Clinically Appraising Qualitative Evidence for Clinical Decision Making – Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare

Clinically Appraising Qualitative Evidence for Clinical Decision Making – Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare

Reading Resources

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare

Chapter 6: “Clinically Appraising Qualitative Evidence for Clinical Decision Making”

Journal Readings

Please retrieve and read the following Journal articles from the Library. Articles can be located through a search in the CINAHL database, OVID database, the Library (links to these are located under the Student Resources in Course Resources) or by using the link at the end of the reference if provided.

Fielding, J., Fielding, N., & Hughes, G. (2013). Opening up open-ended survey data using qualitative software. Quality and Quantity, 47(6), 3261-3276. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.lib.kaplan.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgao&AN=edsgcl.341328399&site=eds-live.

Rothwell, E. (2010). Analyzing focus group data: Content and interaction. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 15(2), 176–180.

Ryan, F., Coughlan, M., & Cronin, P. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 2: Qualitative research. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 16(12), 738–744.

Ryan, F., Coughlan, M., & Cronin, P. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 2: Qualitative research. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 16(12), 738–744.Smith, J.,

& Firth, J. (2011). Qualitative data analysis: The framework approach. Nurse Researcher, 18(2), 52–62.

Web Resources

Revisit NCQA website, specifically the Patient Experiences area.

National Committee on Quality Assurance. (2015). retrieved

from http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/Recognition/Practices/PatientCenteredMedicalHomePCMH/DuringEarnItPCMH/OtherPCMHResources/Element6BPatientExperienceFAQs.aspx

Practice

1. Read the following article “Making the Critical Appraisal for Summaries of evidence-based medicine: critical appraisal of summaries of evidence.” Retrieved

from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738079/

2. Post a summary of the article to Discussion Topic 2.

3. Respond to the post of two of your peers, using the six research techniques used in qualitative research in your posting response, keeping in mind the four general areas for

evaluating a qualitative study