NUR 421: Nursing Research Assignment

PowerPoint Guidelines and Grading Rubric

Purpose

The purpose of this PowerPoint assignment is to explore research and how it impacts nursing.

The assignment provides the student an opportunity to develop a greater understanding and

Differentiation between qualitative and quantitative research and the importance of this

research to evidence-based practice in nursing.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

  1. Explain the interrelationship among theory, practice, evidence based, quality, and research. NUR 421: Nursing Research Assignment

(PO1, PO6)

  1. Identify how nursing research is used to improve nursing practice. (PO1, PO3, PO6)

Assignment Total Points

This PowerPoint assignment is worth a total of 240 points.

Assignment

In this assignment, the students will examine quantitative and  qualitative articles. The student

will provide a PowerPoint presentation that includes an introduction and the answer to each of

the questions listed below pertaining to the quantitative and qualitative articles. In addition, the

student will provide a reference slide for the articles.

Guidelines for Content

  1. Create a PowerPoint presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint.
  2. Select one of the qualitative articles listed below.
  3. Select one of the quantitative articles listed below.

Quantitative Articles: (The entire article can be found under Week 6 Modules.)

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      Hoeve, Y., Castelein, St., Jansen, w. Jansen, G., & Roodbol, P. (2016).  Predicting factors of

positive orientation and attitudes towards nursing: A quantitative cross-sectional study.

Nursing Education Today, 40, 111-117. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2016.02.019

Mwakanyanga, E. T., Masika, G. M., & Tarimo, E.A.M. (2018). Intensive care nurses\’ knowledge

 

and practice on endotracheal suctioning of the intubated patient: A quantitative cross-

sectional observational study. PLoS (Public Library of Science) ONE 13(8): 1-13.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201743  (Links to an external site.)

  1. Select one of the quantitative articles listed below.

Qualitative Articles: (The entire article can be found under Week 6 Modules.)

Karam, M., Brault, I., Van Durme, t., & Macq, J. (2018). Comparing interprofessional and

interorganizational collaboration in healthcare: A systematic review of the qualitative

research. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 79, 70-83.

https:// (Links to an external site.)/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.11.002

Mbuzi, V., Fulbrook, P., & Jessup, M. (2017). Indigenous peoples’ experiences and perceptions

of hospitalisation for acute care: A metasynthesis of qualitative studies. International

Journal of Nursing Studies, 71, 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.03.003 (Links to an external site.)

  1. Develop the following slides for your PowerPoint presentation.
  2. Introduction (2 slides)
  3. State the purpose of the presentation. (1 slide)
  4. State the importance of research to nursing practice on one (1) slide.
  5. Prepare one (1) slide for each of the following questions from the quantitative article.
  6. Why was the study conducted?
  7. What was the target audience?
  8. What was the criteria for inclusion in the sample?
  9. What was the sample size?
  10. What was the outcome for the study?
  11. How did this study impact nursing practice?
  12. Prepare one (1) slide for each of the following questions from the qualitative article.
  13. Why was the study conducted?
  14. What was the target audience?
  15. What was the criteria for inclusion in the sample?
  16. What was the sample size?
  17. What was the outcome for the study?
  18. How did this study impact nursing practice?
  19. Number of slides should be between 14 and 18.
  20. Reference Slide NUR 421: Nursing Research Assignment

Must list the two (2) articles used for supporting evidence.

  1. Adhere to APA format

Format for PowerPoint

  1. Text Guidelines
  • Adhere to 6 x 6 Rule

o No more than 6 words per line.

o No more than 6 lines per slide.

  • Times New Roman or Verdana.
  • Font point size between 14 and 24, preferably.
  • Graphics or pictures not needed for this presentation.
  1. What to Avoid on a Slide?
  • Avoid long sentences.
  • Avoid fancy, script type fonts because they are hard to read.
  • Avoid abbreviations and acronyms.
  • Do not use all capital letters because the word is difficult to read.

NUR 421: Nursing Research Assignment