This document provides instructions for a rough draft assignment on critiquing two quantitative research studies and addressing ethical considerations. Students are asked to summarize the two studies, discuss how the findings could be applied to nursing practice, and identify any ethical issues. The assignment should be 1,000-1,250 words following APA style guidelines. Guidelines are provided for organizing the critique, including summarizing the studies, comparing methods and results, and assessing implications and outcomes. Sample articles are referenced relating to topics like burnout, job satisfaction, and the impact of team building activities.

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and Ethical ConsiderationsWrite a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of
two quantitative research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part II”
document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that
you provide a rationale, include examples, and reference content from the study in your
responses.Use the practice problem and two quantitative, peer-reviewed research articles
you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.In a 1,000–1,250 word
essay, summarize two quantitative studies, explain the ways in which the findings might be
used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of
the study.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with
the expectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to
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Attachment PreviewResearch Critique Guidelines – Part II Use this document to organize
your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide a rationale,
include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses. Quantitative
Studies Background 1. Summary of studies. Include problem, significance to nursing,
purpose, objective, and research question. How do these two articles the nurse practice
issue you chose? 1. Discuss how these two articles will be used to answer your PICOT
question. 2. Describe how the interventions and comparison groups in the articles compare
to those identified in your PICOT question. Method of Study: 1. State the methods of the two
articles you are comparing and describe how they are different. 2. Consider the methods
you identified in your chosen articles and state one benefit and one limitation of each
method. Results of Study 1. Summarize the key findings of each study in one or two
comprehensive paragraphs. 2. What are the implications of the two studies you chose in
nursing practice? Outcomes Comparison 1. What are the anticipated outcomes for your
PICOT question? 2. How do the outcomes of your chosen articles compare to your

2. anticipated outcomes? © 2019. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved. PICOT
Question and Literature Search Khatriena Johnson Grand Canyon University NRS-433V-
0502 Introduction To Nursing Research Tamyra Hoff December 8, 2019 Clinical Issues
Summary Nurses are the most affected by burn out and job dissatisfaction in the profession.
This can be attributed to the nature of their work and the overall demands of the profession.
Ultimately, frustration from the patients can elevate the bedside nurse’s stress levels
leading to burnout. Burn out, and job dissatisfaction is a course for concern, especially in
busy health care in the system (Aiken et al., 2002). The issues bring about individual
problems that yield widespread problems in the whole organization. For instance, a nurse
may develop “neuroendocrine” related responses and, ultimately physiological outcomes
that can result in illness. NRS-433V-0502 Week 3-Rough Draft Quantitative Research
Critique and Ethical ConsiderationsWithin the organization, job dissatisfaction and
increased burnout can result in the poor turn out and elevated absenteeism impacting
health care delivery within the organization. Nurses who deal with patients daily are liable
to workplace stress that yields elevated levels of burnout and subsequent job dissatisfaction
(Aiken et al., 2002). The development of creative team building activities can help address
the issue among nurses in various hospital settings while enhancing their overall job
satisfaction. This is because such activities are meant to enhance nurse’s morale, increased
communication, 2 and trust that is very crucial in a clinical setting (Clark, 2009). Such
activities enhance trust as well as improved morals in a clinic. The move creates a
collaborative environment between colleagues as well as cooperation while integrating the
team’s efforts in problemsolving. The activity can be organized individually, or it can
integrate the whole organization. However, the involvement of the organization may limit
the activities due to the need for money, but individual nursing cooperation can cut any cost
required. They can set a particular day of how they can be a meeting taking into account
their particular (Clark, 2009). Question: Do creative team building activities among the
nurses relieve job dissatisfaction and minimize burn out levels in comparison to the nurses
who do not undergo such activities? P- Bedside nurses I- Creative team building activities C-
Nurses who do get involved in the building activities O-Enhanced job satisfaction and
minimized burnout T-Undisclosed 3 Criteria APA-Formatted Article Citation with Permalink
How Does the Article Relate to the PICOT Question? Quantitative, Qualitative (How do you
know?) Purpose Statement Research Question Article 1 Hayward, D., Bungay, V., Wolff, A. C.,
& MacDonald, V. (2016). A qualitative study of experienced nurses’ voluntary turnover:
Learning from their perspectives. Journal of clinical nursing, 25(9-10), 1336-1345. By
examining the factors that impacted the experienced nursing decided to leave nurse related
jobs and seek other employment. Qualitative design – used a descriptive and interpretive
approach To explore “nurses decision? making processes and the factors that led to the
decision to leave” practice settings Factors that elevate the burses turnover rate as well as
the Article 2 Article 3 Billeter?Koponen, S., & Fredén, L. (2005). Long?term stress, burnout,
and patient-nurse relations: qualitative interview study about nurses’ experiences.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 19(1), 20-27. Khowaja, K., Merchant, R. J., & Hirani,
D. (2005). Registered nurse’s perception of work satisfaction at a Tertiary Care University
Hospital. Journal of nursing management, 13(1), 32-39. By obtaining a concrete

