Assignment task:
For this assignment, you will prepare a 3 to 4 page review of the literature pertinent to INFECTION CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN THE NICUs and to use that review to propose a methodology to address the problem.
Conduct a search of literature relevant to the problem/topic. Identify a minimum of 4 references, most of which are randomized clinical trials. Only one opinion articles may be included.
Read the peer-reviewed articles with the focus of preparing a document that will compare and contrast the information in the articles you found.
Review the following articles:
- Infection prevention and control in neonatal units: An ethnographic study of social and clinical interactions among healthcare providers and mothers in Ghana
- The Impact of Interventions to Prevent Neonatal Healthcare-associated Infections in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review
- SHEA Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) White Paper Series: Practical approaches for the prevention of central-line-associated bloodstream infections
- Assessment of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Practices, Morbidity, and Mortality Among Very Preterm Infants in China
The reader of your literature review should be able to clearly identify the gaps in the knowledge in the problem area as well as the purpose of the study you are proposing. You should be able to write enough to create an effective argument but not so much that the result looks padded.
Prepare an Evidence Matrix
Submission Instructions:
The assignment is 3-4 pages in length and follows current APA 7 format including citation of references. (in paragraph form)
Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within the last 5 years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
Journal articles and books should be referenced according to the current APA7 style.
For The Evidence Matrix:
The Evidence Matrix can help you organize your research before writing your literature review. Use it to identify patterns and cohesions in the articles you have found similar methodologies? Common theoretical frameworks? It helps you make sure that all your major concepts covered. It also helps you see how your research fits into the context of the overall topic.
A literature review provides a summary of previous research on a topic that appraises, categorizes, and compares what has been previously published on a specific topic. It lets the author to synthesize and place into context the research and scholarly literature relevant to the topic. It helps to plan the different methods to a given question and reveals patterns. It forms the foundation for the author's subsequent research and defends the significance of the new investigation.
The introduction should define the topic and set the stage for the literature review. It will include the author's perspective or point of view on the topic, how they have defined the scope of the topic (including what's not included), and how the review will be organized. It can point out overall trends, conflicts in methodology or conclusions, and gaps in the research.
In the body of the review, the author should organize the research into major topics and subtopics. These groupings may be by subject, type of research such as case studies, methodology such as qualitative, genre, chronology, or other common characteristics. Within these groups, the author can then discuss the evidences of each article and examine and compare the importance of each article to similar ones.
The conclusion will summarize the main findings of the review of literature supports or not the research to follow and may give direction for further research.