NUR3050 Nova Southeastern Pediatric Palliative Care Quantitative Critique Assignment Criteria: Develop a scholarly paper that addresses the following crit

NUR3050 Nova Southeastern Pediatric Palliative Care Quantitative Critique Assignment Criteria:

Develop a scholarly paper that addresses the following criteria:

1.Identify an area of clinical interest.

2.Find a minimum of one peer-reviewed journal article (no older than 5 years) related to your clinical topic of interest. Do not use a meta-analysis or systematic review (Article is provided in the document attached below, no need extra articles).

3.Critique the journal article, fully answering the questions in the provided document.

The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 4 to 5 pages excluding the title and reference page.
Includean introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.
Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.
Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.
Include a minimum of one professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper and a second benchmark peer reviewed source (may be textbook or other journal article)and be less than five (5) years old.
APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations). Running head: QUANTITATIVE CRITIQUE
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Topic name
Introduction
Include purpose statement (The purpose of this paper is to….)
Research Problems, Research Questions and Hypotheses
What is the research problem?
Does the problem build a persuasive argument for the new study?
Is the problem statement easy to locate?
What are the research questions and hypothesis?
Do the hypothesis state a predicted relationship between two or more variables?
Methods
Ethical Aspects of a Study
Was the study approved and monitored by an Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Board
or similar committee? Were appropriate informed consent procedures used with all participants?
Research Design
Was the design experimental, quasi-experimental, or non-experimental?
Was the study longitudinal or cross-sectional? What are the threats to the studies internal
validity?
Sampling
What type of sampling design was used?
Are possible sample biases or weaknesses identified?
Data Collection
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What methods of data collection were utilized (Self-reports, Scales, Observation, and Rating
Scales)? If self-report methods were used, did the researchers make good decisions about
specific methods (in-person interviews, mailed questionnaires, etc.)?
If observational methods were used, did the report adequately describe what the observations
entailed?
Results
Statistical Analysis
Identify the type of analyses undertaken to address each research question or test each
hypothesis.
Were appropriate statistical methods used, given the level of measurement of the variables,
number of groups being compared, and so on?
Results
How are important results presented?
Do the authors make causal or correlational inferences? Are the inferences justified based on the
study design and the results?
Discussion
Findings
What limitations do the authors discuss? What other limitations that may affect internal validity
do you find in the study?
Are the findings the authors present directly related to the results from the data in the study?
Clinical Practice
Did the researchers discuss the study’s implications for clinical practice or future research and if
so, were the implications grounded in the study evidence, and in evidence from earlier research?
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Conclusion
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References
Chen, Y. C., Peng, N. H., Chen, C. H., Lu, F. L., Chang, Y. C., Liu, H. L., & Yeats, M. (2017).
Effectiveness of pain and symptom management training for paediatric clinicians. Journal
of Research in Nursing, 22(5), 405-415. doi: 10.1177/1744987117690195

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