Identify nursing practice issues or health problem that interests you to research.

Identify
the issue or problem and justify your choice

Identify nursing practice issues or health problem that interests you to research.

2

Reviewing
the literature

Search
for relevant research papers and analyse them to explore what information or
research is available around this identified issue or problem or how the
issue or problem has been approached in the literature.
You can
also observe how the issue is studied or researched during your clinical
placement. You can then use this observation to direct your search for
relevant papers.

3

Identifying
gaps

The
literature review provides a snapshot of the current research around the
issue and may reveal gaps. These gaps are aspects of the identified issue or
problem which have not been sufficiently researched or solved. It may also
identify how practices can be altered or carried out differently to improve
patient outcomes.Your chosen research will
aim to fill one or more of these gaps.

4

Formulating
the research question or
hypothesis
as appropriate

A
research question is formulated from the gaps identified in the literature
review with the aim to explore possible solutions and changes in practice.
The research question is a statement of the specific query the researcher
wants to answer to address the research issue or problem.
A
hypothesis is an anticipated outcome of the research.