This guide is for NURS 753 Week 2 Evidenced-Based Article Review, start to submission. A review of one evidence-based article on the assigned module: at least 2 to 3 pages of content with title and reference pages.
NURS 753 is Psychotherapeutic Theories, Frameworks, and Modalities, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's DNP. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS753; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 753 Psychotherapeutic Theories, Frameworks, and Modalities |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | At least 2 to 3 pages of content, plus title and reference pages |
| Sources | The evidence-based article under review |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA; graded with the Evidenced Based Article Review Grading Rubric |
What NURS 753 Week 2 Evidenced-Based Article Review asks for
You review one evidence-based article on the assigned module, to build knowledge in the topic area. The review must be at least 2 to 3 pages of content in current APA, with a title page and a reference page. It is due in Module/Week 2, when the reading includes Wheeler chapters 1, 3 and 4 and the sample assessment form in Appendix 3.2. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 753
In the published schedule, Evidenced-Based Article Review is one of 7 graded written assignments in NURS 753. It follows Week 1 Mental Health Policy Paper and comes before Week 3 WebEx Class Presentation 1.
How NURS 753 Week 2 Evidenced-Based Article Review is graded
Liberty grades Evidenced-Based Article Review with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in NURS 753 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1000 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 753 Week 2 method, step by step
Read the article twice, differently
First read for the story, second read for the method. The critique is graded on the second read: design, sample, data collection, analysis and the honesty of the conclusions.
Describe before you judge
Give a short, exact summary first. If the description is wrong, every judgment after it is suspect, so check the numbers and terms against the article.
Appraise each part of the study
Judge each element on its own terms: fit of design to question, sampling, validity and reliability of measures, analysis, and whether the conclusions stay within the data.
Name strengths as well as weaknesses
A critique is not a list of faults. Say what the study does well and why, then where it falls short and how much that matters to its usefulness.
Say what it means for practice
Close with usefulness: could the findings change practice, for which patients or settings, and with what caution?
Keep to the length and format
Hold to At least 2 to 3 pages of content, plus title and reference pages and write in narrative form with current APA, not as bullet points, unless the instructions say otherwise.
A structure for NURS 753 Week 2 Evidenced-Based Article Review
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,100 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | The article and the question it asks. | ~130 words |
| Summary | Design, sample, intervention and findings. | ~350 words |
| Critique | Strengths, limits and level of evidence. | ~350 words |
| Implications for PMHNP practice | How the findings would change your care. | ~260 words |
A topic angle that works
Choose a trial of a psychotherapy the course teaches, such as CBT for insomnia or motivational interviewing for alcohol use, so the review also prepares you for the case analyses.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
For PMHNP practice, the trial's main message is that brief motivational interviewing can be delivered in a medication-management visit. The intervention was two 20-minute sessions, and participants reduced heavy drinking days compared with usual care at three months.1 Because the effect faded by twelve months, the finding supports building booster conversations into follow-up visits rather than treating MI as a one-time intervention.2
- Translates the dose into practice.
- Notes the durability limit.
- Recommends a specific change.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 753 Week 2
- Summary without critique.
- Under 2 pages of content.
- A non-research article.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: At least 2 to 3 pages of content, plus title and reference pages
- Sources: The evidence-based article under review
- The summary of the study is accurate and brief
- Strengths and weaknesses are both explained
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is the NURS 753 article review due?
In Module/Week 2.
How many points is NURS 753 Week 2 Evidenced-Based Article Review worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 753, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 753 Week 2 the same in every section of NURS 753?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 753. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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