Evidence-Based Nursing and Research in the Field

Evidence-Based Nursing and Research

In the field of nursing, understanding how to apply specific research can help everyone to provide more effective care to patients. This is because the techniques and ideas that are discussed will have an impact on how they are applied. To fully understand this we will examine two different articles that are discussing specific quantitative and qualitative techniques in the field. Once this occurs, is when we can see how these ideas could be utilized in a modern health care environment.

The two articles that we will be examining are Dance of the Call Bells (written by Deiterick) and The Effects of Nursing Rounds (written by Meade). What we will be focusing on are the different methodologies that are utilized and the impact that they are having on the way various techniques are continually applied in the field. This will be accomplished by comparing the methods and ideas that are presented in the form of two different tables that will be examined below. It is at this point that we can see how these ideas will help us to be able to understand the way to apply these techniques on a regular basis.

In the article that was written by Deiterick (2006), she is discussing specific techniques that can help hospitals to understand the challenges that they are facing when answering inpatient calls at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). What was determined is that staff and patients must comprehend the problems with calls bells. While at the same time, we are understanding how to effectively respond to these issues. This is important, because the ideas that are presented in the article are showing how nurses can play a vital role in addressing the problem. (Deiterick, 2006, pp. 316 -- 324)

Moreover, the article that was written by Meade (2006), she is talking about how the use of increased rounds and the patient call lights can help to improve the overall the quality of care. What was determined is that this approach can be effective in dealing with these challenges (based upon having someone conduct rounds every one to two hours). At the same time, the use of the call light gives patients more satisfaction and reduces the chances of medical errors taking place. This is significant, because it is showing how there are specific techniques that must be used when dealing with these kinds of issues in a health care environment. (Meade, 2006, pp. 58 -- 71)

Comparison of the Two Articles

To compare the methods in the different articles requires us contrasting the ideas and approaches that have been utilized. This will be accomplished by looking at both of them in the tables that are listed below. The qualitative article is The Effects of Nursing Rounds. While the quantitative method is used in Dance of the Call Bells

Planning and Design Analysis Grid

Qualitative

Quantitative

Research question

What is the impact of rounds and call lights on patients?

The effects of call bells on health care environment and how this can be improved.

Problem

Nurses are can become busy with other tasks (which will have an adverse impact on the quality of care patients are receiving).

Nurses are can become busy with other tasks (which will have an adverse impact on the quality of care patients are receiving).

Purpose

To determine if call lights and increase rounds are effective in improving care.

To understand how issues with call bells have made the quality of treatment worse.

Hypothesis

The use of call lights and rounds will help to address issues surrounding the quality of care.

Call bells and the inability of the staff to respond to them have caused patient satisfaction and care to decline.

Independent variable

Existing health care facilities.

Existing health care facilities.

Dependent variable

The dependent variable is the 27 hospitals that were examined during the study.

36 health care providers.

Theoretical framework

NA

NA

Population

NA

NA

Setting

ICU

ICU

Sampling method

NA

NA

Practice application

NA

NA

Theoretical framework

NA

NA

Level of evidence

NA

NA

Is the article useful for EBP, Outcomes Research, both, or neither? Explain your answer.

Yes. The reason why is because it providing us with specific insights that can be used in a health care environment.

Yes. This is because this article is help in determining how this is affecting the way everyone is interacting with each other.

(Deiterick, 2006, pp. 316 -- 324) (Meade, 2006, pp. 58 -- 71)

Data Collection and Analysis Grid

Qualitative

Quantitative

Data collection methods

Qualitative

Mixed

Data collection instruments

Surveys / Observations