Literature Review and Critical Appraisal

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Assignment:

Literature Review and Critical Appraisal

Conduct a literature search to select a qualitative or quantitative research study in a peer-reviewed journal. Conduct an initial critical appraisal of the study. (Please this has to be related to a research topic in nursing or the medical field or pertaining to certain disease processes or medical procedure)

Respond to each of the following 12 questions:

• Identify the Research Problem
• Identify the primary empirical sources cited in the review. How did you determine that they are primary empirical sources? What references cited are primary sources, but are not empirical? How did you determine that they are not empirical? Are secondary sources cited?
• Are the references current? What years would be current for the study being critiqued?
• Are relevant studies identified and described? What criteria did you use to determine whether the studies are relevant?
• Are relevant theories identified and described? What criteria did you use to determine whether the theories are relevant?
• Are relevant landmark studies described? How did you determine that the studies you identified are landmark studies?
• Are relevant studies critiqued? Identify the critique statements made.
• Are the sources paraphrased to promote the flow of the content presented or are there too many direct quotes? Quote three paraphrased statements from the article.
• Is the current knowledge about the research problem described? How did you determine that the knowledge is current?
• Does the literature review identify the gap(s) in the knowledge base that provides a basis for the study conducted? Provide the statements made by the author that identify the gap in knowledge.
• Is the literature review clearly organized, logically developed, and concisely written? Justify your conclusion.
• Does the literature review logically build a case for the study being reported? Why or why not?

Assignment should be 1000 – 1250 words in length with a reference and in-text citations for the article you are reviewing.

APA format is required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines

Assignment Expectations

Length: 1000-1250 words

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.