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Nurse Residency Program

Reading the Research

What Is It?

Critical appraisal is reviewing the evidence to determine the validity, reliability, and applicability of evidence to our practice.

We're asking ourselves, is this article logical/factual, trustworthy, and relatable

Simply finding the evidence is not the end of the process.

For your capstone, we just want you to determine if a paper answers your question!

Parts of an Abstract/Paper

Make sure the purpose and the conclusions are aligned. Did the authors answer their research question(s)?