Introduction: Begins paper with an introduction that: a. Describes the clinical practice problem for which you will explore the research literature for a possible solution. b. Develops problem area of study and its importance to nursing c. Describes concepts studied in the research reports d. provides a thesis statement Major Concepts/Themes a. Identifies 3-4 common concepts/themes (findings) from 5 research studies b. Compares and contrasts what the authors said about the concepts/themes. What did the authors find that was similar? What did they say that was different? c. Supports each theme with evidence from the studies Critique of Research: Provides evidence of systematic evaluation of 5 research articles and summarizes major points of the research findings: a. First state your impressions of what were the strengths of the studies as a group. What were the weaknesses? Discuss the levels of evidence for the studies b. Choose 2 of 4 of the areas listed below to critique about the studies as a group. Discusses these critiques in relation to rigor. Use the evaluation criteria in the text to determine if what the authors did was acceptable. Support your critique with evidence from your text. i. Problem, purpose, question/hypothesis development ii. Study design iii. Sample size iv. Tools/instruments for data collection