According to the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (2016), “the EBP process is a method that allows the practitioner to assess research, clinical guidelines, and other information resources based on high quality findings and apply the results to practice” (para. 5). Thus nursing professionals need to critique the researches to find out if the study findings can be utilized in their clinical practice area.
A critical analysis of a qualitative research involves a thorough review of how every step of the research was undertaken (Ryan, Coughlan, & Cronin, 2007). Due to the differences in the approaches and