Appendix B3 Beginning Guidelines for Critical Appraisal

How relevant is the research problem to the actual practice of nursing?

Was the study quantitative or qualitative? How did you make that determination?

What was the underlying purpose (or purposes) of the study? (Therapy/Intervention, Diagnosis/Assessment, Prognosis, Etiology/Harm, Description, or Meaning?)

What might be some clinical implications of this research? To what type of people and settings is the research most relevant? If the things were accurate, how might you use the results of this study?