Nursing Week3 Dropbox Assignment research Critique

Article’s APA Formatted In-Text Citation

Be sure that the article is current and published this year in a nursing journal.

Background Information

· Did the authors lay the foundation for why anyone would care about this topic? How?

Importance of the Study

· Were you convinced of the importance of this work to nursing? Why?

Purpose

· What was the purpose of this research?

Literature Review

· What was the gap in the literature to convince you that this study was needed?

Research Design

· What was the research design?

Population/Sample

· Describe the sample? (Who? How many? Exclusion and inclusion criteria?)

· Describe the sampling method? (Sample selection process)

· Was the sample size large enough? (why or why not? Consider study purpose)

Data Collection

· How was data collected?

· Were reliability and validity discussed? Explain.

Analysis/Stats

· What statistical testing were done?

Findings/Results

· Are the study outcomes clinically important?

· Were the results of the study valid?

Limitations

· What were the study limitations?

Conclusions

· Were the authors’ conclusions supported by the data? Why or why not?

Practice Changes

· Were the results of this study impactful enough to encourage changes in your practice? Why or why not?

Recommendations for Future Research

· What future research needs to be done? (Create a stronger design? Replicate with a larger sample size? Replicate with a different population? Use different tools? Measure more meaningful outcomes?)

Article’s APA Formatted In-Text Citation

Ensure that the article is current and published this year in a nursing journal.

Background Information

· Did the authors lay the foundation for why anyone would care about this topic? How?

Importance of the Study

· Were you convinced of the importance of this work to nursing? Why?

Purpose

· What is the purpose of this research?

Literature Review

· What was the gap in the literature to convince you that this study was needed?

Research Design

· What was the research design?

Sample

· Describe the sample? (Who? How many? Exclusion and inclusion criteria?)

· Describe the sampling method (sample selection process)?

· Was the sample size large enough? (why or why not? Consider the study purpose)

Data Collection

· How was data collected?

Analysis

· Did the data analysis process seem appropriate? (consider type of data, size of sample)

Findings/Results

· Are the study outcomes clinically important?

· Were the results of the study valid? (Trustworthy and credible)

Limitations

· What were the study limitations?

Conclusions

· Were the authors’ conclusions supported by the data? Why or why not?

Practice Changes

· Were the results of this study impactful enough to encourage changes in your practice? Why or why not?

Recommendations for Future Research

· What future research needs to be done? (Create a stronger design? Replicate with a larger sample size? Replicate with a different population? Measure more meaningful outcomes?)