Policy briefs

 

For this assignment, you will critique two scholarly peer-reviewed research articles using the template provided. Use the primary quantitative and primary qualitative research articles you shared in Weeks 2 and 3 discussions. Both articles must be recent and published this year in a nursing journal. Email your instructor the two articles by Wednesday in Week 3 if you need guidance based on the discussion grading feedback.

Do not use any direct quotes when completing this assignment. As shown on the template, an APA formatted title and references pages are required.

Use this template: NSG 4000 Article Critique Template_03.18.2024-1.docxOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader 

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Quantitative 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), the sample selection process, and state if the sample size was large enough (why or why not?).

Data Collection

• How was the data collected?

Analysis

• How was the data analyzed and did the data analysis process seem appropriate?

Findings/Results

• Are the study outcomes clinically important and 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?

Qualitative Critique

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), the sample selection process, and state if the sample size was large enough? (why or why not?). 

Data Collection

• How was the data collected?

Analysis

• How was the data analyzed and did the data analysis process seem appropriate?

Findings/Results

• Are the study outcomes clinically important and 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?

Rubric

 

 
Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

• Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
• Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
• Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?
• You are not required to initiate a thread, however, everyone must post at least once by 11:59 PM ET Thursday. There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
• When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 
• All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)Links to an external site..

 

Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

• Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
• Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
• Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?

 

• You are not required to initiate a thread, however, everyone must post at least once by 11:59 PM ET Thursday. There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
• When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 
• All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)Links to an external site..

 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formed its no-pay policy based on the growing work of National Quality Forum (NQF) of “never events.” Meaning, CMS will no longer pay for certain conditions that result from what might be termed poor practice or events that should never have occurred while a patient was under the care of a healthcare professional.

• Discuss specific examples of “never events” and their impact in your workplace.
• What issues are you considering for your clinical project and why?
•  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.