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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 225 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:
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 6th edition of the manual.
Grading
Criteria
Category | Points | % | Description |
Research Question | 25 | 11% | In a short paragraph, state the research question of this study. |
Design of Study | 25 | 11% | Describe the research design used in the study |
Sample/Population of the study | 25 | 11% | Comment on how the sample was selected and on the number of participants. Is the number adequate? Why or why not? |
Data CollectionMethods | 25 | 11% | Describe the data collection procedure. |
Limitations | 25 | 11% | Describe the limitations found in the study. |
Findings | 25 | 11% | Based on this study, what are the findings? What is the answer to the research question? Does the study fail to answer the question, and if so, why? |
Summary of Article (See rubric for categories and breakdown of points.) | 25 | 11% | Summary of all aspects of the study is clear and comprehensive. Rationale for decisions related to use of study findings is clear. |
Selection of Article | 25 | 11% | Selects appropriate, single study from professional, peer-reviewed literature from the CCN Library and provides working permalink to article. |
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling/ APA Formatting | 25 | 12% | No more than 0–3 errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. APA formatting is correct with 0–3 errors. |
Total | 225 | 100% | A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |