While MDMA is unlikely to be used as a primary source of treatment for mental disorders‚ recent research has evaluated it’s utility as an adjunct to psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. To evaluate the effects of MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of resistant and chronic PTSD‚ Oehen‚ Traber‚ Widmer and Schnyder (2013) conducted a pilot study to test the safety and efficacy of this treatment. First‚ Oehen et al. (2013) briefly outlined a current neurocircuitry model for PTSD. Oehen
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In recent years‚ people are becoming more aware that sexual assault is a growing problem on college campuses in the United States. A revolutionary study in the 80s found that 1 in 4 women on university campuses have been sexually victimized (Koss‚ Gidycz‚ Wisniewski 1987). Analyses on sexual assault on campus have all shown us that the phenomenon is pertinent across the grounds of all United States colleges and universities. When comparing the victimization rate of college students to persons of
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Qualitative Critique Christi Garrick NUR 518 March 3‚ 2013 Veta Massey Qualitative Critique Nurses have provided end of life care to dying patients for centuries. The impact of death on families has been well documented‚ but there is very little information regarding the impact of death on nurses (Gerow et. al. 2010). Gerow et. al. (2010) conducted a study to describe the lived experiences of nurses dealing with the death of patients. The research question or purpose of the study involves
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advantages and disadvantages of qualitative research and briefly quantitative research. This essay will initially present the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative research and briefly quantitative research. It will then go on to critique a qualitative research article yet due to the word count only several factors of this will be critiqued and the article is by Wills ’ et al (2005). Later it will consider the use of the research paper within the clinical practice area; and discuss whether
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forward research problems‚ research discoveries confirm or disprove theory explanations‚ as stated by Borbasi and Jackson‚ (2012).The research article that I have chosen for this assignment is from International Journal of Nursing Practice. It is a qualitative study that was written by King and Walsh‚ (2007) and the topic is ‘I think PCA is great‚ but …’ – Surgical nurses’ perceptions of patient-controlled analgesia .According to by Borbasi and Jackson‚ (2012) research has five phases namely: conception
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Introduction This paper is an academic critique of a qualitative article written by Christine Crumlish‚ PhD‚ CCRN‚ ACNS-BC‚ and Catherine Todd Magel‚ EdD‚ RN‚ BC. The article is titled: Patient Education on Heart Attack Response: Is Rehearsal the Critical Factor in Knowledge Retention‚ published in 2011. In this paper the nursing student writing this paper will analyze the purpose‚ the review of literature‚ the theoretical framework‚ the hypotheses‚ and the research method for their strengths‚ weaknesses
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The Qualitative Report Volume 11 Number 3 September 2006 538-549 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR11-3/ponterotto.pdf Brief Note on the Origins‚ Evolution‚ and Meaning of the Qualitative Research Concept “Thick Description” Joseph G. Ponterotto Fordham University‚ New York‚ New York The origins‚ cross-disciplinary evolution‚ and definition of “thick description” are reviewed. Despite its frequent use in the qualitative literature‚ the concept of “thick description” is often confusing to researchers
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Laboratory #6 Qualitative Tests for Carbonyls: Aldehydes vs. Ketones Introduction Various chemical tests identifying ketones and aldehydes are used in this experiment in order to identify an unknown carbonyl compound. The tests used are: 2‚4-dinitrophenylhydrazone test‚ Tollen’s Test‚ Benedict’s Test‚ Chromic Acid Test‚ aka Bordwell-Wellman Test‚ Schiff’s Test‚ and Iodoform Test. These classification tests provide results based on color change or formation of precipitation‚ which is then used
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masculinities will be also explored. Current situation As of now‚ there seems to be a deficiency when it comes to understanding the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of males at risk of suicide. According to this journal “What Interrupts Suicide Attempts in Men: Qualitative Study” not much research is being done in the aim to better understand how interventions can be tailored to men’s specific needs (Player et al.‚ 2015). Their study consisted of mainly
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EXAMPLE : USING MIXED METHOD: BOTH QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH QuickStop Convenience Stores Background Once upon a time there was a successful line of convenience stores. We’ll call this group of stores "QuickStop". At some point a staff-member realised that QuickStop seemed to be patronised by many more men than women. This was passed along to the management team and they asked the store tellers to informally keep track of the proportions of men to women who came into their stores.
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