Research Article Review
Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is for the student to learn to
assimilate, analyze, critique, and summarize an original research
article. Student is to select a report of a single, original study
that has been published within the last five years from the CCN
Library.
Course Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the
ability to meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to
professional nursing practice. (PO #7)
CO2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the
content of published research studies. (POs #4 and 8)
CO4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and
lab significance related to evidence-based practice. (POs #4 and 8)
CO5: Recognize the role of research findings in
evidence-based practice. (POs #7 and 8)
Points
The assignment is worth a total of 200 points.
Due Date
You are to submit your paper to the Week 6 Research Article
Review Dropbox by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 6.
Requirements
Through this assignment, the student will:
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.
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,)
Summarize the research article and evaluate the significance
to nursing. (CO 3).
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.
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:
Write a brief introduction to your paper, however do not
label it as an “Introduction” in accordance with the rules of APA
scholarly writing.
State the research question for this study in a paragraph.
Describe the research design of this study.
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.
Describe the data collection method(s) including who
collected data, what tools were used, and other pertinent
information.
Identify the limitations of the study, and describe how the
limitations could be overcome in subsequent studies.
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?
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.
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 6th edition of the manual.
Grading Criteria
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