What This Document Is
This is a summary worksheet designed for students in the Advance Research Method Evidence-based Practice (NR 505) course at Chamberlain University. It’s intended to help students organize and analyze research articles related to a specific PICOT question focused on childhood obesity prevention. The worksheet provides a structured format for documenting key elements of research studies.
Why This Document Matters
This worksheet is valuable for nursing students undertaking research assignments or preparing for coursework. It’s used during Week Five of the course to synthesize information from scholarly articles and assess their relevance to evidence-based practice. It exists to facilitate critical appraisal of research and the application of findings to clinical practice.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This worksheet is a tool for *summarizing* research, not a substitute for reading and understanding the full articles. It doesn’t provide the complete research findings or a comprehensive literature review. Users will still need to independently locate, read, and critically evaluate the source articles. It also doesn’t offer guidance on formulating PICOT questions – that’s a prerequisite skill.
What This Document Provides
The full worksheet includes sections for: a clearly stated PICOT question; complete APA-formatted references for two research articles (Sjunnestrand et al., 2019 and Sastre et al., 2019 are partially shown); identification of each article’s evidence type (qualitative in both examples); details regarding sample, sample size, and study setting; a summary of study findings; identification of study limitations; and an assessment of the article’s relevance to the PICOT question and implications for advanced nursing practice. This preview only shows a portion of the worksheet filled out with information from two articles. The complete worksheet has space for multiple articles and detailed notes.