Research Article Review

Requirements

Through this assignment, the student will:

1. 
Conduct
a systematic search of relevant databases to find research-based evidence
related to a nursing problem (CO 1); Student is to use the CCN library for
search.

2. 
Critique
a peer-reviewed study, indicating the research question, sample, design of
study, data collection method, findings, and limitations of each (CO 2, CO 4,)

3. 
Summarize
the research article and evaluate the significance to nursing.  (CO 3).

4. 
Please remember this assignment can be sent to
Turnitin Week One draft box for review. If you wait until late Sunday night to
submit, you may not receive your feedback in time if you need to make changes. Final
submission must be in the Week 6 Assignment Dropbox and student will not
receive Turnitin results. Please read the announcement on the Turnitin
information.

5. 
Article must be from CCN Library and student is
required to document working permalink to article.

Preparing the Paper

Conduct a PICO(T) search on the nursing problem that you
identified in Week 2, Discussion questions. Select one most recent
peer-reviewed study that describes original research in a single study.

Analyze the article and provide the following information in
brief format: research question the study; type of sample and number of
participants; research design of the study, findings of the study; and
limitations of the study. Summarize the importance to nursing.

The estimated length of this paper is four (4) pages,
excluding the title page and References page. Summarize the results of the
study as outlined below:

1. 
Write a
brief introduction to your paper, however do not label it as an “Introduction”
in accordance with the rules of APA scholarly writing.

2. 
State
the research question for this study in a paragraph.

3. 
Describe
the research design of this study.

4. 
Explain
how the sample was selected and include the number of participants. Make a
judgment as to whether the sample size was adequate, and defend your answer why
or why not.

5. 
Describe
the data collection method(s) including who collected data, what tools were
used, and other pertinent information.

6. 
Identify
the limitations of the study, and describe how the limitations could be
overcome in subsequent studies.

7. 
Describe
the findings reported in the study. What is the answer to the research question
based on these findings? If the study fails to answer the research question, what
do you believe is the reason?

8. 
Summarize
the article. Based on these findings, is the evidence that you found on your
topic strong enough to suggest a change in practice, or an idea for practice? Please
provide the rationale for your answer.

9. 
List
your references, formatted in APA style, On the References page. Guidelines and
a sample paper on APA may be found under Course Home in the Course Resources
link. Follow the guidelines for writing professional papers using APA
formatting as described in the 6^th edition of the manual.