Critique a nursing research article that pertains to your clinical practice area and develop an objective critique of the study using the format below.

Reference citation

What is the applicability to practice?

Introduction

Problem

Purpose

Identify the main issues, their significance to nursing and to clients as well as the aims of the study.

Literature Review

Identify the background, sources, viariables, primary sources, criticall analysis, strengths, weaaknessess.

Theoretical Framework

Description, citations, type, guidance

Research questions or hypotheses

Clarity, appropriateness, consistency with framework, variables

Methods

Design

Identify, describe, variables, controls

Ethics

Protections

Sampling

Method, appropriateness, characteristics, generalizability, representativeness

Data Collection

Methods, instruments, reliability, validity

Results and Analysis

Methods, appropriateness, statistics, answers to the research questions and/or results for hypotheses, appropriate statistics, figures/tables

Discussion

Conclusions, consistent and support for theory, based on the data, limitations, generalizations

Recommendations

Practice, teaching, administration, research

Discuss the applicability of this research to your practice setting and the potential for using the findings.