Critique: The goal is a balanced constructive review including strengths and weaknesses as well as providing suggestions for how the study might be improved. Keep in mind that you are critiquing the article to determine if it can or should be used in your practice as a nurse. It is insufficient to answer “yes” or “no” to the questions without providing the rationale for your answer.
Instructions: Identify the article you have selected to critique in correct APA format, and then answer the following questions:
a) What was the process used to analyze data? Was the process clear? Was the process for data analysis appropriate to answer the research question?
b) Do the results provide an answer to the research question?
c) If tables are provided, are these clear and understandable?
9. Discussion and Interpretation of Findings
a) Does the discussion “fit” with the data? Is it logical based on the data and results presented?
b) Do(es) the researcher(s) discuss the findings in regard to previous research? Do(es) the researcher(s) discuss the findings in regard to the theoretical framework?
c) Do(es) the researcher(s) identify limitations of the study? If so, what are these limitations? Do they affect the quality of the study? If so, how?
d) Are there limitations that the researcher(s) do(es) not identify? If so, what are these limitations? Do they affect the quality of the study? If so, how?
e) Do(es) the researcher(s) discuss implications for practice? Are these appropriate? Are there implications that the researcher(s) do(es) not identify? If so, what are they?
10. Application to Nursing Practice
a) How similar are the conditions of the study (setting, sample, interventions, etc.) to other practice settings that you have been exposed to?
b) How feasible, in your opinion, would it be to make a change in practice based on this research?
c) Are the benefits likely to offset the costs and risks of a change in practice for the patient/ the nurse/ the organization?
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