ASSIGNMENT

During this course, you will learn the components of a research study. Each week you will learn components of the research process through your readings and application of the knowledge gained to published research articles. At the end of the course, you will complete a review of a nursing research article utilizing all of the components of the research process.

Using the Week 2 research template, identify the research components, listed on the template, as you begin to examine research studies. Review your two assigned articles and address each of the following criteria:

Identify and describe
The problem
Purpose
Hypothesis or research questions of each study.
Discuss the significance of the research to nursing practice.
Identify two details to support the research as qualitative or quantitative.

NOTE: If a component is not addressed, the student receives a zero for that component.

Use the following articles

Jenson, H., Maddux, S., Waldo, M. (2018). Improving oral care in hospitalized non-ventilated patients: Standardizing products and protocol. MEDSURG Nursing 27(1), 38-45

Turk, M., Fapohunda, A., & Zoucha, R. (2015). Using photovoice to explore Nigerian immigrants’ eating and physical activity in the United States. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(1), 16-24. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12105

Summarize the two assigned articles. In a paragraph, describe in your own words what the study was about and what the researchers found.

Identify and describe the problem for each article

Identified the purpose statement for each article

Identified hypothesis and/or research questions depending on the methodology used in the articles.

After analyzing, discuss each article’s significance to nursing practice.

Identify two details to support the study being quantitative or qualitative