[Solved] Journal Response MODULE 3

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

[**Module 3: Quantitative Research**](https://classroom.aspen.edu/d2l/le/content/118315/Home?itemIdentifier=D2L.LE.Content.ContentObject.ModuleCO-6269433)

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– ## Module3JournalRubric.docx

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**## Module3JournalRubric.docx**

3/15/26, 8:59 PM Preview Rubric: Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1 – DNP860 Sect1 Evidence-Based Practice for Quality Improvement – Aspen University Classroom

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Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1

Criteria

**Does Not Meet**

**Expectations**

**Approaches**

**Expectations**

**Meets Expectations**

**Exceeds Expectations**

**Criterion Score**

Claim/Quality of

Information

Weight: 40%

/ 8

0

points

**pts**

**)**

**(0**

Response to quiz

question is missing

or inaccurate.

Answer is inaccurate

and does not ad

–

dress the prompt.

2.5

points

**(5.6**

**pts**

**)**

Response to quiz

question is missing

key elements.

Answer is partially

inaccurate and

misses elements in

the prompt. Claims

are lacking informa

–

tion to be fully

thought out.

6.4

points

**)**

**pts**

**(6.4**

Response to quiz

question is appropri

–

ate and accurate.

Answer is appropri

–

ate and responses

to the prompt.

Claims are

appropriate.

8

points

**(8**

**pts**

**)**

Response to quiz

question is thorough

and detailed.

Answer is clear and

concise and re

–

sponses to all as

–

pects of the prompt.

Claims are justified

and plausible.


**Overall Score**

**Level 1**

0

points minimum

**Level 2**

14

points minimum

**Level 3**

16

points minimum

**Level 4**

20

points minimum

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**## Journal_Week_3.docx**

[**Module 3: Quantitative Research**](https://classroom.aspen.edu/d2l/le/content/118315/Home?itemIdentifier=D2L.LE.Content.ContentObject.ModuleCO-6269433) **Module 3 Overview**

This module will focus on quantitative designs. The purpose of quantitative designs is to help provide a structure to follow once the problem has been identified and better understand the cause and effect of the variables at play (independent and dependent variables). There are multiple types of designs. When examining the problem, selecting the appropriate quantitative design that matches what you seek to answer is necessary. Having an inappropriately assigned design could yield incorrect, unfound, and unreliable results, thus affecting the validity of the findings.

As a Doctor of Nursing Practice leader looking for valid evidence to make quality improvement recommendations, you must select sound research to support the initiative. It is essential to analyze the study's structure when evaluating studies, and the critiquing process is an essential step in selecting sound evidence. Critiquing is a systematic process of critically evaluating the study's merits to determine if the recommendations are valid to support evidence-based practice changes. This week's assignment will require you to understand the quantitative study design while working through the critiquing process.

**Journal Response**

Reflecting on last week's assignment and your first draft of your PICOT, considering your instructor's feedback, what modifications will you make to your question? Explain how these changes may affect the overall focus of your project idea.

**Journal Response Expectations**

**Each short-answer Journal response will be a minimum of 300 words.**

**No citation, reference, or APA style is necessary.**

**This is my Topic**

“ This quality improvement project is to implement the use of an evidence-based self-care tool, Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA), to improve diabetes self-care behaviors among adults with type 2 diabetes.”

**Refererences**

Finkelman, A. (2020).
_Quality improvement: A guide for integration in nursing_ (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 9781284206531 Read chapter 7.

Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2021).
_Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research_ (5th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. IBSN:9781274226324. Read chapters 7 & 8.

**Additional resources**

Titler, M.G. (2018). Translation research in practice: An introduction.
_OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23_(2).
[https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01](https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01)

University of Texas|UThealth. (2022).
_Critiquing research articles._ [https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch](https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch)

Vance, D. E., Talley, M., Azuero, A., Pearce, P.F., & Christian, B.J. (2013). Conducting an article critique for a quantitative research study: perspectives for doctoral students and other novice readers.
_Nursing: Research and Reviews_, 3, 67-75.
[https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374](https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374)

The John Hopkins Hospital (n.d.).
_John Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Appendix D: Evidence level and quality guide_.
[https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf](https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf)

**## Journal_Week_3.docx**

[**Module 3: Quantitative Research**](https://classroom.aspen.edu/d2l/le/content/118315/Home?itemIdentifier=D2L.LE.Content.ContentObject.ModuleCO-6269433) **Module 3 Overview**

This module will focus on quantitative designs. The purpose of quantitative designs is to help provide a structure to follow once the problem has been identified and better understand the cause and effect of the variables at play (independent and dependent variables). There are multiple types of designs. When examining the problem, selecting the appropriate quantitative design that matches what you seek to answer is necessary. Having an inappropriately assigned design could yield incorrect, unfound, and unreliable results, thus affecting the validity of the findings.

