Submit by the due date and time listed in your course syllabus and schedule.
Overview
This assignment will allow you to practice searching for a quantitative nursing research article by using an online database. Follow the search strategy given on the document below. You will have two attempts to submit a correct article.
When you are successful with this assignment, you will use this nursing quantitative research article in a follow-up assignment in Module Four – The Evidence Based Practice Project: Finding the Evidence.
Instructions for Completing and Submitting Your Assignment
- Complete this week’s assigned reading in chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8. This assignment is specific to the content of Chapter 8. Make sure you understand the content of chapter eight (research design) prior to attempting this assignment.
- Review the topic list provided for you in the Module 2 Assignment 2 overview in the course.
- Choose a topic (or two) from the topic list and search for a quantitative nursing research article that meets the criteria in the rubric below.
- It is recommended that you use the UTA library for your search. They have thousands of full-text quantitative nursing research articles that you can access for free as a student.
- If you are completely unfamiliar with the process of using a library and performing a literature search, we highly recommend that you read Chapter 6 in your textbook.
- See the following UTA library links for how to search for nursing research articles at UTA:
- Check out this quick three minute tutorial video from the UTA library on how to search for nursing research articles: http://libraries.uta.edu/video/instruction/effectsearch/db.htm
- Nursing Librarians’ Contact Info – nursinglibrarians@uta.edu
- Nursing Guide – http://libguides.uta.edu/nursing
- Finding and evaluating Quantitative &/or Qualitative Research – http://libguides.uta.edu/researchtype
- If you would like some initial feedback because you feel unsure of whether an article you have found will meet the criteria below, submit ONE full-text PDF article to this assignment submission link by no later than NOON on Thursday.
- If you meet this deadline, the coaches will look at your article and provide you with some feedback within the gradebook about whether your article meets the assignment criteria.
- If you don’t do well on this first submission, you can read their feedback and submit your second article before the due date and time listed in your course syllabus and schedule.
- If you miss this initial noon Thursday deadline, don’t panic…you can still submit two articles for full credit grading and feedback by the due date and time listed in your course syllabus and schedule.
- Please note:
- Coaches will not provide any feedback about your article searches via e-mail or on the Q & A board.
- Only the first two articles you submit for grading will be reviewed by your Coach. Please do not submit more than two articles.
- All articles muse be uploaded in full-text PDF form. Students who submit only abstracts or in a different file format will receive a zero for their submission.
- Important to know: If you submit one of the following types of articles you will receive a zero for your submission. They do not meet the criteria for this assignment. See the rubric for additional details.
- A qualitative design: phenomenology, grounded theory, case study, ethnography, or qualitative descriptive.
- A “mixed methods” design.
- A quality improvement article.
- A retrospective study.
- A systematic review, meta-synthesis, meta-analysis, meta-summary, integrative review, or any other type of article that synthesizes recent studies on a topic.
- A continuing nursing education-type article.
- An article that is written only by physicians or other non-nurses.
Grading Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work the assignment. Points are awarded for each section based on content and clarity of expression.
| Acceptable (100 points if all criteria are met by the syllabus and schedule due date and time) | Unacceptable (Zero points are awarded if one or more of these criteria exist.) | |
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Nursing Quantitative Research Article Submitted to Blackboard |
· Submission is a quantitative research article (for example: quantitative descriptive, correlational or quasi-experimental designs). See chapters 2 and 8 for more information on these research designs. · Article is based on the topic list provided. · It must be from a nursing research journal and/or have a nurse as an author. · It must be no more than 5 years old from the current publication year. This would mean your article must be dated between 2015 – 2019. · It must include implications and / or interventions that are applicable to nursing practice. · “Full text” of article is submitted. · Article is in PDF format. | · Submission is a retrospective study or a quality improvement study. For more information, see the link provided the Module 2 Assignment 2 overview in Blackboard. · Submission is a systematic review, meta-synthesis, meta-analysis, meta-summary, or integrative review. For more information on how to recognize these types of articles see chapter 1. · Submission is a qualitative article (for example, phenomenology or grounded theory). See chapter 3 for additional information on these research designs. · Submission is a clinical “how to” or is designed to provide information about a topic (ie. an overview of the latest methods for tracheostomy care). · Submission is not from a nursing research journal and/or does not clearly have nurses as authors. · Submission is older than 5 years from current publication year. · Submission does not have implications and / or interventions that are applicable · Only an abstract is submitted. · Article is not in PDF format. |