Blackwell Science LTD Gerrish K and Lacey A (2010)‚ The research process in nursing 6th edn‚ UK‚ Wiley-Blackwell Bowling A 2009‚ Research methods in Health;investigating health and health services‚ 3rd Edn‚ England‚ open university press Polit D.F and Beck C T(2008); Nursing research;Generating and assessing evidence for nursing Practice 8th Edn; Lippioncott‚ Williams & Wilkins Watson R‚ Mckenna H‚ Cowman S & Keady J (2008); Nursing research; Designs and method; Churchill Livingstone: Elsevier
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ethical conduct in research are based: beneficence‚ respect for human dignity‚ and justice” (Beck & Polit‚ 2006). The principle of beneficence serves to minimize harm to participants‚ maximize the benefits of the study‚ and protect the participant from any form of exploitation. “In research with humans‚ harm and discomfort can take many forms: they can be physical‚ emotional‚ social‚ or financial” (Beck & Polit‚ 2006). Facilitators of any research study must be conscious of this and use strategies
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Introduction Spiritual care is an integral part of human life and a vital aspect of holistic care in nursing homes (especially with patients who have dementia). A number of studies have investigated the thoughts of spirituality and religiosity‚ however‚ few studies have been done to describe how nurses provide spiritual care in clinical practice. Dementia‚ according to Ødbehr‚ Kvigne‚ Hauge‚ and Danbolt (2015)‚ is characterized as memory impairment‚ impaired communication‚ and orientation‚ leading
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retrospectively about documented education and readmission rates. Exploratory sequential design. In this method‚ qualitative data is collected in the first phase and then findings of the qualitative data are used in the second quantitative phase (Polit & Beck‚
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superficial findings‚ no matter what they are. “Hypotheses guard against superficiality and minimize the risk that spurious results will be misconstrued” (Polit & Beck‚ 2012‚ p.
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Caldwell critiquing tool (2005) will be utilized. (Appendix 2) Research critiquing is a valuable skill‚ to gain as it enables student nurses to develop and improve knowledge and skills and also adheres to the NMC code of conduct (NMC‚ 2008). Polit and Beck (2006) emphasis the ability to analyse research enables individuals to gain knowledge. A great importance of research is that it introduces improvements and changes into practice based from evidence based practice (EBP). According to Pioneer David
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an example of experimental quantitative design. The summary model can be found in the text on pages 112 through 114 in Polit & Beck (2012). There were four Nurse Practitioner (NPs) groups recruited for this study. There were four randomized sites used for the study‚ two sites‚ which consisted of lifestyle changes‚ and two sites enhancing the standard care program (Polit & Beck‚ 2012). Problem Statement In the 21st century‚ T2D has become a health epidemic. The associated health risks that
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death. Florence Nightingale published Notes on Nursing in 1859. “Nightingale’s most widely known research contribution involved data collection and analysis relating to factors affecting soldier mortality and morbidity during the Crimean War” (Polit & Beck‚ 2004‚ p. 5). Although Nightingale did not offer her research as theory‚ it has changed nursing for more than 150 years (George‚ 2011). There was very little research after Nightingale’s research in 1859; this was attributed to the apprenticeship
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the patient’s blood pressure is the dependent variable. This design is appropriate for this research problem because it is the method available for testing the hypothesis of cause-and-effect relationships between two variables in this study (Polit & Beck‚ 2012). Qualitative Research Article Design The design for this research was a descriptive phenomenology study. This was clearly identified “a phenomenology study was conducted with the purpose of describing the human experience of patients
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focuses on human experiences‚ it is appropriate to use the semi structured interview as a means of collecting subjective data. Participants were 20 pregnant women in their first trimester and still contemplating on nuchal translucency screening. Polit and Beck (2006) argue that phenomenological studies usually use 10 or less people to serve as a sample. Hawthorne and Ahern’s sample contradicts having 10 more. The interview process took place on each of the participants’ homes for about 70 minutes. Some
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