Research Methods
Research Methods
Abstract
Every research study begins with a problem that researches want to solve. For every problem to be researchable it must be the one that can be studied by collecting data and analyzing it. The steps without which the data collected will not move on into research process are: stating the problem, designing the research question and developing a hypothesis and/or purpose statements that will be supported at the end of the study.
The first thing a researcher needs to do is locate a researchable problem. Once the problem of desire is found and before going any further with the process, the significance of the problem must be determined. A number of authors agree on the criteria that can be used to determine the significance of a problem (Burns & Grove, 2011):
Will nursing stakeholders (patients, nurses, healthcare community) benefit from the findings of the study?
Will the findings be applicable to practice, education, or administration?
Will the findings support current practice or provide evidence for changing current practice?
When reviewing the two NINR studies, it was decided that “Abstinence and Safer Sex HIV Risk-Reduction Interventions for African American Adolescents” presented with a researchable problem of high percentage of African American teens sexually transmitting HIV due to poor knowledge about safe sex practice as well as low rate of following abstinence strategy by the young adults. It was determined that this problem is very significant and the results of the study would help establish the best route in reducing the risk of transmitting HIV, which would benefit the whole population, as well it would give guidelines for healthcare workers on what points should be included in their teaching provided to adolescence in the community and how to change their current practice of doing the teaching. All criteria for determining the significance of the study were met. The second study “The kappa opioid nalbuphine
Abstract
Every research study begins with a problem that researches want to solve. For every problem to be researchable it must be the one that can be studied by collecting data and analyzing it. The steps without which the data collected will not move on into research process are: stating the problem, designing the research question and developing a hypothesis and/or purpose statements that will be supported at the end of the study.
The first thing a researcher needs to do is locate a researchable problem. Once the problem of desire is found and before going any further with the process, the significance of the problem must be determined. A number of authors agree on the criteria that can be used to determine the significance of a problem (Burns & Grove, 2011):
Will nursing stakeholders (patients, nurses, healthcare community) benefit from the findings of the study?
Will the findings be applicable to practice, education, or administration?
Will the findings support current practice or provide evidence for changing current practice?
When reviewing the two NINR studies, it was decided that “Abstinence and Safer Sex HIV Risk-Reduction Interventions for African American Adolescents” presented with a researchable problem of high percentage of African American teens sexually transmitting HIV due to poor knowledge about safe sex practice as well as low rate of following abstinence strategy by the young adults. It was determined that this problem is very significant and the results of the study would help establish the best route in reducing the risk of transmitting HIV, which would benefit the whole population, as well it would give guidelines for healthcare workers on what points should be included in their teaching provided to adolescence in the community and how to change their current practice of doing the teaching. All criteria for determining the significance of the study were met. The second study “The kappa opioid nalbuphine
References: Burns, N., & Grove, S.K. (2011) Understanding nursing research: Building and evidence-based practice (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier Polit, D., & Tatano Beck C. (2012) Nursing Research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice. (9th ed.). New York, NY: Wolters Kluwer/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins