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Qualitative Nursing Research Methodology, 2005.
A qualitative nursing study of isolation from "being alive", a look at morning-sickness in pregnancy.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, $ 62.95
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This paper is a review of qualitative nursing research methodology through the analysis of a qualitative nursing study. The paper reviews and critically analyzes statement of interest, purpose of study, research question, design, sample and setting, data collection and methodology, a brief comment on human rights, data analysis, findings, discussion, implication and conclusion and then a statement on the overall quality of the study and implications evident for the field of nursing.
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"The field of nursing is a caring profession - caring for the body and caring the for patient's emotional state. Nurses are on the front line and the one to respond to patients in need, whether by phone in a doctor's office or in answer to a call button in the hospital. Nursing research holds the solutions for what a nurse does or how they can be of help. Staying abreast of relevant, reliable and valid research is essential to the nursing profession; however, equally important is the ability to discern good research from bad. This paper presents an analysis of the qualitative nursing study: Isolation from 'Being Alive': Coping with severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy following the guidelines presented in class. Morning sickness is common during pregnancy."
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Qualitative Nursing, 2004.
This paper analyzes the article, "Observation of Pain Assessment and Management: The Complexities of Clinical Practice", by Elizabeth Manis, Mari Botti, and Tracey Bucknall.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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In the article, ?Observation of Pain Assessment and Management: The Complexities of Clinical Practice,? Elizabeth Manis, Mari Botti, and Tracey Bucknall focus their research on the complex issues that nurses face when dealing with pain management and assessment. This paper critiques and analyzes the article, presenting an analysis of the problem, method, sampling, data collection, and conclusions used within the article.
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"Manis, Botti and Bucknall (2002) identify that ?pain assessment and management are complex issues that embrace physiological, emotional, cognitive, and social dimensions? (p. 724) and because of these complexities it is necessary to investigate nurse-patient relations associated with pain assessment and management in hospitalized, post-surgical settings. Manis et al. recognize that there has been substantial research conducted on post operative pain itself but very little has been conducted in the way of assessment and management of pain."
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Nursing Research: Quantitative vs. Qualitative, 2005.
A comparison of qualitative and quantitative nursing research methods.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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The paper discusses nursing research protocol, defining, comparing and contrasting qualitative and quantitative research methodology and execution. The paper discusses the inherent risks involved in each form, such as numbers that can be interpreted according to the researcher's goals.
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"Nursing research is an exciting area of study for several reasons - first and foremost, nursing research provides the opportunity to learn and remain current in the various disciplines of nursing, and to expand nursing knowledge for those nurses skilled in one area into others based on self-study of nursing. The other reason for excitement is the opportunity to participate in research according to qualitative and/or quantitative nursing study protocols in order to facilitate learning and personal and professional growth for self and others through study publication. This paper will concentrate on qualitative and quantitative research designs with respect to nursing studies and present descriptions of each form, comparing and contrasting them, citing pros and cons of each style as appropriate or inappropriate for specific types of research."
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The Omission of Nursing Care, 2007.
This paper analyzes the study "Missed Nursing Care: A Qualitative Study" by J. Kalisch.
1,581 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 51.95
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The paper explains that the purpose of the study was to determine the different types of nursing care missed by staff in a medical-surgical unit setting and the reasons behind the omission of these routine care procedures. The paper looks at the data collection methods and the data analysis procedures. The paper examines the two major strengths and the two major limitations of the study and relates that the validity of the findings in this study may be strengthened by expanding replication studies on this subject to other specialties and patient subsets.
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Problem
Study Purpose
Study Design
Subjects and Setting
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths/Limitations
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"The problem the study was conducted to address was that of determining frequently omitted routine nursing care and why these aspects of care are being omitted.
The problem is an important one for nursing to study because of its impacts on patients, their families and the entire nursing staff. With regard to patients, the omission of certain types of routine care on the part of the nursing staff may have unapparent ramifications at first (e.g. patient education, early ambulation) but may have disastrous consequences after discharge or in the following hospital days (e.g. readmission or emergence of life-threatening complications). With regard to families, the omission of these seemingly mundane tasks by the nursing staff can reflect a grossly inaccurate, if not negative image of apathy on the part of the entire staff, if not the entire hospital."
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Nursing Research, 2004.
This paper looks at criteria for qualitative research and applies them to a research article on nursing.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 10 sources, $ 63.95
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In this article, the writer discusses criteria for qualitative research. The writer applies these criteria to a research article on nursing. In this paper the writer discusses methods used in qualitative research. The writer explains that these methods are ethnography, phenomenology, and grounded theory.
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"Qualitative research is based on the idea that reality is not predetermined but is created by the participants as the research progresses i.e. the participants make their own reality. It explores phenomena by looking at how the individuals experience them and assumes that it is possible to get the best understanding of phenomena by having a small interpersonal distance between the researcher and the subjects. Qualitative research does not involve carrying out experiments and has no dependent or independent variables. The basis of qualitative research ... "
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Nursing Shortage, 2004.
A look at the worldwide nursing shortage and some of the reasons for the shortage.
