Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

General Instructions

Advanced practice nurses must be equipped to critique scholarly literature and discern its value for application to practice. Select one current single-study qualitative scholarly article related to your PICOT question. Appraise the article using the Rapid Critical Appraisal Questions for Qualitative Evidence (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2023, Appendix C). Summarize your appraisal of the article in your own words. 

Include the following sections:

1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
   1. Provide an overview of the study
      1. Purpose
      2. Study design
   2. Describe the study
      1. Research question
      2. Study aims
      3. Sampling technique, sample size, and characteristics
   3. Validity and reliability
      1. Are the results of the study trustworthy and credible?
      2. What were the results?
   4. Explain why and how you could use the study results in your practice to make a difference in client outcomes. If you cannot use the results, why not?
   5. Include a complete APA reference and the Chamberlain Library permalink for the selected article.