Design Analysis Grid

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Planning and Design Analysis Grid

Your Learning Team has been assigned two articles to analyze for assignments in Weeks Three and Four. One article is a qualitative research study, and the other is a quantitative research study. Identify which article is which, and then complete the table where applicable. Write no more than three sentences in each cell of the table.

| |Qualitative |Quantitative |
|Research question |What are the “patients’ perceptions about |Does the intervention of nurses rounding on a |
| |staff response to
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| |(Deitrick, Bokovoy, Stern & Panik, 2006, p. | |
| |316). | |
|Problem |When patients push the call bell, they expect|Many times the call light is used for tasks |
| |to get an immediate response from the nurse. |that do not require an RN or LPN; a CNA would |
| |Most of the time call bells are answered |suffice how the patient views the staff |
| |promptly but sometimes patients have to wait.|response to call lights and the staffs’ |
| |The frequent use of call bells can affect the|response to patients’ use of call lights plays|
| |nurse-patient relationship which makes it |a major role in patient satisfaction and
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| |and satisfaction” (Deitrick et al., 2006, p. | |
| |324). | |
|Population |The population studied in this case includes |Nursing staff, patients, and patients’ call |
| |patients, patient’s family members, and |light use are the population being studied. |
| |various staff members on the unit. | |
|Setting |This research was conducted in the natural |A partially controlled setting was used to |
| |setting of “a 36-bed medical-surgical unit on|study “27 nursing units in 14 hospitals”