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NURSINGNURSING

Florenda F. Cabatit, RN MAN

Facilitator

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Why is ResearchWhy is Research

ExplanatioExplanatio

PredictionPrediction

ControlControl

DescriptioDescriptio

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Ways to AcquireWays to Acquire

TraditionsAuthorityBorrowing

Trial & ErrorPersonalExperience

RoleModeling

Intuition

ReasoningResearch

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History of NursingHistory of Nursing

Florence Nightingale

Reformer

Reactionary Researcher

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FlorenceFlorence

Crimean War: 1853-56

Collected dataUsed statistics, graphs topresent data

Based practice on researchfindings

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Nursing ResearchNursing Research

PrioritiesPrioritiesTo improve: Nursing as a Profession

Nursing Practice

Provider Outcomes

Patient Outcomes Healthcare System

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Comparison of NursingComparison of NursingProcess & Research ProcessProcess & Research Process

Nursing ProcessNursing Process Research ProcessResearch Process

1.1. AssessmentAssessment 1.1. Knowledge of the World ofKnowledge of the World ofNursingNursing

a.a. Data CollectionData Collectionb.b. Data InterpretationData Interpretation

2.2. Nursing DiagnosisNursing Diagnosis 2.2. Problem & PurposeProblem & PurposeIdentificationIdentification

3.3. PlanPlan 3.3. MethodologyMethodologya.a. Goal IdentificationGoal Identification a.a. DesignDesignb.b. Planned InterventionsPlanned Interventions b.b. SampleSample

c.c. MeasurementMeasurement4.4. ImplementationImplementation 4.4. Data Collection & AnalysisData Collection & Analysis

5.5. Evaluation & ModificationEvaluation & Modification 5.5. Outcomes & DisseminatingOutcomes & DisseminatingFindingsFindings

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Nursing ResearchNursing Research

Quantitative research

Qualitative researchOutcomes research

Interventionresearch

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Types of QuantitativeTypes of QuantitativeResearchResearch

Descriptive Research

Correctional Research

Quasi-Experimental

ResearchExperimental Research

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Types of QualitativeTypes of QualitativeResearchResearch

Phenomenological Research

Ground Theory ResearchEthnographic ResearchHistorical Research

Philosophical InquiryCritical Social Theory

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QuantitativeQuantitative

Most Common Type of Research

Descriptive & Correlational: used

predominantly to generate nursingknowledge.

Quasi-experimental: increasing with testingof nursing interventions & outcomes

Experimental: infrequently conducted

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QuantitativeQuantitative

Experimental

Quasi-experimental

Correlational

DescriptiveIncrease inIncrease in

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Basic or AppliedBasic or Applied

Basic Research: Concerned withunderlying mechanisms of an

intervention. Such as Effect of Pressureon tissues

Applied Research: Concerned with

effect of the intervention on thepatient. Such as turning patient torelieve pressure

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Basic or AppliedBasic or AppliedResearch?

...to determine the types & intensityof sensations that patients

experience when chest tubes &Jackson-Pratt abdominal tubes areremoved (Mimnaug et al., 1999).

...to examine the effects of heatapplication on abdominal pain ofdogs following abdominal surgery.

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Steps of the QuantitativeSteps of the QuantitativeResearch ProcessResearch Process

Research Problem and PurposeResearch Problem and Purpose

Literature ReviewLiterature Review

Study FrameworkStudy Framework

Research Objectives, Questions, orResearch Objectives, Questions, orHypothesesHypotheses

Study VariablesStudy Variables

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Steps of the QuantitativeSteps of the QuantitativeResearch ProcessResearch Process

AssumptionsAssumptions

LimitationsLimitations

Research DesignResearch Design

Population andPopulation andSampleSample

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Steps of the QuantitativeSteps of the QuantitativeResearch ProcessResearch Process

Data Collection &Data Collection &

AnalysisAnalysis

Research OutcomesResearch Outcomes

Communication ofCommunication of