Literature Review of High Blood Pressure in Adults

Your 8-page paper must be typed as a Word document and sent as a Word file ending in either .doc or .docx. No other type of file will be accepted. An example of an excellent student paper will be posted on the Content Page to give you an idea of what an excellent paper looks like. Using what you have learned from your assigned reading, please write a review of the literature paper using APA format. The purpose of the paper is to describe a global health problem that can be explored through research, discuss how this health problem is applicable in both the United States and other countries of the world, and critique four research studies that have been done on this topic. This is a scholarly paper, written as if it were a "Review of the literature" article published in a nursing journal. DO NOT use first person voice. The paper should be a maximum of 8 pages, not counting the title page, abstract page and reference list. You must use a minimum of 4 references (4 research articles) for your paper. The research study articles will be discussed in the text of the paper, properly cited in the paper, and then properly listed on your reference page. APA format for citing in the text and then citing on the reference pare are required. Use what you have learned about research methods, research studies, and how to read a research article, to select your research study articles (you will be graded on your ability to determine what is a research study article versus a general review article). At least TWO of the four research study articles for Part B MUST BE written by nurses and published in a nursing journal. At least one article must be about nursing in another country (non-USA).

PART A. The first part of the paper should clearly define the global health problem, and discuss why it is important for nursing (why you have chosen this topic to write about). Also discuss how this problem is viewed in the United States and then how it is viewed in at least one other country. For example, if you discuss elevated blood pressure in adults, you may discuss guidelines for defining hypertension in the United States (reference the article where the guidelines came from, using APA format). Then find an article from another country and discuss how hypertension is described in that country (reference the article using APA format).

PART B. The second part of the paper is a review of four research study articles that have been published on your topic. This part of the paper will inform the reader about what is known about this problem in the United States population and in at least one other country of the world. For example, in the topic of hypertension, you may choose four research study articles done by nurse researchers that looked at such issues as interventions to improve medication adherence, or adherence to a prescribed diet, or the effect of an exercise intervention in reducing elevated blood pressure. Set up your