APA Written Assignment Clarification
At least 3 research articles within the last 7 years
Please see the following to complete the Literature Review within your APA Written Assignment:
1. Summarize each study:
What was studied?
What were the findings?
How does it contribute to the topic?
2. Compare and contrast studies
3. Discuss patterns, gaps, contradictions, and methodological quality
Write a 3–5-page paper using a minimum of 5 peer reviewed resources from the past 5 years.
Guidelines
• Select an assessment tool from the list provided.
• Overview of Tool (10 points): Provide an overview of the assessment tool including the history and what it was developed to assess for.
• How was the assessment tool developed?
• What countries use the assessment tool?
• Literature Review & Summary[LN1] (20 points): Perform a literature review related to the use of the tool.
• Scoring of the Tool (20 points): Describe the scoring. How are points assigned? What does the score indicate?
• Population (20 points): Describe the population that the assessment tool would be used for. Explain why it is important to use the tool with this specific population. Is the tool used in conjunction with other specific assessments?
• Metrics (10 points): Are there data banks that use the results from the assessment tool? What is the reliability and validity of the assessment tool? Are there legal or ethical reasons to use the assessment tool?
• Conclusion (10 points): Overall summary and conclusion of the paper.
• APA formatting (10 points): Must follow APA guidelines and include an APA title page and reference page. Abstract not required.
Assessment Tools (other tools may be used with approval from the faculty)
• Assessment of a Hospital-Wide CIWA-Ar Protocol for Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
• Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, revised (CIWA-Ar)
• CAGE Questionnaire
• APGAR Scoring
• Acute Concussion Evaluation form (Physician/Clinician Office Version)
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• Universal Mini Cog © Instrument.
• The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
• Mini-Mental State Exam
• Domestic violence screening quiz