Need help editing wording and formatting to APA format.
“Define the general problem associated with your research topic. Explain its significance to nursing and how you see it advancing nursing science. Include a list of references to date (does not have to be complete/exhaustive at this point) in APA format. One submission per group.
Good example: Perinatal mental illness is a priority public health concern that can adversely affect mother, child, and society (general problem). Mindfulness-based interventions (topic relevant to nursing) have been shown to improve physiologic stress adaptation. Yet, the effectiveness of MBI on perinatal mental health outcomes are not clear (problem statement). Therefore, nursing research should explore the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based, stress reduction program on reducing stress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety in perinatal women (how it advances nursing science).
Poor example: Mammography (topic relevant to nursing) can detect breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death for women in the United States (general problem). Therefore, nurse scientists should investigate mammography as an early screening tool for the detection of breast cancer (this is already being done, so it does not advance the science).
Answer these questions:
What is your research topic?
Define the general problem surrounding this topic. Explain its significance to nursing.
List references to date in APA format.
In one paragraph (rather than bullet points), answer questions 1 and 2 (see good and poor examples, above). Include in-text citations as appropriate per APA. Then, answer question 3 below the paragraph. “