The Critique of Nursing Research assignment will allow the student to practice analyzing and evaluating a nursing research article that may be applied to evidence-based nursing practice and is worth 225 points or 22.5% of the course grade.
Instructions
- Identify an area of nursing practice that needs improvement or practice change.
- Find a nursing research study on the nursing topic of interest using the online library databases. Make sure the article has been published within the last five years and from a peer-reviewed journal.
- Analyze and evaluate the research article using the
- Determine the level and quality of the evidence by using the
- Use the Assignment template
- Follow the questions on the assignment template or review the grading rubric below for the required elements of the assignment. The table must be completed and saved as an MS Word document/file.
- Submit/Upload assignment template and a .pdf copy of the research study article used for the critique.
- Submit the assignment by 11:59 pm MT Sunday of week 7.
This assignment focuses on the following course outcomes:
CO1 Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process and models (PO1)
CO2 Describe the rationale for participation in the development of new knowledge through nursing research (PO2)
CO3 Discuss the regulations and methods by which the nurse can protect the rights of human subjects (PO5, PO8)
CO4 Examine evidence-based practice to include the components of research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient-centered care (PO3, PO6)
CO5 Critique scholarly literature and nursing research to determine best practices (PO3)
CO7 Apply basic concepts of statistics and data analysis (PO1)
Instructions
- Introduction Identify the scholarly, evidence-based, peer-reviewed study you have chosen to focus on to critique a nursing research study. Discuss why this study was chosen.
- Critique the research article following the
- All elements of the critique section 1 a-n are worth 10 points each; section 2 is worth 30 points, and section 3 is worth 20 points.
- Determine the level and quality of the evidence using the
- Discuss how the study applies to nursing practice. Discuss how the results and recommendations improve nursing practice.
- Describe the ethical considerations in this study, including protecting human subjects, informed consent, or using IRB. Discuss any ethical concerns you have regarding the study.
- Describe your area of greatest learning in completing this assignment.
- Review formatting and additional requirements for submission – see grading rubric.
- The Critique of Nursing Research Assignment needs to be prepared using the assignment template.
- A minimum of two current (within five years) scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles should be used, one of which is your research study article.
- The course textbook can be cited in this assignment but used only in addition to the two minimum required scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles stated above.
- The sources should be used to support your statements/responses to the questions in the critique.
- A title page is not required; the references will be included in the assignment template. Citations and references should be consistent with APA (7th ed.) format.
- Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work.
- Submit the assignment by the due date – by 11:59 pm MT Sunday of Week 7.
- The table must be completed and saved as an MS Word document/file.
- Submit/Upload your table and a .pdf copy of the research study article used for the critique.
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