Posted: December 1st, 2022

Critical Assessment of Qualitative or Quantitative Research Study

Activity 1
Critical Assessment of Qualitative or Quantitative Research Study 

Read: Stevens, K., (2013) The impact of evidence-based practice in nursing and the next big ideas. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 18,(2), Manuscript 4. doi: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol18No02Man04 

Critically evaluate either Study 3 or Study 4. Evaluate the credibility of professional citation, research design, and procedures in a research article. Include a discussion on how this study contributes to evidence-based practice. 

Study 3 – Patients’ and partners’ health-related quality of life before and 4 months after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Study 4 – Striving for independence: a qualitative study of women living with vertebral fracture

Suggested Reading

Schreiber, M. L. (2016). Evidence-Based Practice. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. MEDSURG Nursing, 25(6), 425-428.
Stevens, K., (2013) The impact of evidence-based practice in nursing and the next big ideas. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 18,(2), Manuscript 4. doi: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol18No02Man04
Wakefield, A. (2014). Searching and critiquing the research literature. Nursing Standard, 28(39), 49-57. doi:10.7748/ns.28.39.49.e8867
LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (2018). Nursing research: Methods and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice.(9th ed) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Qualitative Specific Resources

LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (2018). Nursing research: Methods and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice.(9th ed) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
Chapter1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 7 includes the checklist for qualitative research in Table 7.1 starting on page 115.

Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
Adhere to
Evidenced-Based Practice- Critical Assessment of Qualitative or Quantitative Research
Study
Description: The baccalaureate graduate nurse will demonstrate knowledge of research and its
utilization in practice.
Course Competencies: 1) Examine the relationships among theory, practice, and research. 2)
Interpret research findings using the elements of the research process. 3) Differentiate between
ethical and legal precepts that guide research conduct and protect human subjects. 4) Integrate
reliable evidence from multiple ways of knowing, to inform practice and make clinical
judgments. 5) Evaluate data from relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery
of care to culturally and ethnically diverse populations. 6) Collaborate with health team members
to collect, interpret, synthesize and disseminate evidence to improve patient outcomes in complex
health care environments.
QSEN Competency: 3) Evidence-Based Practice
BSN Essential III, IV, VII, IX

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