This was one of the “strengths” of the research; the authors clearly and precisely explained their purpose for conducting the study, even though there was not a section specifically dedicated to the purpose or objective, it was still easy to locate within the article. The authors formulated the hypothesis that an “evidenced-based asthma protocol would improve time to treatment and adherence to National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines for patients presenting to the emergency department with status asthmaticus” (Miller et al., 2015). In order to test this hypothesis, the authors used a nonprobability sample which consisted of 261 subjects. There was an adequate number of subjects used in the study, however, one weakness that could be
This was one of the “strengths” of the research; the authors clearly and precisely explained their purpose for conducting the study, even though there was not a section specifically dedicated to the purpose or objective, it was still easy to locate within the article. The authors formulated the hypothesis that an “evidenced-based asthma protocol would improve time to treatment and adherence to National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines for patients presenting to the emergency department with status asthmaticus” (Miller et al., 2015). In order to test this hypothesis, the authors used a nonprobability sample which consisted of 261 subjects. There was an adequate number of subjects used in the study, however, one weakness that could be