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Assignment: Need 2-3 paragraphs:

After reading the article selected and applying the Qualitative CASP tool, use the following questions to guide your participation in the discussion forum:

1. What have been your prior experience(s) in journal club participation? If you have had previous exposure, what was your overall impression of the utility of journal clubs for nurses?

2. What were significant differences you found in this qualitative approach versus a quantitative approach?

3. If you had to identify a preference, do you think you lean more toward a qualitative or quantitative approach to research?(FYI: "approach" is a deliberate choice of words; the word method is not interchangeable. Method speaks to specific blueprint of a study whether a quantitative or qualitative approach)

4. What are your thoughts regarding the implementation of the CASP tool? Have you used the CASP previously?

5. Article specific questions: (article that you used to complete the CASP tool)

• What are your initial thoughts on specific topics found in the selected qualitative study?

• What were the strengths & weaknesses of this study? If you could make changes or modifications of the study, what might they consist of in making research revisions?

• How do the results relate to current practice and how might they influence future practice in your nursing work environment?

• Do you envision these study results changing the landscape of clinical practice or redirecting research in this field? If so, how?.

• Articulate your thoughts regarding the rigor and credibility of this qualitative study

Article: Comparing provider and patient views of issues for low-resourced breast cancer patients (By Cassandra J. Enzler, Shioban Torres, Jennifer Jabson, Arin Ahlum Hanson, Deborah J. Bowen)