1. Research must pertain to the profession of nursing, research must be published in a professional nursing journal, article must be recent within the past 5 years, article topic must be related to the practice of nursing, read the “critiquing a research article” to see the format of the paper
must tell about the description of the study, topic, how, when study size, etc.. Is this study valid? Is this study generalizable? How does or will this study effect your nursing practice, are there parts you would do differently?