Claudine Padillon

BSN 4

G. NURSING RESEARCH:

Note: Provide the rationale for your answers with references on a legal size bond paper, handwritten

or encoded to be passed at the end of the semester along with the other Ncomap 2 requirements.

 REVIEW OF CONCEPT

Why conduct a research study? Asking this question might give us a range of responses. “I need to
because my supervisor told me to do so”; “I’m just curious”;” It’s a requirement for promotion”; “I’m
excited to know the answers to A bothering issue”. There are as many reasons to do research as there
are many researchers. Yet, we may categorize the purposes of our research according to four groups
based on what the researcher wants to accomplish- describe a phenomenon, explore a new topic,
explain why something is occurring and make prediction of an outcome and control or manipulate to
produce a desired outcome. Remember that research is a human activity. In general, we conduct it to
discover new knowledge and to gain a richer understanding of a phenomenon. Through nursing
research, empirical knowledge can be developed to improve nursing care, patient outcomes and the
health care delivery system (Burns and Grove, 2013).

Educators must prepare health care professionals to have an appreciation of research and to participate
in research design implementation and evaluation at the level of their preparation. Practicing nurses of
various educational levels must actively seek, develop and adopt evidence based practice protocols
while encouraging affiliated institutions to support this effort. Health care administrators must facilitate
an environment that fosters intellectual curiosity and supports research efforts. Collaborative
arrangements between health care agencies and universities must be developed for such activities as
student projects, continuing education, development of clinical practice guidelines and research
endeavors. Consumers must be educated about the value of health care research and policy makers
must be informed of pertinent findings so that results can be translated into health policy.

Situation 1:

You are very much concerned about the reported injuries in your health care facility that have been
attributed to medication errors. These errors have been committed by doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
Gladstone (1995, in Mayo and Duncan, 2004) stated that medication errors greatly affect nurses. The
psychological trauma caused by committing a medication error can be overwhelming to nurses. They
may worry about the patient, may feel upset, guilty and terrified about making a medication error. They
can experience a loss of confidence in their clinical practice abilities. Further, they can be angry at
themselves as well as the system. No studies have demonstrated relationships between nurse
characteristics (ie, age, years of practice, education) and number of medication errors. On the other
hand, several studies have demonstrated underreporting of medication errors among nurses.

ACTIVITIES:

1.State the research problem,

2.Formulate the research purpose.

3.Formulate the research questions.

Situation 2:

Amelia didn’t understand why she had to take a research class when all she wanted was to be a staff
nurse in a critical care unit. She thought she would never need to know anything about research.
However, now that she had taken the course, she had an entirely different way of addressing clinical
questions. She developed an appreciation for research journals, and saw how important it is to read
nursing research reports. She had discovered by reading widely and critically that research reports
contain many implications that will apply to her practice in the critical care unit. Now she understood
that, by keeping up with the latest research in her practice area, she can provide better care to patients.

QUESTIONS:

1.How does research affect nursing practice?

2.How can students be motivated to base their nursing care on evidence-based researches in the

clinical area?

3.Identify a nursing research study and evaluate the findings if they are applicable to a particular

clinical setting.

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS: Answer in 3-5 sentences.

1.Any research undertaking is guided by ethical principles. Hence, a nurse needs to examine the ethical
implications of his/her research. What are the basic ethical principles discussed in the Belmont Report?

2.A good research requires a thorough review of literature. What is the first step in searching for
literature to locate all pertinent sources?

3.You develop a framework as an overall guide of your study. In a framework, all concepts should be
defined. What is more specific than a concept that is measurable or observable called?

4.A qualitative analysis is more concerned with what?

5.In contrast, a quantitative analysis involves what?