NUR 230 – Management of Patient Care
Guidelines – Journal Evaluation
Nurses evaluate educational and research study related articles to answer questions pertaining to their practice, learning to solve problems, improve the quality and safety of patient care, critically think answers to questions, better understand healthcare policy & evidence-based practice. Additionally, journal evaluation provides the opportunity to reinforce basic spelling/grammar and APA writing style (adopted by nursing profession for academic writing and nursing research articles).
From each article topic listing, select THE/ONE article from which to write your journal evaluation. The nurse educator who teaches the topic will provide the article(s) and/or hyperlinks via CANVAS online for that topic area. The grading rubric is also provided via the CANVAS “Written Assignments” module. NOTE: before submission: place your name at the top of the first page and include your name as part of the file assignment name i.e. Jane Doe JE-topic area.
Basic items to establish a firm APA foundation: Level 1 heading (centered, boldface, upper and lowercase); font (Times New Roman, black 12-point); spacing (double); paragraph indentation (@5-7 spaces); paragraph Length @100-150 words; paraphrase all paragraph content; NOTE: DO NOT INCLUDE title page, direct quotes, or citations
Write a Level 1 header, along with comprehensive paragraph discussion** on each of the five areas:
Area Journal Article Discussion** Concerns
(Level 1 heading) Nursing Research
(Ascher – HGCED)
a) Author’s Rationale for Writing Article why study/data is needed
overall research design
b) Specific Problem Issue(s) targeted population
data collect – method/tools
data analysis – tools
c) Specific Outcome Intended or Achieved results/outcome of analysis
significance levels achieved
d) Contribution to Nursing Profession concluding thoughts of study
need for future research
e) Personal Reflective Knowledge Gained importance/implications to your nursing career path
Reference of article selected (APA format) – place at end of assignment, NO reference heading.
This is a file upload to CANVAS – refer to your calendar and syllabus for the submission deadlines.
* (Health Promotion, Complementary/Alternative/Integrative Therapies, Genetics/Genomics, Emergency/Disaster/Terrorism)
**(Discussion – the process of a detailed narrative i.e. written/verbal, intended to communicate ideas about a certain topic)
