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Is there any updated information? I have been in heavy contact with them and am looking at taking their RN-BSN program. I work with a GCU grad and she has nothing but positive things to say, but I want more opinions. ?

Any pro's and cons? Thankfully the only class I'm missing is stats and that is offered in the actual BSN program. I'm a bit nervous as my algebra skills are way old. If anyone took this class, do you have any advice?

Specializes in Cath Lab, Case Management.
This was a fascinating article and a potential Capstone project. I guess the dissatisfied patients had lower readmits and death rates. Go figure. WE knew better all along!

Seriously a wet hen (mad) gets people all riled up and feeling better! Hahahaha

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

Question for anyone that remembers Nursing Research, specifically week 3 research critique. I am busy trying to start and complete this paper today and have just a couple questions about the paper that is not clear. We are given a guideline that will be easy to follow but I have questions about the paper title and if the paper needs an intro and conclusion.

Do you title the paper something descriptive of the research study or do you title it something like "Research Critique: .......Title of study"?

The guideline doesn't request a paper intro or conclusion but wouldn't that make the paper more readable by providing a thesis statement and conclusion? I have to be careful because we are only given 1000-1250 words to play with....

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Specializes in Cath Lab, Case Management.
Question for anyone that remembers Nursing Research, specifically week 3 research critique. I am busy trying to start and complete this paper today and have just a couple questions about the paper that is not clear. We are given a guideline that will be easy to follow but I have questions about the paper title and if the paper needs an intro and conclusion.

Do you title the paper something descriptive of the research study or do you title it something like "Research Critique: .......Title of study"?

The guideline doesn't request a paper intro or conclusion but wouldn't that make the paper more readable by providing a thesis statement and conclusion? I have to be careful because we are only given 1000-1250 words to play with....

I did have both but boy were they short exactly three short concise sentences for both intro and conclusion. I named the paper after the rubric nothing extra. I got an excellent grade on the paper. Hope that helps.

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I did exactly what winter did and got a perfect score.

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I did have both but boy were they short exactly three short concise sentences for both intro and conclusion. I named the paper after the rubric nothing extra. I got an excellent grade on the paper. Hope that helps.

Yes, this does help. I have been burning through this assignment and am nearing the end. So in a Critical Appraisal when do you specifically talk about the research findings? Or do you? According to the guidelines there is never a reflection on the study findings or implications...... It looks like the critical appraisal just wants to validate the research study from problem statement, purpose and research questions, literature review, and conceptual/theoretical framework.

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Yes, this does help. I have been burning through this assignment and am nearing the end. So in a Critical Appraisal when do you specifically talk about the research findings? Or do you? According to the guidelines there is never a reflection on the study findings or implications...... It looks like the critical appraisal just wants to validate the research study from problem statement, purpose and research questions, literature review, and conceptual/theoretical framework.

I'm not at home to look at this and I sure can't remember without looking at it. I am so brain dead. I'll look at it later.

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I will start in June. I am not going to overdue.. I want to learn and grow, but that is what the projects are there for, to help me. I am thinking best to not over think. Do your best and move on. I am older and have a large knowledge base. But I also have so much to learn.

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rob

I talked about the research findings in my paper. I felt it was appropriate and fit in well with the flow of the paper. I wasn't marked down for doing so. If you are able to work it into your paper, I would go ahead.

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Does anyone remember in Spirit the assignment to do a peer review on the Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity paper? There are 3 points we are to critique using Track Changes in Microsoft. It says we are to prepare it according to APA guidelines and submit to TII. How long is this peer review to be? I have never used Track Changes so are we submitting the paper again along with a written critique? This assignment was as clear as mud.........

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Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.

Hi derk, I just looked at mine but the class has changed since I believe, take this for what it's worth. We did not do a separate paper critique on our peer's paper. We got their paper, opened it, did the trackchanges in the paper, and then at the bottom (after their conclusion, before their References page), I inserted the 4 Peer Comments. I pasted the questions 1-4 that were included in the assignment description, and then answered each one of them. Then just saved that document (with changes) and submitted that to the dropbox. I don't want to steer you wrong though in case yours is different, I just looked at my assignment description for that week and it says nothing about preparing it according to APA guidelines and submitting to TII...

Regarding track changes, do a google search for "how to use track changes in Word" (you might want to add your Word version, 2010, 2013 in your search) and there should be some videos that come up to show you step by step how to do it. It's easy peasy once you see a video tutorial :)

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Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.
Do you title the paper something descriptive of the research study or do you title it something like "Research Critique: .......Title of study"?

The guideline doesn't request a paper intro or conclusion but wouldn't that make the paper more readable by providing a thesis statement and conclusion? I have to be careful because we are only given 1000-1250 words to play with....

Hi rob, sorry for the late reply. I literally titled mine "Research Critique" & that was it. I did do an Intro/Conclusion. The intro was 2 sentences, not sure why I didn't get docked for not having the required 3 to make a whole paragraph. It said something like In 2013, authors __, __, __ and __ published their research article _________.” This paper will critically analyze the qualitative research with a focus on the study's problem statement, purpose and research question, literature review and theoretical framework.

Some instructors hate "announcement statements" as your thesis though, literally telling the reader what the paper is going to say is considered lazy/bad form in some circles and we're supposed to be more creative than that. I kept doing it though and had good luck with it throughout the program, only got told not to do it a couple of times.

I didn't give specifics on their findings, I mostly just kept saying "the authors found that___" with no real numbers attached. This paper was completely chopped by the Prof though, the track changes are dizzying there are so many - apparently you're supposed to write in past tense "the authors clearly stated" instead of "the authors clearly state". She corrected every.single.one. :bag:

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Thanks, PrismRN, BSN !!!!!! Must be a good feeling to finally be able to put those initials behind your name. Congrats!!

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