Nursing Research Paper: Article Review

Running head: Nursing Research Paper
Nursing Research Paper: Article Review
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Table of Contents
Chosen Article:................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Methodology and Design.................................................................................................................4
Data Collection and Sampling Design.............................................................................................7
Data Analysis, Findings, discussion and recommendations............................................................7
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Chosen Article:
Melnyk, B. M., Gallagher‐Ford, L., Long, L. E., & Fineout‐Overholt, E. (2014). The
establishment of evidence‐based practice competencies for practicing registered nurses and
advanced practice nurses in real‐world clinical settings: Proficiencies to improve healthcare
quality, reliability, patient outcomes, and costs. Worldviews on Evidence
‐Based Nursing, 11(1),
5-15.
Introduction
The title of the article provides a superficial idea regarding the subject of the research. It first
provides an idea that the registered nurses and the advanced practice nurses need competency in
developing evidence-based practice. Secondly, the title provides an idea that these practices have
professional implications in the improvement of nursing practice. In the background, the
researchers discuss the concept of evidence-based practice in the healthcare industry is known to
the professionals for a long time (Melnyk et al., 2014). The authors also pointed out that not
many nursing professionals practice evidence-based practice despite research supporting that the
patient outcome, reliability, quality and reduction of cost of treatment is reduced in the
healthcare sector (Rousseau, & Gunia, 2016). The authors hypothesized that the adoption of the
EBP or evidence based practice is importance in the advanced practice nurses in healthcare care
institutes. The purpose of the research as per the authors is to indicate the competitiveness of the
EBP in case of the APN and the registered nurses which will improve the quality of services in
healthcare institutes. The background considerations of the author indicate that a large amount
of previously published literature was considered for the theoretical understanding of their
concept. The authors also developed the steps of the evidence-based practice from their