3. comprehension of nurses experience burnout and accumulative stress in the workplace.
Stressed, frustrated, and demoralized nurses have a big impact on the delivery of health
care. Qualitative design – tape-recorded semi-structured interviews. Descriptive qualitative
research Nurses professionalism and patientnurse relations and the experience of long-
lasting stress and burn out. Sought to explore burnout and job satisfaction as a leading
cause of high turnover rates. Nurses experiences amid burnout and stress Do nurses feel
comfortable and satisfied in the current working environment 4 reasons why they decided
to leave practice settings? Outcome Setting (Where did the study take place?) Sample
Method Key Findings of the Study Recommendations of the Researcher Themes identified:
1. Ineffective work relationship 2. Lack of from the leadership 3. Workloads demands 4.
Patient acuity Participant’s choice and convenience Themes identified: 1. Burnout
experience, 2. Effects on the work, 3. NRS-433V-0502 Week 3-Rough Draft Quantitative
Research Critique and Ethical ConsiderationsThe working situation, and Themes
identified 1. Burn out 2. Non? ive nursing management staff 3. Lack of respect Different
care institutions Tertiary Care University Hospital 12 participants who were female
Qualitative descriptive study 10 nurses participated 45 nurses participated Qualitative
tape-recorded semistructured interviews The study identified patient-nurse relations in the
process of care delivery. Qualitative descriptive study Communication in the workplace is
significant. Trust is equally significant and contributes to carrier growth Recognition of
nurses, simplifying nursing documentation, and increasing recreational activities for nurses
can help reduce the burnout and increase job satisfaction Identification of themes that
relate to burnout and job dissatisfaction such as Workload demands, professional
relationships, and patients acuity. Acknowledges that appropriate means have to be
integrated to develop working relationships, work demands, burnout, and stress. 5 This
study identified different opportunities to offer breastfeeding education. Criteria APA-
Formatted Article Citation with Permalink How Does the Article Relate to the PICOT
Question? Quantitative, Qualitative (How do you know?) Purpose Statement Research
Question Article 4 Article 5 Klopper, H. C., Coetzee, S. K., Pretorius, R., & Bester, P. (2012).
Practice environment, job satisfaction, and burnout of critical care nurses in South Africa.
Journal of Nursing Management, 20(5), 685-695. By assessing the practice environment, job
satisfaction, and burnout Freeborn, D. K., Hooker, R. S., & Pope, C. R. (2002). Satisfaction and
well-being of primary care providers in managed care. Evaluation & the health professions,
25(2), 239-254. Rafferty, A. M., Ball, J., & Aiken, L. H. (2001). Are teamwork and professional
autonomy compatible, and do they result in improved hospital care?. BMJ Quality & Safety,
10(suppl 2), ii32-ii37. Teamwork in a workplace helps minimize work-related stress and
yields improved health care for the patients. Quantitative design using RN4CAST survey.
For bedside nurses, common areas that led to their overall dissatisfaction was workload,
and the time spent by the patients. Quantitative design using a selfadministered mail survey
To describe “the practice environment, job satisfaction and burnout of critical?care nurses.”
Do the practice environment, job satisfaction, and burnout affect the nurse’s service
delivery? To compare various health professional perception concerning the work
environment and jo satisfaction in a workplace Does the work environment, such as
stressful patients, affect one perception about their roles in the workplace? To assess and

