Info and help with the template
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To Prepare:
· Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Keep in mind that the clinical issue you identify for your research will stay the same for the entire course.
· Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.
· Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.
· Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.
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Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies
· After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:
· The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.
· A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.
· A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
· A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.
· A brief (1- to 2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
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Resources
· Schmidt, N. A. & Brown, J. M. (2025).
Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning
· Chapter 4, “Identifying Research Questions” (pp. 90-119)
· Chapter 4 will help students understand how research problems are identified, research questions are developed and appraised based on the evidence.
Examines how clinical problems guide research questions and the PICOT mnemonic:
· P: Patient or Problem
· I: Intervention
· C: Comparison
· O: Outcome
· T: Time
· Chapter 7, “Key Concepts and Principles of Quantitative Designs” (pp. 178-209)
· Chapter 7 will help students understand the study purpose, literature review and process for developing research questions/ hypotheses.
· Chapter 10, “Qualitative Designs: Using Words to Provide Evidence” (pp. 270- 311)
· Chapter 10 will help students understand qualitative research, focusing on words instead of numbers as well as giving meaning to a phenomenon or an event. In addition, this chapter will help students understand the Mixed Methods approach consisting of combining both qualitative and quantitative methods.
· Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: An analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies.
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, 26, 91–108. doi:10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
· Hoare, Z., & Hoe, J. (2013). Understanding quantitative research: Part 2.
Nursing StandardLinks to an external site.
, 27(18), 48–55. doi:10.7748/ns2013.01.27.18.48.c9488
· Hoe, J., & Hoare, Z. (2012). Understanding quantitative research: Part 1.
Nursing StandardLinks to an external site.
, 27(15), 52–57. doi:10.7748/ns2012.12.27.15.52.c9485
