Title of the study

Assess the Level of Assertiveness among BSc Nursing Final Year Students in a
Selected Nursing College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Title of the study
The title should suggest the variables under study, nature of design and the
study population.
In study
• Variable : Level of Assertiveness
• Design : not given
• Population : BSc Nursing Final Year Students in a Selected Nursing
College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract
The abstract consists of a Paragraph which follows the IMRaD pattern
• Introduction
• Background
• Aim
• Material and methods
• Results
• Discussion
Research problem
• A study to assess the level of assertiveness among BSc nursing final year
students in a selected nursing college, Chennai.
• The problem statement builds a convincing argument for the study
• The research problem in this study is feasible in reference to the
time,resources,researchers ability and availability of respondants
Aim of the study
• Not given
• Objectives mentioned
Objectives of the study
• Given in the study
• To assess the level of assertiveness among BSc nursing final year
students.
• To find out the association between the level of assertiveness among BSc
nursing final year students with their selected demographic variables.
Operational definition
• Not given
Hypothesis
• H1: To assess the level of assertiveness among BSc Nursing final year
students.
• H2: There is a significant association between the levels of assertiveness
among BSc nursing final year students with their selected demographic
variables.

Hypothesis
• Not relevant since it is a descriptive study
• Assumptions may be a part of these studies
• In this study hypothesis is mentioned
• But the mentioned hypothesis is not properly framed
Conceptual framework
• Not given in the article
• (qualitative research,descriptive studies and biophysiological studies
typically will not have a theorectical framework)
Literature Review
• Included only 16 reference articles
• The authors included both current and old references dating back from
2002
• Review of literature is not given as a separate section in this study
 • It is inferred from the informations given in introduction and discussion
part.
Research design
• Research design: nonexperimental, descriptive research design
• The design is specified correctly and is appropriate to answer the research
question,
Research setting
• Venkateswara Nursing College.
• Clearly mentioned in the study
Sample & Sampling technique
• Sample: final year Bsc (N) students
• Sampling technique : non probability convenient sampling technique
• Sample size: 30
Inclusion & Exclusion criteria
Not given
Sample & Sampling technique
• Sample size of this study is not adequete
Sample is unlikely to be similar or representative of the population
•
Appropriate sampling technique is used
•
Should have included more samples for better inference
•
Data collection methods and tools
Self administered questionnaire was constructed after guidance
from experts in the field of nursing.
The tool has two sections: Section A— consists of demographic
data, such as age, gender, marital status, race, religion, language,
interest in studying nursing, level of prior education, siblings, type
of family
 Section B—consists of self administered structured questionnaire
with 20 questions to assess the level of assertiveness among BSc
nursing students. It has been scored as adequate, inadequate, and
moderately adequate
Instruments used for data collection are described sufficiently
•
Data collection methods are described clearly
•
Ethical considerations
• In this study
• Not mentioned separately
• However it is mentioned that
• Written and oral consent were taken from the sample;
confidentiality of responses was assured till the end of the study.
• formal permission was obtained from the Principal of
Venkateswara Nursing College.
Data analysis
Not given
•
The process used for data analysis is not clear
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No adequate tables and figures included
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Results
The demographic data revealed that majority of the students (86.7%)
belonged to 18–20 years, 80% were females and 90% were
unmarried.
In regard to race, 96.7% were Indians, 76.7% belonged to Hindu
religion, 86.7% were speaking Tamil, 76.7% students had interested in
studying nursing, 76.7% had higher secondary school education, 50%
students had one sibling, and 76.7% belonged to nuclear family.
Ninety percent of the respondents had adequate level of assertiveness
and 10% had moderate level of assertiveness

• There was significant association between the gender and

number of siblings with the level of assertiveness
No tables or figures given for this result
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Interpretation & discussion of data
The discussion given is not adequate and is not proper
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Didn’t include any ROL relevant to the study
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The researcher doesn’t mentioned or discussed any limitations of the study and
•
how these affect the quality of the study

Conclusion and Recommendations

The study concluded concisely and precisely but doesn’t depict the most
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significant findings

The conclusions drawn are not in accordance with study objectives.

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The recommendations are no given with suggested changes for further research
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studies on similar topic.

COLLEGE OF NURSING, CH (EC) KOLKATA

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EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR ARTICLE PRESENTATION

NAME OF THE STUDENT

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NAME OF THE EVALUATOR

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Sl No Criteria Maximum Marks Marks Obtained

1 Selection of Topic 10

2 Discussion 20

3 Presentation 10

4 Comparison 10

Total 50

Remarks

Signature of the Evaluator

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CRITIQUING - 2

SUBMITTED TO : Lt Col Vidya P

Associate Professor
College Of Nursing
CH (EC) Kolkata

SUBMITTED BY: Maj Neethu A

I Yr Msc Nursing
College Of Nursing