A journal article critique is a detailed, constructive, and critical evaluation of published peer-reviewed professional literature.
Choose and read a nursing journal article from a professional nursing publication.
The student will present the critique in American Psychological Association (APA) format.
Provide a “Title” page and use APA writing style throughout the journal article critique.
Use font size 12. Use font ‘Arial’ or ‘Times New Roman.’
Proofread your work before turning it in.
Indent all paragraphs.
Double Spaced
Journal article publication must be ‘no more than 5 years old.’
The student will choose from a topic that is relevant to contemporary nursing. The article chosen (not the link) must be submitted and pre-approved by instructor prior to the student writing it. The source used must be a peer-reviewed nursing journal.
Submit your final completed assignment to Black Board along with a copy of the article referenced.
This is a mandatory academic, professionally written exercise consisting of a minimum of 3 to 4 paragraphs in length.
Each paragraph is to contain of a minimum of 4 to 5 sentences.
Journal article critique is to consist of approximately 1000 words.
Your article critique will include:
INTRODUCTION:
First, review and summarize the journal article. Describe what the article is about. Present a clear, non-biased understanding of the article’s topic. Mention the article name and source. What makes the article important? “The main topic of this journal article is ….”
MAIN BODY:
Critically review the article. Examine the evidence. Was the research presented in the article objective? Describe the article’s strength and weakness. Highlight the positive or the negative points.
“This article presents the material (well / not well) because …
” Do not give your ‘opinion’ on the article’s topic, ‘we’ are not experts.
Why should or should not the article be recommend reading?
Was the article successful or a failure in relaying information based on the topic? “This article is (recommend / not recommend) reading because it provides (clear / unclear) information on …”
CONCLUSION:
Conclude with what you learned from assessing the article. What knowledge did you gained from reading this article? Do not present new or additional information in the conclusion, stay focused on the article topic at hand. “After reading this article I learned that …. “