Does shift bedside nurse’s handoff report increase patient safety?

Assignment: The assignment this week is focused on locating and critiquing a quantitative research study on ones PICOT question or topic. ****PICOT CHOSEN: Does shift bedside nurse’s handoff report increase patient safety? Assignment: Quantitative Research Write a fully developed and detailed APA essay addressing each of the following points/questions. There is no required word count; be sure to completely answer all the questions for each question in detail. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least one (1) source using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page are required. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment. 1. Conduct a literature search to select a quantitative research study related to the problem identified in Module 1 and conduct an initial critical appraisal. Respond to the overview questions for the critical appraisal of quantitative studies, including: 2. Is this quantitative research report a case study, case control study, cohort study, randomized control trial or systematic review? 3. Where does the study fall in the hierarchy of evidence in terms of reliability and risk of bias? 4. Why was the study done? (Define the problem and purpose.) 5. Were the steps of the study clearly identified? 6. What was the sample size? 7. Are the measurements of major variables reliable and valid? Explain. 8. How were the data analyzed? 9. Were there any untoward events during the conduct of the study? 10. How do the results fit with previous research in the area? (This may be reflected in the literature review.) 11. What does this research mean to clinical practice? 12. Additionally, be sure to include the rapid appraisal questions for the specific research design of the quantitative study that you have chosen. These can be found in Chapter 5 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). This critical appraisal should be written in complete sentences (not just a numbered list) using APA format. Provide a reference for the article according to APA format and a copy of the article. Assignment Expectations: Length: Clearly and fully answer all questions; attach a copy of the article Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion. References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of one (1) scholarly source for the article is required for this assignment. Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level. Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) or a PDF document (.pdf) File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.docx”) Do not use a systematic review or a meta-analysis for this assignment. The required information for this week’s assignment will not be found in these types of research articles. For full credit, Each student must also upload a copy of his or her article used for this assignment. For this assignment each student must use an article using a quantitative research design. The basic four types of quantitative research designs are, Descriptive, Correlational, Quasi-experimental, and Experimental. In Nursing, one generally does not find experimental research design used. The differences between the four types primarily relates to the degree the researcher designs for control of the variables in the experiment. Following is a brief description of each type of quantitative research design, as well as chart comparing and contrasting the approaches. A Descriptive Design seeks to describe the current status of a variable or phenomenon. The researcher does not begin with a hypothesis, but typically develops one after the data is collected. Data collection is mostly observational in nature.