With new information continually emerging, professional nurses must be equipped to critique scholarly literature and discern its value for practice. Select one current, quantitative scholarly nursing article related to your PICOT question and determine its strengths, limitations, and potential application.

Complete the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice Appendix E Evidence Appraisal Tool . Once you’ve completed the tool, use your own words to summarize your appraisal of the article. Include the following:

• Description of the purpose
• Explanation of research design
• Discussion of sample
• Description of data collection methods
• Summary of findings
• Strengths of the study (minimum of 1)
• Limitations of the study (minimum of 1)
• Recommendations regarding potential application for future practice that are insightful and appropriate.

Attach the article to your post, in addition to including the full reference for the article in your post.

During the week, read a minimum of two articles posted by peers and add your thoughts about whether you feel their article would support an EBP change.  For full credit, submit your initial post by Wednesday at 11:59 PM MT. Complete your two responses to peers by Sunday at 11:59 PM MT.

Solution:

The aim of the quantitative article by Hu et al. (2016) was to investigate the effectiveness of family-based, culturally tailored intervention for Hispanic individuals with type 2 diabetes. A quasi-experimental design was used but the study participants were not randomly assigned to either intervention or the control group. This designed allowed the researcher to compare the outcome in the intervention group with the control group. A convenience sampling method was used in which a sample of 186 participants with type 2 diabetes was recruited from the clinic, physician offices as well as churches. The sample comprised of 186 people and the intervention group,…