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Nursing Schedules, Patient Outcomes
The title of this article suffices, although it could stand some improvement to make it even better. It certainly identifies the pivotal variables elucidated within this study, which include nursing scheduling, staffing, and patient morality. It is succinct enough. However, it does not allude to the study population at all. There is also a slight degree of redundancy in the title, as the focus of the research is more on the schedule concerns for nurses than for staffing in general.
The abstract is probably one of the better features of this research study and its ensuing write-up. It certainly is concise in its summary of the primary features of the report. It is also detailed in that it provides the problem, methods used, results, and conclusions -- although it does not not necessarily deploy those particular terms in doing so. It provides a high level synthesis of the issues the original research in this article illustrates.
Problem Statement Clarity
The problem is stated without ambiguity in this research document. Specifically, the problem is that there was (prior to the conducting of research in this article) a paucity of empirical evidence correlating to arduous nursing schedules to patient outcomes (Trinkoff et al., 2011, p. 1). The...
As such, it is fairly apparent to the reader just what the authors are attempting to determine and even how they are attempting to do so.
Problem Cogency for a Persuasive Argument
The problem statement presents a convincing argument for the new study. The crux of the problem statement is that research into nursing staffing has demonstrated a relationship to patient outcomes. The problem statement implies that not enough scholarship has been conducted to determine how nursing scheduling (which is a component of staffing) is potentially affecting those patient outcomes. Moreover, the true relevance of the problem statement's cogency for the new argument lies in the fact that scheduling can determine staffing, and there was a dearth of research analyzing scheduling as an independent variable.
Problem's Significance for Nursing
The problem actually has immense significance to nursing. There are numerous situations in which, due to arduous scheduling concerns, nurses are not at their best while working. Scheduling can create scenarios in which nurses are tired or even sick themselves, yet still required to maintain vigilance of their charges. The research conducted…
References
Trinkoff, A.M., Johantgen, M., Storr, C.L., Gurses, A.P., Liang, Y., Han, K. (2011). Nurses work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient morality. Nursing Research. 60(1), 1-8.
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