2,695 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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This paper focuses on the reasons why the number of nursing candidates is dropping and what can be done to improve the attractiveness of the nursing profession to a wider number of candidates. More specifically, this study focuses on how a defined mentoring relationship, as a method in improving the nursing profession?s appeal to draw more students and candidates, can positively affect the qualitative aspects of the nursing profession.
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"The foundation of health care system is comprised of the different medical and health-care professions, each considered of playing important and significant role in maintaining satisfactory health care service to people. To be able to maintain an excellent health care service, the system must meet and satisfy the law of supply and demand in our health care professionals -- one aspect in which the nursing area has been experiencing a shortage in supply for some years now."
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Research Article Analysis: Web-based Nursing Course, 2008.
This paper discuses the objectives and methodology of a research report by L. Hsu and S. Hsieh entitled "An Exploration of Scenario Discussion in a Web-Based Nursing Course".
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper explains that the intention of Hsu and Hsieh's research, "An Exploration of Scenario Discussion in a Web-Based Nursing Course", is to develop a nursing course to meet the needs of nursing students in technically advanced health care settings where scenario discussions, web-based instruction (WBI) and assessment of learning outcomes are the priorities. The author points out that this type of nursing course is intended to correspond to the realities of contemporary nursing and to equip students for a very different role from that to which nurses in the past have been accustomed. The paper commends the logical progression from the literature review to the research purpose in that the literature supports the purpose. The author reports that Hsu and Hsieh used a combination of quantitative and qualitative designs. The paper states that this study should be redesigned to separate the learning processes and learning outcomes from development of the scenario discussion website because the latter is given inordinate emphasis.
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Purpose
Literature Review
Research Questions
Methodology
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"Even the demographic profile of the participants is largely concerned with exposure to the Internet. Participants' feelings such as anxiety or frustration due to lack of familiarity with scenario discussion consistently were given prominence. The four themes were based on responses to the open-ended questions and were concerned with both positive and negative experiences. Positive experiences included enhanced knowledge, rich content, and integrated information; negative reactions mainly were related to an inability to identify crucial information or poor recall of information. Reactions by participants ranged from satisfaction with new learning and thought patterns to stress and irritation. The researchers were equally concerned with attitudinal and institutional barriers encountered by the participants to online learning as they were with the beneficial aspects of the teaching platforms. The outcomes of this study are expressed in subjective terms such as satisfaction, frustration and anger."
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Components of Qualitative Research, 2005.
Provides the definition and examination of qualitative research design, approaches, classifications, methods, strategies, techniques for collecting and analyzing data and criteria for judging the research study.
2,980 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 27 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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Qualitative research often implies multiple methodologies. In qualitative research the emphasis is more on veritable generalization of confidently established causal relationships from an examined group to a wider population. This paper defines and examines qualitative research design and other issues regarding research study.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Definition
Classification of Qualitative Research
Methods of Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research Strategies, Processes and Approaches
Techniques for Collecting and Analyzing Data
Criteria for Judging Qualitative Research
Conclusion
References
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"Historically originating in the field of cultural anthropology (Vidich and Lyman, 1994), ethnographic approaches to social research have been applied in numerous fields: social and cultural anthropology, sociology, human geography, organization studies, educational research, and cultural studies. Ethnography and participant observation can be understood as the description of some group's culture from the group's perspective. One can identify different levels of involvement in participant observation: (1) complete observer; (2) observer as participant; (3) participant as observer; and (4) complete participant (Atkinson and Hammersly, 1994, p. 248)."
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Qualitative Research Article, 2008.
Analyzes the qualitative research article, "Women's Voices Reflecting Changed Expectations for Pregnancy after Perinatal Loss" by D. Cote-Arsenault and D. Morrison-Beedy.
1,495 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that qualitative research involves the use of qualitative data, such as interviews, documents and participant observation data, to understand and explain social phenomena. The paper then describes the qualitative research process reported in D. Cote-Arsenault and D. Morrison-Beedy's 2001 article "Women's Voices Reflecting Changed Expectations for Pregnancy after Perinatal Loss" in the "Journal of Nursing Scholarship". The paper states that the data found in this study is consistent with previous studies conducted in Europe, which indicated that pregnancy losses of all types have a harmful effect on women's health. The author faults the study in that its sample was only Caucasian women and no men.
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Problem
Study Purpose
Research Questions
Study Design
Subjects and Setting
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths and Limitations
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"In analyzing the data that was collected, an exhaustive description was used. The data analysis started during collection and continued throughout the study using the same steps outlined by Colaizzi (1978). The transcripts of each session were taken and analyzed then combined together to form one data set. It was then reviewed by 11 of the participants and then returned with comments. All relevant new data were incorporated into the final description of the phenomenon. This collection and analysis was an appropriate procedure for qualitative research."
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Qualitative Interviewing, 2004.
A survey of issues surrounding qualitative interviewing as a method in policy evaluation.
