For this module we will discuss critical appraisal of a quantitative research article. Review the attached article by Gormley, Costanzo, Lewis, Slone, & Savage (2012) and answer the questions listed below.
The staff development nurse is creating a series of nursing grand rounds (NGR) and reviewing an article on this topic. The goal is to make the NGR as accessible as possible, because the leadership team wants maximal participation. This facility is one of four inner-city hospitals that make up a health system.
The study reviewed notes that “most nurses prefer online recordings for NGR.” When the nurse implements the NGR via online recordings, a great number of nurses do not access the online recordings. How might this be explained because it is different than what the research reported?
The study noted that researchers did not plan to generate findings that would be generalizable. What does this mean?
To find out about the limitations of the research and the generalizability of the outcomes, where should the nurse search in the article?
