locate two (2) primary research studies related to nursing practice and or a relevant healthcare issue that impacts nursing. The chosen studies must meet the following criteria:
1. Research studies must be nursing-based – focused on a specific nursing practice area or an issue that is directly related to nursing. These studies should inform or guide your nursing practice with clients or shown how the health issue is informing or impacting practice.
Both studies must be from the same practice area. Please see the example below. Subject area is Maternity care – (1) Women's Voices in Maternity Care. The Triad of Shared Decision Making, Informed Consent, and Evidence-Based Practices. (2) Prevalence, Incidence, and Persistence of Postpartum Anxiety, Depression, and Comorbidity: A Cohort Study.

Be peer–reviewed research.
Have been published within the last five years (i.e., 2019 or later)
Be primary research about a single research study This can be quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods. They cannot be a literature review (of any kind), systematic reviews, editorial, narrative, or opinion pieces

Paper Format:
The assignment must follow APA 7th guidelines. This includes but is not limited to the title page, page numbers, headings, use of numbers, in-text citations, direct quotations, paraphrasing, and references. Purdue Owl is an excellent resource for APA formatting questions.
APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th Edition) - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University
This is a scholarly paper, and therefore, academic writing is expected.
Additional Notes:
• Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spacing
• 1-inch margins
• 5 pages maximum. This does not include the title page, reference pages, or appendices. Anything over the word limit will not be graded.
• For the section that asks how you would use the research findings and implement them into personal practice, please use the first-person writing style.
• Please read your paper aloud before handing it in; you will hear your mistakes.
• Reference list must contain all citations in your paper.

Outline
You must address the following points in your paper.
• Title page (APA 7th ed. formatted)
• Introduction to your paper (approx. ½ page). Describe to the reader the purpose of your paper.
. Presentation of the content (approx. three ½ pages) Describe each of the studies you have chosen. Be sure to address the study’s purpose, sample, main concepts or variables, methods (how they conducted the study, data analysis), main findings (results), and recommendations. ?No more than 2/3 page per study. Be concise.
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. As you consider your practice as a nursing student, which of the two papers is more valuable to you to inform your practice? Why? Please discuss at least two reasons. Here, you might address such things as readability, presentation of information, interest, etc.
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For the more valuable study, discuss two (2) ethical considerations that were implemented. What did the researchers do, or what could they have done to mitigate these?
How can you use the main findings/results of the one study you chose as more valuable to guide your nursing practice as a student now and into your future practice? Remind the reader what the main findings were.
What facilitators (things that help) do you foresee implementing these findings in your practice now and in the future?
What barriers do you foresee to implementing these findings in your practice? Address the limitations of the research study and what limitations could be faced in applying the findings to your practice here in Ontario.

• A concluding paragraph (approx. ¼ page). This is a summary of the paper; no new information should be introduced.

• References (using APA 7th ed.)

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