Thinking CRITICALLY About What You Read
In order to analyze scholarly nursing articles the following questions must be implemented. Critically think through each of the following questions for the writing assignment.
1.) What is the main purpose of the article? (state as accurately as possible the author’s purpose for writing the article or for doing the research)
2.) What is (are) the important question(s) the author of this article is trying to address? (figure out the key question(s) in the mind of the author when s/he wrote the article)
3.) What kind of study was done and how is it useful? (Case study, survey, observation, etc., if any at all……if none, discuss what a lack of study means)
4.) What facts, data, evidence or experience does the author use to address the important question of the article?
5.) What are the main inferences/conclusions in this article? (Identify the key conclusions the author comes to and presents in the article)
6.) Does the author’s conclusions follow the data/evidence presented? Why or why not?
7a.) What are the implications if you take the author’s line of reasoning seriously? (what consequences are likely to follow if people take the author’s line of reasoning as fact?)
7b.) What are the implications if you fail to take the author’s reasoning seriously? (what consequences are likely to follow if people ignore the author’s reasoning as fact?)
https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2020/12000/Supporting_Novice_Nurses_During_the_COVID_19.2.aspx