week 3 Research Critique
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Article Critique
Your Name
Galen College of Nursing
NSG 4000: Application of Evidence-Based Research
Instructor’s Name
Assignment Due Date
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Quantitative Critique
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Qualitative Critique |
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Article’s APA Formatted In-Text Citation. |
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Background Information |
Did the authors lay the foundation for why anyone would care about this topic? How? |
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Importance of the Study |
Were you convinced of the importance of this work to nursing? Why? |
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Purpose |
What was the purpose of this research? |
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Literature Review |
What was the gap in the literature to convince you that this study was needed? |
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Research Design |
What was the research design? |
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Population/Sample |
Describe the sample (who? how many? exclusion and inclusion criteria), the sample selection process, and state if the sample size was large enough (why or why not?). |
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Data Collection |
How was the data collected? |
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Analysis |
How was the data analyzed and did the data analysis process seem appropriate? |
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Findings/Results |
Are the study outcomes clinically important and were the results of the study valid? |
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Limitations |
What were the study limitations? |
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Conclusions |
Were the authors’ conclusions supported by the data? Why or why not? |
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Practice Changes |
Were the results of this study impactful enough to encourage changes in your practice? Why or why not? |
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Recommendations for Future Research |
What future research needs to be done? |
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References
Provide the full references for the two articles in APA format. The references page will include a hanging indentation for each source. Ensure that each reference has a corresponding in-text citation. See your APA Manual and the APA resources posted to the course for reference formatting.
