When reading a report of results of a nursing research study, the nurse notices that the theoretical framework is drawn from a discipline other than nursing
When critiquing the theoretical framework, the nurse should determine the answer to which of these questions?
a. Does the research have implications across disciplines?
b. Is the researcher a recognized leader in the discipline of nursing?
c. Does the author have special expertise or education in the discipline from which the theoretical framework is derived?
d. Has the author clearly indicated the meaning of the theoretical framework to the study and linked it to nursing?
ANS: D
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A The author should cite the implications of the research for nursing.
B The author of a research article need not be a recognized leader in nursing.
C The author should have an understanding of the framework but does not need to have expertise in the discipline from which it is derived.
D The theoretical framework does not have to come from nursing but should be linked to the practice of nursing.
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