As a Doctor of Nursing Practice leader looking for valid evidence to make quality improvement recommendations, you must select sound research to support the initiative. It is essential to analyze the study's structure when evaluating studies, and the critiquing process is an essential step in selecting sound evidence. Critiquing is a systematic process of critically evaluating the study's merits to determine if the recommendations are valid to support evidence-based practice changes. This week's assignment will require you to understand the quantitative study design while working through the critiquing process.

**Journal Response**

Reflecting on last week's assignment and your first draft of your PICOT, considering your instructor's feedback, what modifications will you make to your question? Explain how these changes may affect the overall focus of your project idea.

**Journal Response Expectations**

**Each short-answer Journal response will be a minimum of 300 words.**

**No citation, reference, or APA style is necessary.**

**This is my Topic**

“ This quality improvement project is to implement the use of an evidence-based self-care tool, Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA), to improve diabetes self-care behaviors among adults with type 2 diabetes.”

**Refererences**

Finkelman, A. (2020).
_Quality improvement: A guide for integration in nursing_ (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 9781284206531 Read chapter 7.

Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2021).
_Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research_ (5th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. IBSN:9781274226324. Read chapters 7 & 8.

**Additional resources**

Titler, M.G. (2018). Translation research in practice: An introduction.
_OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23_(2).
[https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01](https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01)

University of Texas|UThealth. (2022).
_Critiquing research articles._ [https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch](https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch)

Vance, D. E., Talley, M., Azuero, A., Pearce, P.F., & Christian, B.J. (2013). Conducting an article critique for a quantitative research study: perspectives for doctoral students and other novice readers.
_Nursing: Research and Reviews_, 3, 67-75.
[https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374](https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374)

The John Hopkins Hospital (n.d.).
_John Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Appendix D: Evidence level and quality guide_.
[https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf](https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf)

**## Module3JournalRubric.docx**

3/15/26, 8:59 PM Preview Rubric: Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1 – DNP860 Sect1 Evidence-Based Practice for Quality Improvement – Aspen University Classroom

3/15/26, 8:59 PM Preview Rubric: Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1 – DNP860 Sect1 Evidence-Based Practice for Quality Improvement – Aspen University Classroom

Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1

Criteria

**Does Not Meet**

**Expectations**

**Approaches**

**Expectations**

**Meets Expectations**

**Exceeds Expectations**

**Criterion Score**

Claim/Quality of

Information

Weight: 40%

/ 8

0

points

**pts**

**)**

**(0**

Response to quiz

question is missing

or inaccurate.

Answer is inaccurate

and does not ad

–

dress the prompt.

2.5

points

**(5.6**

**pts**

**)**

Response to quiz

question is missing

key elements.

Answer is partially

inaccurate and

misses elements in

the prompt. Claims

are lacking informa

–

tion to be fully

thought out.

6.4

points

**)**

**pts**

**(6.4**

Response to quiz

question is appropri

–

ate and accurate.

Answer is appropri

–

ate and responses

to the prompt.

Claims are

appropriate.

8

points

**(8**

**pts**

**)**

Response to quiz

question is thorough

and detailed.

Answer is clear and

concise and re

–

sponses to all as

–

pects of the prompt.

Claims are justified

and plausible.


**Overall Score**

**Level 1**

0

points minimum

**Level 2**

14

points minimum

**Level 3**

16

points minimum

**Level 4**

20

points minimum

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**## Journal_Week_3.docx**

[**Module 3: Quantitative Research**](https://classroom.aspen.edu/d2l/le/content/118315/Home?itemIdentifier=D2L.LE.Content.ContentObject.ModuleCO-6269433) **Module 3 Overview**

This module will focus on quantitative designs. The purpose of quantitative designs is to help provide a structure to follow once the problem has been identified and better understand the cause and effect of the variables at play (independent and dependent variables). There are multiple types of designs. When examining the problem, selecting the appropriate quantitative design that matches what you seek to answer is necessary. Having an inappropriately assigned design could yield incorrect, unfound, and unreliable results, thus affecting the validity of the findings.

As a Doctor of Nursing Practice leader looking for valid evidence to make quality improvement recommendations, you must select sound research to support the initiative. It is essential to analyze the study's structure when evaluating studies, and the critiquing process is an essential step in selecting sound evidence. Critiquing is a systematic process of critically evaluating the study's merits to determine if the recommendations are valid to support evidence-based practice changes. This week's assignment will require you to understand the quantitative study design while working through the critiquing process.

**Journal Response**

Reflecting on last week's assignment and your first draft of your PICOT, considering your instructor's feedback, what modifications will you make to your question? Explain how these changes may affect the overall focus of your project idea.

**Journal Response Expectations**

**Each short-answer Journal response will be a minimum of 300 words.**

**No citation, reference, or APA style is necessary.**

**This is my Topic**

“ This quality improvement project is to implement the use of an evidence-based self-care tool, Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA), to improve diabetes self-care behaviors among adults with type 2 diabetes.”

**Refererences**

Finkelman, A. (2020).
_Quality improvement: A guide for integration in nursing_ (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 9781284206531 Read chapter 7.

Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2021).
_Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research_ (5th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. IBSN:9781274226324. Read chapters 7 & 8.

