Nursing 109 - Research Critique

Research Critique Guidelines:

1. Describe the problem statement or the purpose of the study. The problem statement is a clear statement that describes the phenomena that is being studied.

2. Describe the methodology of the study. The methodology is the design of the study. How is the study conducted?  For this assignment you must choose a quantitative interventional nursing study that has been published within the last five years and involves the adult medical-surgical patient population.  Make sure you are using original research and not an abstract.

3. Describe the research design. This refers to the plan of the study.  The components of the research design include the setting, the sample, the procedure and the method of interpretation.

4. Critique the strengths and weaknesses of the research study and describe how it can be utilized in evidence based nursing practice.

Further Requirements

• This assignment must be done in APA format. You need to have a title page, the body of your paper, and a reference page for your references.
• You must attach a copy of the research article with your paper.
• Papers should be about 3-5 pages in length (excluding the cover page and references section) using APA formatting. Papers received after due date will receive a 5 % deduction from the original score for each day it is late.