Research Article Appraisal Part One University of Texas at Arlington NURS 5366

RESEARCH ARTICLE APPRAISAL PART ONE 2 Research Article Appraisal Part One This paper is the first of a two-part critical analysis of the research journal article Decreased Stress Levels in Nurses: A Benefit of Quiet Time. In part one of this critical appraisal, I will discuss the title, authors, abstract, literature review, problem and hypothesis, theoretical framework, variables, and research design (Riemer, Mates, Ryan, & Schleder, 2015). This study received prior approval from the proper institutional review board, and followed ethical guidelines set by the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 (Riemer et al., 2015, p. 398). The study authors were all well qualified to conduct this study by their education and professional experience. Heather Riemer is a board-certified critical care registered nurse working in critical care at UW Medicine Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington. Dr. Linda Ryan has a PhD and is an assistant professor at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. She is a board certified Advanced Holistic Nurse, and has written or co-written 13 additional articles. Joanna Mates is masters prepared registered nurse working in critical care at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Illinois. Also working at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Dr. Bonnie Schleder has a doctorate in education, and is an advanced practice critical care clinical nurse specialist and board-certified critical care registered nurse. The title clearly indicated that it was a quasi-experimental study devised with the variables of sound levels, light levels, and stress levels in the population of nurses. The design of the study, interventions, results and key findings were presented in the abstract. While it mentioned measuring nurses' stress levels, specific information about the sample was not included in the abstract. The abstract described the ga