Nursing Assignment Sample Introduction This essay will critically compare and evaluate two research articles I identified as relevant to my practice. The review will consider the research methods, design and relevance to my practice. I have chosen the topic of pain management as dealing with patient’s pain is a vital part of my role as a staff nurse. Pain is a complex and very varied issue dependent on a wide range of different factors that may present in multifarious ways.
The way in which patients cope with their treatment regime and their life in general can be seriously impacted by their experience of pain. Therefore, I chose this topic to help inform me more fully on the subject generally and current views and practices so that I can best assist my patients. The two articles I have selected are; “ Patient referred to a pain management clinic; beliefs, expectations and priorities “ by Allcock et al, (2007) and “ Chronic pain syndrome associated with heath anxiety: A thematic comparison between pain patient’s with high and low anxiety” by Tang et al, (2009). For ease of reference, I shall refer to the article by Allcock et al (2007) as Paper 1 and the article by Tang et al, (2009) as Paper 2.
As indicated this topic is very wide and for the purpose of this essay I have selected these articles as they are of a similar nature. The review of the articles will include analysis of the research topic, literature review, design of the studies, the method of data collection and analysis, findings and conclusions, critical summaries, appraisal of method and synthesis and findings and reflection on practice (Burns, 2007). In order to deal with these aspects effectively I will use the critiquing framework for a systematic approach devised by Burnard and Morrison (1994) as I feel this format is the most effective and simplest to use and dissolve.uk Nursing Assignment Sample Choosing the articles I utilised a variety of methods to research and identify appropriate articles. My first step was to consider which topic would be most beneficial and decided upon pain management.
I gathered literature from past and present in order to engage an in- depth discussion thus enabling me to analyse research undertaken into the validity and reliability of patients with chronic pain. To start off with I used different books and databases. To find Paper 1, firstly I went through EBSCO host, which gave me a gateway to the databases MEDLINE with full text. I used the Boolean operators search terms ‘AND’ and ‘NOT’ were used in order to combine the searches, and to refine the results.
In the field search I selected ‘ TX All TEXT’. Boolean operators are filters used to join (AND, OR) or exclude (NOT) search terms by instructing databases to combine the terms (Radbourn 2011); for example a search of journal article abstracts for the term ‘pain management’ And ‘Clinic’ And ‘Beliefs’ and this brought up 32 articles. I also refined my search by searching for publication dates from 2006 to 2011 and this brought the search down to 18 articles. To find Paper 2, I used British Journal of Clinical Psychology, which had the journal by British Psychological Society.
Hand searches were also carried out at The Royal College of nursing (RCN) library. I found that there was very limited research in chosen area, therefore existing literature reviews and systematic reviews were also sources of data, as they offered the bibliographic references for relevant key articles that are included in this review. Once I had chosen my articles, they had to be signed off by my university supervisor.uk Nursing Assignment Sample Critical summaries of papers 1 and 2 Overview of the purpose of research and literature review The purpose of critical reviews of literature is to provide an objective and comprehensive analysis of the writing. By using a number of different sources a researcher can access a range of current data that can be used for a variety of purposes (Aveyard 2010, Cronin et al 2008).
The data can, for instance, be used to advise on up to date practice or help formulate a further research question.