Research Article Critique

Research Article Critique

 Requirements

Through this assignment, the student will:

Critique a peer-reviewed study, and in your own words, describe the research question, sample, design of study, data collection method, findings, and limitations of each.

Summarize the research article and evaluate the significance to nursing. Do not just quote the author’s words. Paraphrase the information.

Guidelines to writing the Paper

Download the Research Article Critique List of Articles (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. and select ONE to analyze.

Stavrianopoulos, T. (2016). Impact of a nurses-led telephone Intervention program on the quality of life in patients with heart failure in a district hospital of Greece. Health Science Journal, 10(4), 1.

 

Retrieve the full-text version of the article from the library. Read it thoroughly.

Requirements

Through this assignment, the student will:

1. Critique a peer-reviewed study, and in your own words, describe the research question, sample, design of study, data collection method, findings, and limitations of each.
2. Summarize the research article and evaluate the significance to nursing. Do not just quote the author’s words. Paraphrase the information.

Guidelines to writing the Paper

3. Introduction (one paragraph): The introduction should be interesting and capture the reader’s attention.
4. Provide a brief description of the research article to be discussed.
5. Discuss the purpose of your paper. The purpose statement of the paper should relate to the

research article reviewed and the implications that it has to evidence based nursing practice.

1. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
2. Describe the research question for this study in a paragraph.
3. Describe the research in greater detail.
4. Include your observations about this question.
5. Discuss events or trends that could have affected this question.
6. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
7. Describe the research design of this study, and in your own words discuss the design.
8. Discuss the research design of the study.
9. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the type of design and hypothesize why the author

utilized the design as opposed to others.

1. You will need to summarize the information from the article in your own words
2. Describe the sample.
3. Briefly describe the sample size used for this study
4. Make a judgment as to whether the sample size was adequate and defend your answer.
5. Describe the number or participants and determine if the number of participants was adequate

compared to the research question and the intent of the study.

1. Are these numbers adequate? Discuss gaps in that you identified.
2. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
3. Describe the data collection method(s)’
4. Who collected the data?
5. What tools were used?
6. What were the ethical considerations addressed and discuss gaps you identified.
7. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
8. Describe the limitations of the study.
9. Identify the limitations within the study
10. Describe how the limitations could be overcome in subsequent studies
11. Comment on why limitations are important to list and discuss within a study
12. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
13. Describe the findings reported in the study.
14. Describe the findings reported in the study
15. Discuss whether the findings of the study answered the research question posed within the study
16. Discuss the credibility of the findings
17. If the findings do not support the research question posed within the study, what do you believe is the reason?
18. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
19. Summary
20. Summarize important points from the body of your paper including the key components of the

paper.

1. Include a statement about the research question and the findings.
2. Discuss the probability of implementation into practice. 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?

1. End with a concluding statement.
2. Citations and References must be included to support the information within each topic area. Refer to

the APA manual, Chapter 7, for examples of proper reference format. In-text citations are to be noted for all information contained in your paper that is not your original idea or thought. Ask yourself, “How do I know this?” and then cite the source.

12. Reference Page: The Reference Page should start on a new page (insert a page break). All references should be cited within the body of the paper as (Author, year) and the full reference should be included in APA format on the reference page. A url link alone is not an adequate reference. See the APA Guidelines in Course Resources for examples of properly formatted references.