1. Do not begin your assignment until you review the How to Identify Research Design/Methodology Download How to Identify Research Design/Methodologyflow chart. Mixed methods studies are not allowed for this assignment and are identified by reading the first few sentences in the Methods section.

2. Systematic review articles are not to be submitted as your quantitative or qualitative articles. These can be easily confused with primary quantitative research articles. They have also been published in peer-reviewed journals but seek to synthesize and summarize the work of a particular sub-field rather than report on new results. Review articles will often lack a “Materials and Methods” section.

In this assignment, you will search the literature in WCU databases for ONE quantitative article that was published within 5 years of today’s date and is related to your PICOT question.

Ensure that you are using the approved PICOT assignment topic list. Read the first few sentences of the methods section of your articles to assess what type of article you have. If your article is not approved by faculty on Wednesday of Week 5, you have until Friday of Week 5 to reload a new article to this assignment for approval. Work with the librarian or your instructor as needed. Important: Articles must be approved before beginning the appraisal assignment. All article uploads take place this week.

Please upload the full article in Word or PDF format. Avoid submitting links or citations. Your instructor must be able to read the entire article.

If a reload article is needed for the week 4 assignment, the original grade does not change. The purpose of the article reload is to ensure you have an approved article to use in week 6 appraisals.

Topic: Pressure Injury: Prevention