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\”Does Nurse Practitioner-led multidisciplinary teaching compared to standard practice teaching reduce hospital readmissions for patients with CHF?\”Biostatistics Research Nursing.

Complete a literature search and find an Intervention-Based research study on the advanced practice topic that you have chosen for your critical literature review if possible. Provide a brief summary of the research and describe how the study informs your CLR. Complete a critical appraisal of the research. Post your responses to Step III for discussion.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

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Be sure to attach the PDF of your article and provide substantive, thoughtful, cited discussion posts

Step III: Evaluating a Study
Evaluation involves determining the credibility, trustworthiness, meaning, and usefulness of the study findings. This type of critical appraisal requires more advanced skills and might be performed by master\’s and doctoral level students in determining current nursing knowledge and its usefulness in practice.Biostatistics Research Nursing. Evaluating research involves summarizing the quality of the research process and findings, determining the consistency of the findings with those from previous studies, and determining the usefulness of the findings for practice. The steps of the study are evaluated in light of previous studies, such as an evaluation of present hypotheses based on previous hypotheses, present design based on previous designs, and present methods of measuring variables based on previous methods of measurement. Evaluation builds on conclusions reached during the first two stages of the critical appraisal so that the credibility, meaning, trustworthiness, and usefulness of the study findings can be determined for nursing knowledge, theory, and practice.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

Guidelines for Evaluating a Study
You need to reexamine the discussion section of the study focusing on the study findings, conclusions, implications for practice, and suggestions for further study. It is important for you to read previous studies conducted in the area to determine the quality, credibility, and meaning of the study based on previous research. Using the following questions as a guide, summarize your evaluation of the study, and document your responses.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

I. Did the study build upon previous research problems, purposes, designs, samples, and measurement methods? Provide examples to support your comments.
II. Could the weaknesses of the study have been corrected? How might that have been accomplished?
III. When the findings are examined in light of previous studies, do the findings build on previous findings?
IV. Do you believe the study findings are credible? How much confidence can be placed in the study findings (Tonelli, 2012)?
V. Based on this study and the findings from previous research, what is now known and not known about the phenomenon under study?
VI. To what populations can the findings be generalized (Cohen, 1988)?
VII. Were the implications of the findings for practice discussed? Based on previous research, are the findings ready for use in practice (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015)?
VIII. Were relevant studies suggested for future research?Biostatistics Research Nursing.

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1. Did the study build upon previous research problems, purposes, designs, samples, and measurement methods? Provide examples to support your comments.

Riley and Masters (2016) builds on a previous research problem. In the introduction, it notes that transition between hospital and home environments for heart failure patients is a vulnerable period because of communication shortcomings. It acknowledges that this is a known problem and guidelines are in place to address the problem. However, the guidelines are lacking for acute heart failure patients. Towards this end, the study seeks to suggest best practice models that leverage multidisciplinary care to improve patient outcomes.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

1. Could the weaknesses of the study have been corrected? How might that have been accomplished?

The study adopts a secondary research approach, and this is a significant weakness as it does not collect primary data thereby creating opportunities for researcher bias. This weakness has been addressed by extensively reviewing relevant literature with the study making use of 53 publications.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

III. When the findings are examined in light of previous studies, do the findings build on previous findings?

The presented findings build on previous studies. This is seen in the discussion where other publications are cited and references to advance and evaluate the ideas presented in the study.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

1. Do you believe the study findings are credible? How much confidence can be placed in the study findings?

The study findings can be considered credible. That is because they are linked with reality in order to demonstrate the truth of research study’s findings. It makes it clear that care transition must be guided by local needs and resources to include follow-up and monitoring, medicine reconciliation, discharge planning and management programs.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

1. Based on this study and the findings from previous research, what is now known and not known about the phenomenon under study?

The study makes it clear that the patient and family must be involved in the transition process, and that they must be educated on self-care in order to improve care outcomes. Besides that, there is a need for a strong multidisciplinary team to be deployed to provide care in order to improve patients’ outcomes and ensure delivery of seamless care.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

1. To what populations can the findings be generalized?

The findings of the study can be generalized for all heart failure patients who are transitioning from hospitalization to their homes. It is targeted at easing the transition and ensuring that patients receive high quality care for the best outcomes.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

VII. Were the implications of the findings for practice discussed? Based on previous research, are the findings ready for use in practice?

The implications of the study for practice were discussed with suggestions made to adapt the transition depending on local needs and resources. In addition, it suggests that multidisciplinary teams should be leveraged to improve patient outcomes and ensure seamless care during the transition.Biostatistics Research Nursing.

VIII. Were relevant studies suggested for future research?

The study suggests that further research is necessary to identify the key processes and components involved in multidisciplinary strategies, especially with regards to seamless discharge planning.Biostatistics Research Nursing.