4. explore the effects of nursing teamwork and its overall effect in the health care sector. 6
Article 6 Quantitative design using a postal questionnaire survey Does teamwork in a
workplace ensure improved service delivery? Outcome Opportunities for advancement and
study leave are among the major results for job dissatisfaction Common areas that lead to
overall job dissatisfaction include workload and the time spent with the patients and lack of
understanding and communication with other health professionals. The study was staged at
Northwest region of Kaiser Permanente Teamwork among the nurses involved resulted in
better service delivery and job satisfaction. Setting (Where did the study take place?)
Sample The survey incorporated 55 private and 7 national hospitals in South Africa 935
nurses participated 483 health professions participated while 264 clinicians took part in the
study About 10,022 staff nurses took part in the study A stratified sample was incorporated
in the study and a cross?sectional design Incorporated a self-administered survey with a
pretested structured questionnaire that contained 32 questions. NRS-433V-0502 Week 3-
Rough Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical ConsiderationsA postal
questionnaire survey was used and regression analysis of the data Burnout lack of
advancement opportunities resulting in career stagnation; hence, job dissatisfaction
additionally, lack of nurse participation in Workload and job dissatisfaction was as a result
of lack of communication and stagnation in the workplace, offering no room for
development and personal growth. Teamwork steered nurses into being involved in
decision making, highlighting the presence of respect and inclusion in the handling of
hospital matters hence a decline in the stress levels. 32 health centers in England. Method
Key Findings of the Study 7 Recommendations of the Researcher hospital matters leads to
overall burnout. A better work environment yielded job satisfaction. Involving the nurse in
decision making through team activities will help build trust and subsequently alleviate the
emotional outburst that is sometimes directed towards unforgiving patients. 8 Teamwork
can enhance the overall work delivery to the patients if encouraged and developed. It serves
to make the workplace as comfortable as possible. References Aiken, L. H., Clarke, S. P.,
Sloane, D. M., Sochalski, J., & Silber, J. H. (2002). Hospital nurse staffing and patient
mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. Jama, 288(16), 1987-1993. Clark, P. R.
(2009). Teamwork: building healthier workplaces and providing safer patient care. Critical
care nursing quarterly, 32(3), 221-231. 9 10 Original Topic 1 Assignment Practice Problem
Clinical Issues Summary Nurses are the most affected by burn out and job dissatisfaction in
the profession. This can be attributed to the nature of their work and the overall demands of
the profession. Ultimately, frustration from the patients can elevate the bedside nurse’s
stress levels leading to burnout. Burn out, and job dissatisfaction is a course for concern,
especially in busy health care in the system (Aiken et al., 2002). The issues bring about
individual problems that yield widespread problems in the whole organization. For
instance, a nurse may develop “neuroendocrine” related responses and, ultimately
physiological outcomes that can result in illness. Within the organization, job dissatisfaction
and increased burnout can result in the poor turn out and elevated absenteeism impacting
health care delivery within the organization. Nurses who deal with patients daily are liable
to workplace stress that yields elevated levels of burnout and subsequent job dissatisfaction
(Aiken et al., 2002). The development of creative team building activities can help address

5. the issue among nurses in various hospital settings while enhancing their overall job
satisfaction. This is because such activities are meant to enhance nurse’s morale, increased
communication, and trust that is very crucial in a clinical setting (Clark, 2009). Such
activities enhance trust as well as improved morals in a clinic. The move creates a
collaborative environment between colleagues as well as cooperation while integrating the
team’s efforts in problemsolving. The activity can be organized individually, or it can
integrate the whole organization. However, the involvement of the organization may limit
the activities due to the need for money, but individual nursing cooperation can cut any cost
required. They can set a particular day of how they can be a meeting taking into account
their particular (Clark, 2009). 2 Question: Do creative team building activities among the
nurses relieve job dissatisfaction and minimize burn out levels in comparison to the nurses
who do not undergo such activities? P- Bedside nurses I- Creative team building activities C-
Nurses who do get involved in the building activities O-Enhanced job satisfaction and
minimized burnout T-Undisclosed 3 Criteria APA-Formatted Article Citation with Permalink
How Does the Article Relate to the PICOT Question? Quantitative, Qualitative (How do you
know?) Purpose Statement Research Question Outcome Article 1 Article 2 Article 3
Hayward, D., Bungay, V., Wolff, A. C., & MacDonald, V. (2016). A qualitative study of
experienced nurses’ voluntary turnover: Learning from their perspectives. Journal of
clinical nursing, 25(9-10), 1336-1345. By examining the factors that impacted the
experienced nursing decided to leave nurse related jobs and seek other employment.
Qualitative design – used a descriptive and interpretive approach To explore “nurses
decision? making processes and the factors that led to the decision to leave” practice
settings Factors that elevate the burses turnover rate as well as the reasons why they
decided to leave practice settings? Billeter?Koponen, S., & Fredén, L. (2005). Long?term
stress, burnout, and patient-nurse relations: qualitative interview study about nurses’
experiences. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 19(1), 20-27. Khowaja, K., Merchant,
R. J., & Hirani, D. (2005). Registered nurse’s perception of work satisfaction at a Tertiary
Care University Hospital. Journal of nursing management, 13(1), 32-39. By obtaining a
concrete comprehension of nurses experience burnout and accumulative stress in the
workplace. Stressed, frustrated, and demoralized nurses have a big impact on the delivery
of health care. Qualitative design – tape-recorded semi-structured interviews. Descriptive
qualitative research Nurses professionalism and patientnurse relations and the experience
of long-lasting stress and burn out. Sought to explore burnout and job satisfaction as a
leading cause of high turnover rates. Nurses experiences amid burnout and stress NRS-
433V-0502 Week 3-Rough Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical
ConsiderationsDo nurses feel comfortable and satisfied in the current working environment
Themes identified: 1. Ineffective work relationship 2. Lack of from the leadership 3.
Workloads demands 4. Patient acuity Themes identified: 1. Burnout experience, 2. Effects
on the work, 3. The working situation, and Themes identified 1. Burn out 2. Non? ive
nursing management staff 3. Lack of respect 4 Setting (Where did the study take place?)
Sample Method Key Findings of the Study Recommendations of the Researcher Participant’s
choice and convenience Different care institutions Tertiary Care University Hospital 12
participants who were female Qualitative descriptive study 10 nurses participated 45

