During a research critique, a series of cognitive activities or thinking skills (comprehension, comparison, analysis, and evaluation) must occur in sequence and build on one another. This requires the nurse, as research consumer, to do which of the following?

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A higher-level thinking skill cannot be successfully accomplished until the skills preceding it have been mastered. This means that a research article must be read several times in order to complete the critique process. Reading and re-reading the results and discussion sections is necessary to determine if they hold up in light of any limitations that have been identified in the study's methodology. Scanning the report from start to finish in order to become familiar with its focus and methods are keys to a strategy for critiquing a research report.

During a Research Critique, a Series of Cognitive Activities or Thinking