The purpose of this article is to critique a qualitative nursing research article at all stages of the report. For this purpose, the article that will be used is “Lament and Loss: Contemporary Surgical Nurses' Expressions of Caring” written by Carol Enns and David Gregory. This paper will address problem statement, literature review, conceptual foundations and research questions, research design/methodology, ethical considerations, sampling, data collection, data analysis, confirmability of the results, interpretation and discussion of the results, additional considerations and evaluation of the results. scientific merit of a research report. Statement of the Problem The phenomenon of interest was identified as expressions of care by nurses in acute general surgery departments (Enns, C., Gregory, D., 2007). This problem statement was addressed promptly and clearly in the article. Research on cure obtained in other studies has produced inconsistent results due to different definitions of cure. There has been a great deal of research into the phenomenon of nursing care in several areas, but the surgical nurse population has been “relatively neglected in nursing research” (Enns, 2007). Caring is a universal phenomenon throughout nursing, it is a trend that will always be relevant due to the ever-changing scope of nursing. Increasing demands on nursing staff and patient acuity cause stressors in the surgical department environment (and) affect nurses' ability to provide ideal care” (Enns, 2007). The purpose of this report is to answer the question “What are the expressions of care from the perspective of surgical nurses?” (Enns, 2007). An appropriate qualitative study was chosen because “…… halfway through the article……dy, the data analysis is well organized and the findings are applicable to the nursing profession. The article could have extended the literature review, but there is likely a lack of research to review on this topic. The results of this research should be used in practice. While more research is needed in this area, it would benefit everyone to create supportive environments. There is little that can be done to reduce the demand on nurses, but the profession can become aware of the need to support each other. References Enns, C., Gregory, D., (2007). Lament and loss: expressions of care by contemporary surgical nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 58(4), 339-347Loiselle, C.G., Profetto-McGrath, J., Polit, D.F., Beck C.T., (2007). Canadian Essentials of Nursing Research (2nd ed.) Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.