Research critique guidelines – part ii use this docum

1. Research Critique Guidelines – Part II
Use this document to organize your essay. Successful
completion of this assignment requires that you provide a
rationale, include examples, and reference content from the
studies in your responses.
Quantitative Studies
Background
1. Summary of studies. Include problem, significance to
nursing, purpose, objective, and research question.
How do these two articles support the nurse practice issue you
chose?
1. Discuss how these two articles will be used to answer your
PICOT question.
2. Describe how the interventions and comparison groups in the
articles compare to those identified in your PICOT question.
Method of Study:
1. State the methods of the two articles you are comparing and
describe how they are different.
2. Consider the methods you identified in your chosen articles
and state one benefit and one limitation of each method.
Results of Study
1. Summarize the key findings of each study in one or two
comprehensive paragraphs.
2. What are the implications of the two studies you chose in
nursing practice?
Outcomes Comparison
1. What are the anticipated outcomes for your PICOT question?
2. How do the outcomes of your chosen articles compare to your

2. anticipated outcomes?
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STUDENT REPLIES
Reply to classmates’ threads, each reply must be 200 words.
Use references to support your assertions, using citations in
current APA format.
Student Reply 1 (Staci)
It is a Christian’s responsibility to conduct research in an
ethical manner on all levels and points of topic. In Proverbs
14:15 it states that “The simple believes everything, but the
prudent gives thought to his steps” (Bible, English Standard
Version). This is where it is most important that you are making
sure that your relationship with God is strong and you are
allowing him to guide through decision making. It is a
researcher’s responsibility to explore all avenues in which the
research may take you while avoiding bias on your position on
the topic.
Educators and leaders must make sound decisions that reflect
that they are ethical and always ethical. In educational
leadership, ultimately doing what is right for students is
considered moral and responsible. This area includes the
research and development to solve educational issues on our
current world. We have a duty to model morality, honesty and
integrity in terms of leadership and education. We as
researchers and leaders should represent our faith by seeking
out and providing good pliable research. This includes the
literature in which you use to support our position. It is also
applicable in the gathering of your data in interviews and
surveys. Taking an ethical stance is vital to our research, our

3. students, our cohorts, and our organizations. The understanding
that as an educational leader, you are watched mimicked and
looked upon as a mentor. Behavior of leader should always be
one of accountability, understanding, collaborative and above
all ethical. Blackaby and Blackaby state that “Integrity demands
consistency under every circumstance, including unguarded
moments” (Blackaby & Blackaby, 2011). True leaders will live
honestly and ethically in their public or private lives. This
includes in their relationship with God. They also say that for
a leader to be immoral in your private life lacks just as much
integrity (Blackaby& Blackaby, 2011). Using the guidance that
God gives us to do what is right, exploring options and creating
an understanding help to lead us in good ethical deci sions.
“How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get
understanding rather than silver” Proverbs 16:16 (Bible, King
James Version). All people have a moral obligation to treat
others with dignity and respect; this includes many of the peers
and research authors that a research student, as us, may
encounter.
Our job as a Christian is to correct the path if we are misguided
or if we falter. As leaders it is always important to find out
why we were led astray, correct our actions and make it a
teachable moment. As Christian’s we should avoid
circumstances that will cause others to question our ethics as
much as possible. We should always take the ethical
responsibly to correct our actions and learn from it.
Reference
Blackaby, H. T., & Blackaby, R. (2011). Spiritual leadership:
moving people on to Gods agenda. Pretoria: Heart Cry.
Student Reply 2 (Shawn)
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but
set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love,
in faith and in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12, New International
Version). Conduct is the part I am going to focus on when it
comes to 1 Timothy 4:12. The conduct of performing research

4. should be ethical. What does ethics mean? Ethics is “a set of
moral principles,a theory or system of moral values” (Ethic,
2021). In our case, our moral value system comes from the
bible. As Christians, we get our standard of ethics from God’s
word. As Christians, I believe we have to hold ourselves to a
higher standard. We can see what happens every day when we
turn on the television and see a Christian who has not held
themselves to a higher standard. Recently, our own university
was caught with its pants down when a leader made an unethical
choice. That choice led to us as a Christian organizatio n under
scrutiny. The same can happen to our work as researchers if we
do not conduct ourselves ethically.
I believe what makes applied research different is when it
comes to conducting the process. We have time to reflect, think,
and pray about our choices we are going to make before we
conduct our research. One of the sections in applied research is
the ethical considerations section. At first, I flew over this
section as we completed other parts but now that I reflect on it,
it is probably the most important section. This is the section
where we write about our ethical treatment of human subjects
(Claxton & Michael, 2020). The section mentions how we can
protect those subjects which are often young children. As a
Christian educator, it is my job to protect children and keep
them safe. “The professional educator is aware that trust in the
profession depends upon a level of professional conduct and
responsibility that may be higher than required by law. This
entails holding one and other educators to the same ethical
standards” (Model Code of Ethics for Educators, 2015). As
Christians that same ethical standard is God’s word to conduct
ourselves in love, faith, and purity.
References
Claxton, B. L., & Michael, K. Y. (2020). Conducting applied
research in education. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
Ethic. (2021) Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/ethic

5. Model code of ethics for educators (2015) National Association
of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification.
Retrieved from https://www.nasdtec.net/page/MCEE_Doc#PrinI
New International Version Bible. (2011). The NIV
Bible. https://www.thenivbible.com