6. nurses participated Qualitative tape-recorded semistructured interviews The study
identified patient-nurse relations in the process of care delivery. Qualitative descriptive
study Communication in the workplace is significant. Trust is equally significant and
contributes to carrier growth Recognition of nurses, simplifying nursing documentation,
and increasing recreational activities for nurses can help reduce the burnout and increase
job satisfaction Identification of themes that relate to burnout and job dissatisfaction such
as Workload demands, professional relationships, and patients acuity. Acknowledges that
appropriate means have to be integrated to develop working relationships, work demands,
burnout, and stress. 5 This study identified different opportunities to offer breastfeeding
education. Criteria APA-Formatted Article Citation with Permalink How Does the Article
Relate to the PICOT Question? Quantitative, Qualitative (How do you know?) Purpose
Statement Research Question Outcome Setting (Where did the study take place?) Article 4
Article 5 Klopper, H. C., Coetzee, S. K., Pretorius, R., & Bester, P. (2012). Practice
environment, job satisfaction, and burnout of critical care nurses in South Africa. Journal of
Nursing Management, 20(5), 685-695. By assessing the practice environment, job
satisfaction, and burnout Freeborn, D. K., Hooker, R. S., & Pope, C. R. (2002). Satisfaction and
well-being of primary care providers in managed care. Evaluation & the health professions,
25(2), 239-254. Rafferty, A. M., Ball, J., & Aiken, L. H. (2001). Are teamwork and professional
autonomy compatible, and do they result in improved hospital care?. BMJ Quality & Safety,
10(suppl 2), ii32-ii37. For bedside nurses, common areas that led to their overall
dissatisfaction was workload, and the time spent by the patients. Quantitative design using
a selfadministered mail survey Teamwork in a workplace helps minimize work-related
stress and yields improved health care for the patients. NRS-433V-0502 Week 3-Rough
Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical ConsiderationsNRS-433V-0502 Week 3-
Rough Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical ConsiderationsTo compare various
health professional perception concerning the work environment and jo satisfaction in a
workplace Does the work environment, such as stressful patients, affect one perception
about their roles in the workplace? Common areas that lead to overall job dissatisfaction
include workload and the time spent with the patients and lack of understanding and
communication with other health professionals. The study was staged at Northwest region
of Kaiser Permanente To assess and explore the effects of nursing teamwork and its overall
effect in the health care sector. Quantitative design using RN4CAST survey. To describe “the
practice environment, job satisfaction and burnout of critical?care nurses.” Do the practice
environment, job satisfaction, and burnout affect the nurse’s service delivery? Opportunities
for advancement and study leave are among the major results for job dissatisfaction The
survey incorporated 55 private and 7 national hospitals in South Africa 6 Article 6
Quantitative design using a postal questionnaire survey Does teamwork in a workplace
ensure improved service delivery? Teamwork among the nurses involved resulted in better
service delivery and job satisfaction. 32 health centers in England. Sample 935 nurses
participated 483 health professions participated while 264 clinicians took part in the study
About 10,022 staff nurses took part in the study A stratified sample was incorporated in the
study and a cross?sectional design Incorporated a self-administered survey with a pretested
structured questionnaire that contained 32 questions. A postal questionnaire survey was

7. used and regression analysis of the data Burnout lack oNRS-433V-0502 Week 3-Rough
Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations