Journal Article Discussion Board Guidelines
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to help you apply your knowledge literature review and critical appraisal of qualitative and quantitative research.
Identify major learning points from the article. When leading a discussion board post, you need to decide on exactly what the audience should learn as a result of participating in the discussion.
Be sure to address the following:
- Select two articles on the same topic (see list of topics below). One article must be qualitative, one article must be quantitative.
- Appraise each article
- Compare and contrast the two methodologies as they relate to the topic.
- Explain the nursing practice concept being discussed in the article. Is this a research, review, or informative article?
- Explain the significance of the topic chosen for use in the article.
- Identify and expand upon the most significant conclusions presented in the article.
Perhaps most importantly, you should be able to identify the broad goals of the research described in the article. You should be able to do so without regard to the specific topic investigated, requiring you to think in broader terms.
Develop questions. These should be designed to promote discussion and elicit opinions.
You should prepare at least two or three questions specific to your article however some general examples would include:
- Does each article present strong conclusions that are directly drawn from the analysis of the results and literature or are they more speculative in nature?
- Do all of the conclusions drawn from the articles make sense based on the information presented? Compare and Contrast them, are you seeing similarities or differences?
- Have the articles supported the generally accepted thinking on this nursing practice topic or have they refuted it?
- How have these articles furthered the evidenced based practice of nursing?
- Does the information presented in this articles support a change in the current nursing practice related to the topic? Is the change feasible?
- How can the information presented in these articles be applied to current nursing practice?
As a discussion leader, make sure that you have thought about possible answers to each question you pose to the audience!
Initiate the discussion. Initiate discussion by asking your prepared questions.
Respond to TWO other student’s discussion board posts with thoughtful responses and provide peer evaluation of the original post. Was the original post accurate in their critical appraisal?
Topic Choices:
CAUTIs
Nursing Workforce – Burnout, resilience, or retention strategies
Workplace Violence
Errors in nursing practice
Nursing Interventions for Addressing Long COVID Symptoms