Pain management in adults in emergency settings

Pain management in adults in emergency settings

Topic:
Pain management in adults in emergency settings
Referencing style: APA
Presentation:
12 point Times New Roman
Page margins ?normal? (2.54cm on each side)
Start each annotation on a new page and put citation as the heading of each annotation
You must attach a copy of each source with your assessment item.
You must attach the following:
A full copy of the 2 journal articles, not just the abstracts.
A copy or screen shot of the front covers of your 2 edited books and the copyright page as
well as the chapter itself.
A screen shot of your 2 homepages. You can do this by using the ?PRT SC? key on your
keyboard and pasting it into a word document. You should attach a screen shot of any links
or other pages which help demonstrate your homepage.
Purpose of the assessment item
Every health practitioner is required to read technical and academic literature to inform practice and
to decipher new knowledge. Learning to discern academic and technical literature takes time and
practice.
The purpose of this assessment item is two-fold. Firstly, it will enable you to retrieve and read
literature to make decisions about its accuracy, reliability and currency. Secondly, it will assist you to
develop researching and academic writing skills in your area of study.
What you will need to do
Step one: You need to only select Topic
Pain management in adults in emergency settings.
You are required to then retrieve the following sources related to the topic:
1. Two (2) academic journal articles (from library databases like EbscoHost/ Proquest/
MedLine, PubMed)
2. Two (2) print chapters from an edited book/eBook or e-database (such as Therapeutic
Guidelines)
3. Two (2) homepages from an Australian State or Federal Government website, or another
reliable organisation?s website (such as NPS MedicineWise )
Step two: For every source, you will need to provide the following:
1. List the citation in the referencing style prescribed by your discipline area.
2. Summarise the main argument(s) and conclusion(s) by the author(s). This must be in your
own words (using academic writing style and in 3rd person).
3. Evaluate the source. Evaluating sources includes an assessment of accuracy, reliability and
currency. The types of questions you might ask yourself include: the quality of the
references the author(s) use, the date of publication, how are the authors funded, what are
the qualifications and affiliations of the author(s) (using academic writing style and in 3rd
person?
4. Reflect on how useful the source was (written in 1st person). How useful did you find this
source to be. You should comment on whether the source was relevant, useful and
insightful.