Nurses Roles In Critiquing Studies

A. Describe the roles of nurses in critiquing studies to determine the research evidence that is ready for use in practice. Nurses are usually the healthcare workers that are most intimately involved in the daily care of patients. The nursing practice is always evolving and changing, and nurses rely on research to give them new ways to improve their care. Therefore, nurses critique studies to determine when it is ready to be implemented pragmatically. They will critique the study and results to determine if more questions need to be answered, if the research is thorough and unbiased, and if the data is complete. They will ask 10 key questions of articles to determine its viability and relevance to clinical practice. These questions include

Discuss the standards used in critiquing qualitative studies: descriptive vividness, methodological congruence, analytical and interpretative preciseness, philosophical or theoretical connectedness, and heuristic relevance. Qualitative studies are critiqued using five general standards (“Critiquing qualitative research,” 2018). Descriptive vividness examines the inclusion of all the necessary descriptive data, such as the experience of collecting it, the thoughts of the research team as they did so, the site of the collections, and the participants. It should allow the reader to feel personally involved in the event. Methodological congruence ensures that the researcher took the appropriate measures to accurately record and represent the data, both procedurally and ethically. It follows the data itself to ensure that the readers examining the data will reach the same or similar conclusions as the research team. Analytical preciseness deals with the process of translating data. It must go through several processes of decision and interpretation, and analytical precision evaluates logical progression of the data transformation. Theoretical correctness is a meta-evaluation of the schema of the study. It ensures clear connections between the data and the framework of the style of research, and that the language is clear, logical, and reflects the data. Heuristic relevance is primarily for the reader. It aims to rid the report of any verbosity or unfamiliar langue. The goal

This study shows that improvement and competency have not been improved, despite previous research. Knowing the competency of nurses regarding pulse oximetry is important because it is a part of the vital signs. Knowing how the oximetry device actually works could change the way a saturation percentage is viewed and ultimately the way a patient is cared for. 2. Will the study problem and purpose generate or refine knowledge for nursing practice? This study has the power to provide knowledge not just for PACU nurses, but for all nurses. The author, Harper, works to review quality monitoring and improvement. With the results of the research, education departments can promote learning through classes or online e-learnings. 3. What are the major strengths of the study? A strength of this study would be the variety of educational backgrounds. This shows that no matter the level of education there is still a lack in education related to the pulse oximetry device (Harper, 2004, p. 9). 4. What are the major weaknesses of the study? A weakness of this study is the number of participants. With only nineteen PACU nurses participating, it is hard to say whether this represented each hospitals unit well. Harper did not include information on how many packets were handed out. 5. Did the researchers use sound