Introduction to the Critique: Initial Considerations/ Phenomenon Of Interest ( 10 10

Point)
1. What type of study was conducted? Who are the authors? 6
2. Did the study flow logically from one section to another?
3. Is the research focused on human experience within a natural setting? What is
the phenomenon for interest? Was the purpose of the study clearly describe?
4. Is the research relevant to nursing?
5. Has the researcher identified the reason why the phenomenon requires a
qualitative design for the study?
Research Structure (30 Points) 30
1. What is the phenomenon (the research question) to be studied?
2. Does the research question specify a district process to be studied? What is
the process?
3. How was the literature review conducted and integrated into the study?
4. Did the researcher (s) identify the philosophical of theoretical base of the
study?
5. Were there any assumptions underlying the study? Are the blases of the
researcher reported?
6. Is the sample living the phenomenon of interest?
7. Were the study participants described in detail? Describe the participants
8. Were the selections of participants reasonable?
9. Were participants rights protected?
10. Is the sample sufficient to tap all viewpoints one the phenomenon of interest
and to saturate the concept(s)?
Data collection Methods (5 Points) 5
1. Are data sources and methods describes?
2. Is the informant’s consent an integral part of the data collection process? Is it
described?
Data management and analysis (20 Points) 20
1. What methods for data analysis were chosen? Why were they chosen?
2. Does the researcher provide sufficient examples of the data (passages or
quotes form interviews) to supports the identified results?
3. Were the interpretations presented in a descriptive way that illuminated more
than the informants?
4. Does the researcher paint a clear picture of the reality and meaning
experienced by the informants?
5. Are concepts missing that you expected to find based on your clinical
experience?
6. Should the sample have yielded these concepts or would a different sample be
needed?
7. Are the relationships among concepts supported by the data? Do the
relationships make sense? Are other relationships possible?
8. Did the informants validate the interpretations?
9. Does the researcher describe processes that were used to avoid blasing or
influencing the data obtained and the analysis procedures used?
10. Are they any ethical transgressions in this study, or is there any evidence that
the rights of human subjects were violated during the course of the
investigations?
Discussion/ Conclusion (10 Points) 10
1. Are examples provided that link the raw data to the researcher’ synthesis? 5
 2. Are the findings linked to existing theory or literature?
3. What is the findings relevance to nursing practice?
4. Are there recommendations for future research?
Format (25 Points) 25
1. APA format
2. Grammar
3. Spelling
4. Sentences Structure
5. Length
Total 100