A Critique of the Qualitative Research: “Missed Nursing Care” Mamdouh Nakada Berea College Nur 352 February 18‚ 2015 Beatrice J. Kalisch‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN‚ reports her qualitative study “Missed Nursing Care” on medical-surgical units in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality. In the article‚ " Nursing Care: A Qualitative Study‚" the researcher helps us understand what nursing care regularly missed on medical-surgical unit and what are the reasons nursing staff give for not completing these aspects
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Critical Appraisal of a research article is considered as a basic tool for the evidence based practice in the nursing profession. This assignment is intended to appraise a quantitative research article published in a peer reviewed‚ indexed journal. The article is entitled with “Oral supplementation with L-glutamine alters gut microbiota of obese and overweight adults: A pilot study” Authored by Alessandra Zanin Zambom de Souza M.A et al published in the journal Nutrition in the year of 2015 (Zambom
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Critical Appraisal #1 of Scott‚ Hofmeister‚ Rogness‚ and Rogers Article The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N5301 Research in Nursing Susan K. Grove‚ PhD‚ RN‚ ANP-BC‚ GNP-BC June 1‚ 2014 Critical Appraisal #1 In a study by Scott‚ Hofmeister‚ Rogness‚ & Rogers (2010) it was noted that other industries have recognized the impact of shift work‚ lack of sleep‚ and fatigue on work performance and a related increase in risk
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Research is defined by Parahoo (2006‚ p. 472) as “the study of phenomena by the rigorous and systematic collection and analysis of data”. Nursing research is necessary as up-to-date knowledge is vital for appropriate nursing and midwifery decision making. In order to improve upon health outcomes and provide effective care‚ research should inform best practice and provide an evidence base with which to underpin nursing care. The two studies to be analysed in this assignment are‚ ‘Final-year student
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PART ONE Introduction to Qualitative Research CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Qualitative Research: Development and Perspectives This chapter is an attempt to trace the background of qualitative research‚ its development and its main features. It also focuses on some epistemological and methodological issues. The aim is to put the more pragmatic and practical sections in the book into a theoretical and methodological context. Qualitative research is a form of social inquiry that focuses
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Qualitative Research According to Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt (2011)‚ qualitative research is used when a “certain concept or phenomenon is not well understood or is inadequately covered in the literature (Melnyk & Fine-Overholt‚ 2011‚ p.435). Qualitative research is also used when the researcher wants to work towards a relationship with the participant (Conceptualizing‚ 2012). It is important to employ research tactics such as qualitative research so that the nurse can better understand certain
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The SMD Critical Appraisal Check List for Research Papers (50 marks) You will be expected to provide a short detailed answer to each question. Yes or No are not sufficient This may need a literature search to establish the use of any reference used by the authors of this research paper. It is essential to use the format of this checklist to facilitate marking. The potential marks for each question are in brackets. 1) Give the full citation of the paper (1) Kunchur‚ Ranjit‚ Allan Need‚ Toby Hughes
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What is so stressful about caring for a dying patient? Nursing 314 – Research February 3‚ 2013 What is so stressful about caring for a dying patient? Death is something that we all have to deal with‚ be it in our profession or in our daily lives. This article discusses the reasons why caring for dying patients is stressful for nurses and is a high risk for burn out. The article also gives findings related to the study and gives recommendations based on the results. The study shows that
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS The quantitative and qualitative research traditions can be thought of as distinct cultures marked by different values‚ beliefs‚ and norms. Qualitative research methods are complex meaningful analyses characterized by processes and meanings that are not measured in terms of mathematical measurements. Quantitative research however‚ relies and builds on mathematical procedures and methods‚ such as frequency‚ quality‚ amount and
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Critical Analysis of Quantitative Research The researchers in this experiment aimed to “Investigate the quantitative differentiation of pulmonary dendritic cells in smoker with or without chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) to explore the possible role of dendritic cells in smokers suffering COPD” (Yan-wei‚ Yong-jiang‚ & Xian-sheng‚ 2010). Dendritic cells (DCs) are inflammatory cells that are considered to be the promoter of immune responses; knowing this the researchers hypothesized
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