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Discuss characteristics used to appraise when evaluating qualitative and quantitative designs. Which characteristics are the most important and why? For the 0.5 of you that read my posts on the semi regular (besides the professor administrating and grading these assignments of course), you will notice a common theme: "human beings are inherently bias and the greatest part of the scientific method is the reduction or removal of that bias". This is why the criteria for a journal article to be coveted and desired requires a few things. One of those things is peer revision. It doesn't matter how precise, how much data you collect or your conclusion, if your study is picked apart by peer revision, you don't really have anything. So being able to critically think (remember that class?) and appraise the design on a study will facilitate your and others' work. It's sort of a foundation thing. If a design is flawed, the whole study is too. Starting with the strongest we have: The Amalgamations: meta-analysis, systematic reviews of RTCs (randomized controlled trials) and current practice guidelines (Schmidt & Brown, 2019). I call this the amalgamations because these are the design studies that review the works of others. Meta-analysis is defined as the statistical review of a number of articles that study the same thing. Systemic Reviews of RTCs is a review of, you guessed it, a number of randomized controlled trials. The third item is a little bit more elusive. Current practice guidelines, according to Schmidt and Brown (2019) started in Canada and then later in the United States. The idea was to share cost benefit analysis for treatments of conditions and diseases to find the best practice. The idea is to amalgamate findings of a great number of sources to definitively prove a finding. The lowest design: Ballpark figures: opinion of authorities, reports of expert committees, manufacturer's recommendations, traditional literature review (Schmidt & Brown, 2019). Rather than belabor each point, I'll explain one point and you can see how it applies to the others. I once had a friend who bought himself a brand new shinny BMW but he was filling it with 87 octane gas. When questioned about it, he stated that he did a boat load of research and found that the manufacturer's recommendation of 92 octane gas isn't a requirement. The more singular the source of information, the less reliable it is. I'll bet that the average nursing student could name at least three psychologists of yesteryear. Can they name one alive? It's unlikely. Philip Zimbardo is, but he's... that's a special case and he hasn't done anything since the prison experiment. No the reason this is is because Psychology is a science (in addition to being an art) and they know that one source of data is unreliable. Many different researchers are working together across a number of different institutions to research phenomena.
AMALGAMATION- the process of combining together.
QUALITATIVE DESIGN : is a research method used to study human behavior, opinions, themes and motivations.
QUANTITATIVE DESIGN: methods emphasize objective measurements and statistical, mathematical or numerical analysis of data collected through questionnaires and surveys using computational techniques.
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Please read the following post and critique it and ask one question regarding the following post. Anyone in the health field should acquire the skills necessary to critically appraise quantitative and qualitative research to evaluate whether or not the research studies are well designed and executed. Research is critically appraised or critiqued to broaden understanding, improve or change practice, and to carefully examine all aspects of the study to judge research validity, reliability, clinical importance/significance, statistical findings, and the findings...
Please read the following post and critique it and ask one question regarding to this post: Raw data or sampling, in either a qualitative and quantitative study is the core of the research as research is the core of evidence based practice. It is what feeds the study or research. Without it, you have nothing that will support or prove your theory. One thing we learned last week is that “…data analysis [or sampling analysis] are all scrutinized to ensure...
Please read the following post and critique it and ask one question regarding the following post. Qualitative research designs focus on how the reliability of the said design and methods that will affect the credibility and significance of the findings and their overall effectiveness in the clinical setting. There are 3 different criteria to appraise qualitative studies. This consists of the identifying the components of the qualitative research process in studies, determining study strengths and weaknesses, and evaluating the trustworthiness,...
Please read the following post and critique it and ask one question relating to this post: In a research study, data is used to evaluate the outcome and display the research findings. The data collected in the research is evaluated to determine the result of the research. In addition, the data is also used as the supporting evidence to the back up the research studies claim. For example, one research study that can be applied to nursing is evaluating the...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I believe nurses as lobbyists are essential to the growth of nursing as a profession. Nurses who lobby and push for political change in healthcare do it to advocate for their patients, change in practice issues, and to advocate for the nursing profession. