Applying Conceptual Models of Nursing
Response: Jessie
The discussion post evaluates a journal article that explores the topic of whether the use of motivational interviewing by APR enhances weight loss in obese patients across the lifespan. The author evaluates the research study presented by Sundar et al. (2019), noting that overweight and obese patients were recruited as participants. Applying Conceptual Models of Nursing
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The discussion post explains that the article correlates with the topic of interest, noting that it provides significant information on the results of using motivational interviewing. In addition, it identifies transparency, truth, time, transformation and transferability as important aspects for evaluating the article. Still, it is important for the post to acknowledge that when considering the idea of using the research article, it is import to evaluate its findings on the topic of interest. The article would act as the foundation for exploration of the topic of interest, and determines its value and course. To set a solid basis for the study, it is important to critically evaluate the evidence presented and to know if the information is plausible. This is achieved by bearing in mind the research question in terms of what it informs on the researchers’ aims. Also, the sample should be evaluated in terms of when it is adequate, representative and capable of providing trust worthy conclusions. Besides that, it should be evaluated for controlling the confounding variables, if the criteria measures demonstrate the validity and reliability of variables, and if the data analysis made use of the appropriate statistical tests. Also, the article’s discussion and conclusion should be evaluated for consistency, allowing for generalizations, and limitations being mentioned (Fawcett, 2016). Overall, the discussion post offers an analysis of the presented article although it could improve by including the presented suggestions.
References
Fawcett, J. (2016). Applying Conceptual Models of Nursing: Quality Improvement, Research, and Practice. Springer Publishing Company.
Sundar, T., Løndal, K., Riiser, K., Lagerløv, P., Glavin, K., & Helseth, S. (2019). Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity: A Qualitative Study of participation in an Internet-Based Program to increase physical activity. SAGE Open Nursing, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/2377960819884786
Applying Conceptual Models of Nursing