1,856 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper describes qualitative interviewing as a research method. The paper presents major issues raised by various authors, researchers and practitioners on the use of qualitative interviewing as a method in policy evaluation. The paper examines whether qualitative interviewing is ideal for policy evaluation.
Outline
Overview
The Qualitative Interview Method
Scientific Inquiry and Qualitative Interviewing
Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Interviewing
Conclusion
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"On account of the above, features of qualitative interviews differ from the survey interviews usually used in quantitative research. A qualitative interview is a one-on-one conversation between the researcher and the interviewee about a specific topic (Rubin and Rubin, p. 4). Unlike surveys, the questions in a qualitative interview are not standardized, even if a researcher conducts multiple interviews on the same topic. The qualitative interviewer uses open-ended, unstructured or semi-structured questions to elicit in-depth, detailed information from the interviewee. The interviewer has the flexibility to pursue unanticipated lines of inquiry."
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Nursing Research, 2004.
This paper examines a research article about attitudes of nurses at a general hospital.
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This paper critiques an article about how nurses at a general hospital in Durban feel about nursing psychiatric patients. The author evaluates the use of qualitative research methods. The paper reviews common qualitative research designs and estimates of trustworthiness.
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"Qualitative research follows a naturalistic paradigm, which is based on the idea that reality is not predetermined but is constructed by the participants in the research. It aims at exploring the phenomenon in question by focusing on ..."
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Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research, 2004.
A comparative analysis of quantitative and qualitative research designs.
1,485 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses how the quantitative and qualitative designs should be adopted based on the design's appropriateness to the problem of the study. The paper explains how the dichotomy and differences between the qualitative and quantitative research designs led to the emergence of specific perceptions about each design. The paper contends that quantitative research is considered more scientific than qualitative, while the latter is considered more in-depth in acquiring information than the former. The paper states that while they differ in methodology and analysis, quantitative and qualitative research designs actually present two facets of a social phenomenon or action.
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"In the conduct of sociological research, the qualitative and quantitative research designs remain the predominant structures in which scientific studies on social phenomena are discovered, analyzed, and interpreted. However, the emergence of quantitative research design prior to the development of the qualitative design created a dichotomy in the field of social science research, wherein preferences for each research design emerged. This dichotomy had been the central focus of discussions and debates about social science research: quantitative research is commonly associated with rigid scientific methodology and analysis, while qualitative research is considered more intrusive and less rigid in terms of data collection and analysis."
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Qualitative Research, 2005.
A brief explanation of the nature of a qualitative research report.
1,154 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper focuses on research that is deemed qualitative in design and explains how qualitative research reports are brought to fruition. The components of the qualitative research report are presented in the paper along with a brief description for each component.
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"To assist the reader in better understanding the nature of a qualitative research report the following guideline is offered for easy report formulation and writing. Before presenting an outline describing the components of an effective qualitative research report the reader is advised to remember that the quality of a qualitative research report is deeply embedded in the notion that qualitative research report writing is an ongoing learning process and very much a social act for reader and writer (Ely, Vinz, Anzul & Downing, M. 1997). As such the qualitative research report must, at all times, be an above adequate research report that effective explains the phenomenon being researched as well as to persuade the reader as to research efficacy and results. "
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Qualitative Research Methods, 2007.
A comparison of the methods used in quantitative versus qualitative research.
1,846 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper analyzes qualitative research methods and compares it to the methods used in quantitative research. The paper specifically focuses on two articles which discuss food safety and correct handling procedures - "Food-Handlers' Beliefs and Self-Reported Practices" by D.A. Clayton, C.J. Griffith, P. Price and A.C. Peters and "Factors Impacting Food Workers' and Managers' Safe Food Preparation Practices: A Qualitative Study", by L.R. Green and C. Selman. This paper compares the methods used in each articles and discusses what makes one quantitative and one qualitative in its methods.
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"Qualitative research has grown somewhat in the last several years, as new ideas have been tried and expanded upon (Wolcott, 1995). This is significant for many individuals that are working on research projects today, because qualitative research has become much more widely used and also much more widely respected than it was in the past. Social science areas of research have used and respected qualitative methods for some time, but it has not been that long ago that other areas of research started becoming more involved with the qualitative method as well (Denzin & Lincoln, 2000). The quantitative method is still very necessary for many of the areas of research that are seen today, as statistics are necessary, but the move toward more qualitative areas of research is significant and worth noting (Wolcott, 1995; Flyvbjerg, 2006; Denzin & Lincoln, 2000)."
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Qualitative Research Design in Education, 2005.
An explanation of the qualitative research design for Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.
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This paper is a brief description of a qualitative research proposal for use in education. The qualitative research process holds invaluable information for researchers who seek to identify trends in the literature. Qualitative research is invaluable as it helps synthesize the existing data from quantitative studies with the perceptions of those who have been directly affected by the topic of study.
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"This implies that the exploration of data is supported by the first-hand observations of those who are affected in some manner by the topic of study, and presents a more personal and more realistic summation of why the study is justified and why change needs to be accomplished in order to aid the affected population. In the current proposed study, the qualitative research design will be a synthesis of existing literature on the topic of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)."
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