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- Write an introduction paragraph about your practice site, practice problem, population, stakeholders, and PICO problem statement.
- Include a thesis statement.
- Include your project's importance and why it will help the practice site.
- Incorporate any instructor feedback.
- Find eight scholarly sources using Capella's library related to your chosen practice problem and possible intervention(s). Visit Nursing Doctoral (DNP) Program Library Guide for help finding articles in the Capella library.
- The length of this section should be one paragraph.
- Describe your literature search strategy. Include keywords, search phrases, databases used, articles found, inclusion/exclusion criteria, number of articles retained, and why.
- Explain why you chose the literature.
- Using the MEAL plan, summarize the eight scholarly articles. Revisit MEAL Plan as needed.
- Write one paragraph for each article with the study purpose, method, design, results, and context about how the study contributes to the body of literature.
- Include notation if the article is research or quality improvement.
- Format a conclusion paragraph that summarizes the assessment.
APA Style and Scholarly Writing
- Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
- Write with a specific purpose in mind.
- Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards.
- Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
- Include APA citations and references for a minimum of eight scholarly references.
- Format the annotated bibliography to APA standards.
- Include APA-formatted level headings.