NR3002: Research Methodology
Instructions
Access the following to complete this Assessment:
Quantitative Article: Sand-Jecklin, K., & Sherman, J. (2014, October). A quantitative assessment of patient and nursing outcomes of bedside nursing report implementation. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23(19/20), 2854–2863. doi:10.1111/jocn.12575
Qualitative Article: Walsh, A., Meagher-Stewart, D. & Macdonald, M. (2015, April 25). Persistent optimizing: How mothers make food choices for their preschool children. Qualitative Health Research, 25(4), 527–539. doi:10.1177/1049732314552456
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library Databases (I am attaching these files )
For this Performance Task, you will imagine you are asked to present two research articles to a journal club.
The Director of Clinical Education at Fallsview Hospital has asked you to present two research articles to a journal club at the hospital. One article is a quantitative research study and the other is a qualitative research study. In addition, he has asked you to provide a refresher to your peers on the parts of a research article to help them better understand research in the nursing field.
Quantitative Journal Club Presentation (2 pages)
Your first essay should include the following information:
A title
A brief overview of the parts of a research article as a refresher to your peers in the journal club
Using the Quantitative Article by Sand-Jecklin, K., & Sherman, J. (2014), identify the following information:
Article citation
In your own words, describe the purpose of the study
Explain the type of research design that is used
Describe the data collection methods that were used
Explain the data collection measures and tools
Analyze any plans for data analysis
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the overall research design
Qualitative Journal Club Presentation (2 pages)
Using the Qualitative Article by Walsh, A., Meagher-Stewart, D. & Macdonald, M. (2015), identify the following information:
A title
Article citation
In your own words, describe the purpose of the study
Explain the type of research design that is used
Describe the sample selection
Describe the data collection methods that were used
Analyze any plans for data analysis
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the overall research design
