Critical evaluation of a quantitative nursing studyGood hand hygiene reduced hospital infections, reduced length of hospital stay, and lowered patient costs and the hospital. More importantly, this practice has reduced morbidity rates (Rebecca Mayer Knutsen, 2013). This article will critique the quantitative nursing study titled “The Impact of Workload on Hygiene Compliance in Nursing” by Knoll, Lautenschlaeger, and Borneff-Lipp. Protection of human participants. The authors do not identify any benefits or risks of participation. It says nothing about the importance of the research to the research participants, although there are benefits and risks that the authors could have addressed. One potential benefit is the critical exposure of participating nurses to their hygiene compliance levels despite workload and is important for self-assessment for improving personal skills. Participants could also develop a better understanding of the mediating roles of external factors on nurses' motivation and ability to comply with standards. This could then encourage nurses to take autonomous initiatives to manage environmental factors towards a higher level of competence and compliance with hygiene and other standards. The major risk that the authors do not identify is the possible psychological effects of nurses' knowledge of their lack of compliance due to the potential consequences of failing to meet the quality of services provided. The authors also remain silent on the process of recruiting research participants. There was, however, informed consent from the research participants and the hospital administrator that was used for data collection. The existence of informed consent further suggests voluntary participation...... middle of paper ......e training on the level of compliance with hygiene requirements. They recommend hygiene training but note that such training may not be 100 percent effective. Their interpretation also identifies the negative effects of external factors on nurses' ability to meet hygiene standards. The findings are valid and the applied research methodology and scope of the research support it. Quantitative research methods ensure a high level of data validity and the applied data collection methods that facilitate the researchers' ability to verify the proposed data support this. The study also applied two data collection techniques and multiple datasets that established the role of triangulation in ensuring validity and accuracy. These elements, together with the application of statistical tools such as regression analysis and descriptive statistics, develop my confidence in the research results..