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¶ … nursing research: Discussion questions
Quantitative research includes descriptive, correlative, quasi-experimentational, and experimentational research (Burns 2010: 21). Descriptive research describes a phenomenon, purely and simply. Correlative research attempts to determine if there is a correlation between two types of phenomenon (such as a correlation between participation in athletic sports and overweight adolescents' decrease in BMI). Quasi-experimental research may have a 'control group' in the real world (such as overweight adolescents who do not participate in sports) while experimental research actively isolates extraneous variables that could affect the result in a controlled setting. Problem-solving involves setting goals and identifying solutions while the nursing process involves planning for those interventions. The research process uses clinical studies and literature reviews to identify and prescribe specific phenomenon in a more general fashion (Burns 2010: 41)
Q2. Phenomenology involves a description of a particular phenomenon. Grounded...
An ethnography attempts to understand a population and how it views the world from a specific, cultural vantage-point. Historical research examines events from the past in a case study format to better understand the present (Burns 2010: 71- 78).
Q3. Scientific misconduct can include falsification, in which the authors of the data deliberately distort or inaccurately report the results, usually for self-interested purposes (such as to get a particular drug approved by overstating its benefits). The construction of the experiment may be manipulated to produce a specific result, such as skewing the membership of the experimental group. Fabricating involves making up data to support a specific conclusion to bolster one's reputation or achieve a specific financial end. With plagiarism, the researchers use the data of others without giving…
Q3. Scientific misconduct can include falsification, in which the authors of the data deliberately distort or inaccurately report the results, usually for self-interested purposes (such as to get a particular drug approved by overstating its benefits). The construction of the experiment may be manipulated to produce a specific result, such as skewing the membership of the experimental group. Fabricating involves making up data to support a specific conclusion to bolster one's reputation or achieve a specific financial end. With plagiarism, the researchers use the data of others without giving credit, and thus profit in terms of their reputation or financially from the benefits of publishing the experiment's results. The human rights of subjects must always be protected in research -- and that includes not publishing data that could result in harm to individuals, who are treated in a particular manner, based upon inaccurate data.
Q4. A simple hypothesis states the relationship between two variables. A complex hypothesis states the relationship between three or more variables. A nondirectional hypothesis states that a relationship exists between two variables. A directional hypothesis predicts the relationship between the two variables (Burns 2010: 172-173). An associative hypothesis describes phenomenon that occur together, while causal hypothesis describes one phenomenon that causes another (Burns 2010: 168). A null hypothesis states that there is no relationship between two variables (and usually the researcher wants to disprove the null hypothesis). The research hypothesis states that there is a relationship between the two variables, which the researcher is usually trying to prove.
Q5. Quantitative research attempts to accumulate numerical data about a specific phenomenon. A quantitative literature review attempts to accumulate data from a vast array of different quantitative studies, to either describe or find out specific tendencies in the types of hypotheses tested regarding the phenomenon. Of course, it is rare that all studies will reach the same conclusion, so the researchers will evaluate the quality of the studies (for example, if a study produces an anomalous result, the author of the review will likely try to determine why this is the case, such as if there was too small a sampling size). The literature review may reach a conclusion about the phenomenon, based upon statistically analyzing the data. A qualitative research study merely assesses the variety of informational studies on a particular phenomenon to paint a clearer picture of the research that has been conducted to date on the subject.
Nursing Research How Data Collection Influences Statistics Data collection influences statistics in several ways. First, data is collected according to a "category scheme," which is the establishment of meaningful categories in which the data is collected and analyzed (Polit & Beck, 2008, p. 508). If the category scheme is not well developed and meaningful, adequate data may not be effectively collected and examined to inform the nurse researcher about whatever topic he/she
Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice I requesting username BOLAVENS work. If, . These questions related NURSING RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE. refer book titled Nursing Research: Generating assessing evidence nursing, IBM# 9781605477084 answers. Discuss the differences between research, research utilization, and evidence-based practice. you may want to link this to the historical evolution of research in nursing. Research refers to the systematic process of searching and generating knowledge about a particular topic in order
The specific tile of the article is as follows: Zahr, Lina Kurdali (1998). Therapeutic play for hospitalized preschoolers in Lebanon. Pediatric Nursing. 24(5), 449. Research Question. One of the most important tenets of quantitative research is to present a well developed research question followed by a testable null hypothesis. Unfortunately the author of this particular article did not present the reader with a research question. Had the research investigator presented
Nursing Research HIPAA Proposal Patient privacy protection is a cornerstone of any patient bill of rights and is a major goal of any nurse or medical professional. Without privacy, the basis of trust necessary to facilitate patient healing simply can not occur. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) increasingly dominates the nursing landscape. Safeguarding private patient information is not just important. It is the law. HIPAA provides
Amy) Research is based on evidence and I agree that implementation of a program requires a lot of data collection and evidence-based research. A researcher also has to take decisions along with the research he is doing and base his decisions on the evidence he finds. For example, nurses make clinical decisions based on information and practice and there are certain knowledge and evidences that are superior as compared to
While it would have been unquestionably beneficial to the patient and indeed to this nurse to be able to engage in a more meaningful, enlightened, and research-based discussion of her condition and methods for addressing it, this nurse simply did not have the time to devote to reading the latest research on diabetes care in addition to remaining prepared for all patients. The policies of the organization in which