HLSC122: Inquiry in Health- Nursing Assignment

Internal code- MAS4627

Nursing Assignment

Fish oil is consumed by millions of Australians as a remedy for arthritis. Peggy is a 65 year old lady who has degenerative osteoarthritis in her knees. Her friend Edith from the bowls club says that she has started taking fish oil and has noticed that her arthritis has really improved. Peggy is keen to try anything that would help to relieve her arthritis but would like to know if there is any real evidence to support her taking fish oil. Peggy doesn’t have a lot of extra money to spend buying expensive fish oil capsules. Question- Students are required to select any one (1) of the scenario/answerable available question/evidence to search for evidence. Students are required to: identify and explain the rationale for selecting particular databases; search for evidence and refine your search using a variety of strategies; demonstrate a systematic search using a table with a final result significantly less than the initial search results. Finally the student is required to validate the accuracy of the search results in 800 words