**Additional resources**

Titler, M.G. (2018). Translation research in practice: An introduction.
_OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23_(2).
[https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01](https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01)

University of Texas|UThealth. (2022).
_Critiquing research articles._ [https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch](https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch)

Vance, D. E., Talley, M., Azuero, A., Pearce, P.F., & Christian, B.J. (2013). Conducting an article critique for a quantitative research study: perspectives for doctoral students and other novice readers.
_Nursing: Research and Reviews_, 3, 67-75.
[https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374](https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374)

The John Hopkins Hospital (n.d.).
_John Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Appendix D: Evidence level and quality guide_.
[https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf](https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf)

**## Module3JournalRubric.docx**

3/15/26, 8:59 PM Preview Rubric: Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1 – DNP860 Sect1 Evidence-Based Practice for Quality Improvement – Aspen University Classroom

3/15/26, 8:59 PM Preview Rubric: Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1 – DNP860 Sect1 Evidence-Based Practice for Quality Improvement – Aspen University Classroom

Graduate Journal Question Rubric v1

Criteria

**Does Not Meet**

**Expectations**

**Approaches**

**Expectations**

**Meets Expectations**

**Exceeds Expectations**

**Criterion Score**

Claim/Quality of

Information

Weight: 40%

/ 8

0

points

**pts**

**)**

**(0**

Response to quiz

question is missing

or inaccurate.

Answer is inaccurate

and does not ad

–

dress the prompt.

2.5

points

**(5.6**

**pts**

**)**

Response to quiz

question is missing

key elements.

Answer is partially

inaccurate and

misses elements in

the prompt. Claims

are lacking informa

–

tion to be fully

thought out.

6.4

points

**)**

**pts**

**(6.4**

Response to quiz

question is appropri

–

ate and accurate.

Answer is appropri

–

ate and responses

to the prompt.

Claims are

appropriate.

8

points

**(8**

**pts**

**)**

Response to quiz

question is thorough

and detailed.

Answer is clear and

concise and re

–

sponses to all as

–

pects of the prompt.

Claims are justified

and plausible.


**Overall Score**

**Level 1**

0

points minimum

**Level 2**

14

points minimum

**Level 3**

16

points minimum

**Level 4**

20

points minimum

https://classroom.aspen.edu/d2l/le/content/118315/viewContent/6269449/View 1/3

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## image1.png

**## Journal_Week_3.docx**

[**Module 3: Quantitative Research**](https://classroom.aspen.edu/d2l/le/content/118315/Home?itemIdentifier=D2L.LE.Content.ContentObject.ModuleCO-6269433) **Module 3 Overview**

This module will focus on quantitative designs. The purpose of quantitative designs is to help provide a structure to follow once the problem has been identified and better understand the cause and effect of the variables at play (independent and dependent variables). There are multiple types of designs. When examining the problem, selecting the appropriate quantitative design that matches what you seek to answer is necessary. Having an inappropriately assigned design could yield incorrect, unfound, and unreliable results, thus affecting the validity of the findings.

As a Doctor of Nursing Practice leader looking for valid evidence to make quality improvement recommendations, you must select sound research to support the initiative. It is essential to analyze the study's structure when evaluating studies, and the critiquing process is an essential step in selecting sound evidence. Critiquing is a systematic process of critically evaluating the study's merits to determine if the recommendations are valid to support evidence-based practice changes. This week's assignment will require you to understand the quantitative study design while working through the critiquing process.

**Journal Response**

Reflecting on last week's assignment and your first draft of your PICOT, considering your instructor's feedback, what modifications will you make to your question? Explain how these changes may affect the overall focus of your project idea.

**Journal Response Expectations**

**Each short-answer Journal response will be a minimum of 300 words.**

**No citation, reference, or APA style is necessary.**

**This is my Topic**

“ This quality improvement project is to implement the use of an evidence-based self-care tool, Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA), to improve diabetes self-care behaviors among adults with type 2 diabetes.”

**Refererences**

Finkelman, A. (2020).
_Quality improvement: A guide for integration in nursing_ (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 9781284206531 Read chapter 7.

Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2021).
_Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research_ (5th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. IBSN:9781274226324. Read chapters 7 & 8.

**Additional resources**

Titler, M.G. (2018). Translation research in practice: An introduction.
_OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23_(2).
[https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01](https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02Man01)

University of Texas|UThealth. (2022).
_Critiquing research articles._ [https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch](https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/writing_support_services/CritiquingResearch)

Vance, D. E., Talley, M., Azuero, A., Pearce, P.F., & Christian, B.J. (2013). Conducting an article critique for a quantitative research study: perspectives for doctoral students and other novice readers.
_Nursing: Research and Reviews_, 3, 67-75.
[https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374](https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43374)

The John Hopkins Hospital (n.d.).
_John Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Appendix D: Evidence level and quality guide_.
[https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf](https://www.mghpcs.org/eed/ebp/Assets/documents/pdf/2017_Appendix%20D_Evidence%20Level%20and%20Quality%20Guide.pdf)