Assignment – Critiquing Research Part 

Select a research article from a nursing journal that is related to your practice. Use the questions below to write a critique of your research article. Answer all questions that apply to the quantitative and/or qualitative study that you selected. Include 2-3 pages in the body, a title page and article citation (APA format) on the title page, and your reference page. Please save the research article that was critiqued in a .pdf and attach the article with the paper. Points will be deducted if the article is not submitted along with the critique.

l. Statement of the Problem: 

• Is the problem clearly and concisely stated?
• Is the problem stated in terms, which are specific and narrow enough to study?
• How is the problem important or significant for nursing practice?

II. Research Questions and Hypotheses: 

• Are the hypotheses stated clearly? 
• Do they contain a dependent and independent variable? If so, identify them. 
• Do the hypotheses predict a relationship between two or more variables?

III. Review of Literature:

• Does the review have a significant amount of recent work? 
• Does the review of the literature provide supporting evidence to show the need for carrying out the research? 
• Are documentation and selection of sources appropriate? 
• Is the review well organized? 
• Does the article describe a theoretical or conceptual framework? If not, should one have been included?

Assignment – Critiquing Research Part I

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Select a research article from a nursing journal that is related to your practice. Use the questions below to write a critique of your research article. Answer all questions that apply to the quantitative and/or qualitative study that you selected. Include 2-3 pages in the body, a title page and article citation (APA format) on the title page, and your reference page. Please save the research article that was critiqued in a .pdf and attach the article with the paper. Points will be deducted if the article is not submitted along with the critique.

l. Statement of the Problem: 

• Is the problem clearly and concisely stated?
• Is the problem stated in terms, which are specific and narrow enough to study?
• How is the problem important or significant for nursing practice?

II. Research Questions and Hypotheses: 

• Are the hypotheses stated clearly? 
• Do they contain a dependent and independent variable? If so, identify them. 
• Do the hypotheses predict a relationship between two or more variables?

III. Review of Literature:

• Does the review have a significant amount of recent work? 
• Does the review of the literature provide supporting evidence to show the need for carrying out the research? 
• Are documentation and selection of sources appropriate? 
• Is the review well organized? 
• Does the article describe a theoretical or conceptual framework? If not, should one have been included?

Describe the effect of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and community. Consider short-term and long-term impacts, socioeconomic implications, the need for ongoing care, and comorbidities associated with prematurity. Explain how disparities relative to ethnic and cultural groups may contribute to low birth weight babies. Identify one support service within your community to assist with preterm infants and their families and explain how the service adequately addresses the needs of the community, or a population in your community. Provide the link to the resource in your post.