NR439 – week 6 Assignment – Research Article

NR439 – week 6 Assignment – Research Article

Through this assignment, the student will:

1. 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,)

2. Summarize the research article and evaluate the significance to nursing. (CO 3).

Preparing the Paper

1. The Week 6 Research Article Paper folder in Doc Sharing lists articles from which you are to select ONE to analyze.

Beal, C. C. (2015). Stroke education needs of African American women.Public Health Nursing, 32(1), 24-33. doi:10.1111/phn.12158(10 pages)

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Hairr, D. C., Salisbury, H., Johannsson, M., & Redfern-Vance, N. (2014). Nurse staffing and the relationship to job satisfaction and retention. Nursing Economic$, 32(3), 142-147. (6 pages)

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Tussey, C. M., Botsios, E., Gerkin, R. D., Kelly, L. A., Gamez, J., & Mensik, J. (2015). Reducing length of labor and cesarean surgery rate using a peanut ball for women laboring with an epidural. Journal of Perinatal Education, 24(1), 16-24 doi:10.1891/1058-1243.24.1.16 (9 pages)

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

3. Write a brief introduction to your paper, however do not label it as an “Introduction” in accordance with the rules of APA scholarly writing.

4. State the research question for this study in a paragraph.

5. Describe the research design of this study.

6. 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.

7. Describe the data collection method(s) including who collected data, what tools were used, and other pertinent information.

8. Identify the limitations of the study, and describe how the limitations could be overcome in subsequent studies.

9. 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?

10. 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.

11. 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 6^th edition of the manual