¶ … zeros in on healthcare and nursing issues. Can a study have one or more purpose, question, and hypothesis? This paper answers that question through the critique of two scholarly papers; one was published in the peer-reviewed Orthopaedic Nursing and the second one was found in Medical Education.
"Improving Patient Care Through the Use of Research"
In this article the author presents scenarios that address the need for research in nursing care -- that is, the need to solve a problem or find a solution that may save a life or at least ease a patient's suffering. The author uses several questions and several generalized hypothesizes and indeed there are several purposes to this research article. These aspects are needed in the interest of thoroughness. The article point to several approaches to finding appropriate medical answers for nursing questions, but as a rule, an answer cannot be located by simply asking another nurse, or from brainstorming with several nurses. This is because problem solving based on tradition (what has always been done) can in many cases miss new and better medical solutions that...
But there is a catch to doing research, because: a) policies and procedures that have evolved over time aren't necessarily up-to-date with the newest and most helpful data and research; in other words, research articles that are five or ten years old may not be applicable; b) a nurse must take the time to approach a "research utilization" solution which requires "dedication and determination"; and c) there are eight steps that need to be taken by nurses in order to locate, understand, and disseminate the results of the most up-to-date research available on any given healthcare topic (Pinch, 2001, p. 80).
"Description, justification and clarification…"
In this article the authors are putting forth a "…framework for classifying the purposes of education research," and at the same time they are quantifying the purposes of research (Cook, et al., 2008, p. 128). Utilizing 105 articles relating to medical education, this article…
