Week 7 Assignment: Appraisal of a Qualitative Study

1. Select and read one qualitative research article from the list of articles below.

Discharging Older People from Hospital to Care Homes: Implications for Nursing (Qualitative Study) download
Experiences of Nursing Students download
Qualitative Study – Congenital Heart Disease download

2. Answer the following questions listed below to complete an analysis of the article. Do not provide simple “yes/no” responses. Explain your rationale for your response and when appropriate, cite the page from the article. You may insert small portions of the article in your response to help with your rationale.

a. Provide the APA citation for the article you select.

b. Did the paper describe an important clinical problem addressed via a clearly formulated question?

c. How were the setting and the subjects selected?

d. What methods did the researcher use for collecting data and are these described in enough detail?

e. What methods did the researcher use to analyze the data?

f. Has the relationship between researchers and participants been adequately considered? Note: In qualitative studies, the role of the researcher is quite different. The researcher is considered an instrument of data collection. This means that data are mediated through this human instrument, rather than through inventories, questionnaires, or machines (Simon, 2003).

g. Are the results credible, and if so, are they clinically important?

h. What conclusions were drawn, and are they justified by the results?

i. Are the findings of the study transferable to other clinical settings?

j. What did you learn from this study that might impact your nursing practice?

3. Cut and paste all questions into your response paper. Make them bold or italics to differentiate answer to that question.

4. Use all APA guidelines (including cover page, header, references, double-spaced, etc.)