Kolade’s Qualitative Study Article on Minority Nursing Faculty

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Kolade’s Qualitative Study Article
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Kolade’s Qualitative Study Article
Purpose
Why did the researchers conduct this study?
Kolade (2016) carried out this study to explore experiences of minority nursing faculty in
the United States. The researcher wanted to unearth the challenges experienced by minority
nursing faculty to determine whether they are similar to the challenges faced by minority nurses
in other disciplines.
Is the problem significant for nursing?
This problem is significant for nurses because it helps identify the challenges faced by
minority nursing faculty and help come up with necessary measures to alleviate the challenges
they face. Minority nurses are underrepresented in the healthcare institution and this has a
significant impact on the quality of services they deliver and job satisfaction. The findings
Kolade (2016) reveals the challenges faced by minority nurse faculty and calls for urgent action
to help address the issues that affect service delivery in the healthcare.
Research Questions
What is the research question?
Kolade (2016) has stated the research question for the study as: “What are the lived
experiences of minority nursing faculty?”
Is the research question explicitly stated?
The research question is explicitly stated in the methodology section of this research
article. By placing the research question at the beginning of the methodology section, the author
has not left any room for confusion because the reader will first read the research question before

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delving into the methodology section of the paper. The research question is also stated in one
sentence; hence the reader can easily identify it when reading the research article.
Literature review
What is quality of the literature review (must evaluate references based on journal published
the article)?
The literature review in Kolade’s (2016) is relevant to the research question and supports
the theoretical framework for the study. Kolade (2016) consulted peer-reviewed research articles
published between 1998 and 2015. The reviewed peer-reviewed journal articles were published
in The Journal of Professional Nursing, The Journal of Higher Education, International Journal
of Qualitative Methods, and Journal of Transcultural Nursing. The choice of these peer-
reviewed articles to support the research question provides sufficient scholarly understanding of
the experiences of minority nursing faculty. Additionally, the choice of peer-reviewed articles
which have been evaluated by experts imply that the information is valid and the conclusions
drawn from the studies are valid and reasonable. However, even though these peer-reviewed
journals have supported the research question, all of them support the research question and there
is no single article that allows the reader to view the other side of the research problem. Even
though the study was mainly on lived experiences of minority nursing faculty, the researcher
could have included a sample of fulltime nursing faculty from majority to help the reader to
understand the views of majority.
Are the references up to date and based mainly on primary sources
Even though Kolade (2016) has extensively researched on the topic to answer the
research question, there are significant limitations in the choice of references to answer the
research question. This research article was published in 2016, but the researcher has cited