appraisal of research written by Fitzsimons D Mullan D Wilson J S Conway B Corcoran B Demster M Gamble J Stewart C Rafferty S McMahon M McMahon J Mullholland P Hanna L Brown J (2007) The challenge of patients unmet palliative care needs in the final stages of chronic illness Palliative Medicine 21, 313-322
INTRODUCTION
The essay aims to critically analyse a research article, ………. (put the title of the article here) by Fitzsimons et al (2007). The critical appraisal is going to use a recognised research framework known as Critical Appraisal Skill Programme (CASP). Moore and McQuay (2006) define critical appraisal as a process of looking carefully at the research in a systematic way to judge its trustworthiness, effectiveness and also to evaluate its relevance in a particular context. In this assignment the analysis is going to focus on the importance of mixed method in a case study in the research article. The research used a mixed methodology to explore palliative care needs of non-cancerous patients. Data was collected from patients themselves, their significant others and their clinical team who are responsible for their care. To undertake this study the researchers used various methods and recommended tools such as the Short Form 36 (SF 36) and Hospital and Anxiety and Depression Questionnaire HADS. The researchers found that patients with a non-cancerous diagnosis health status were
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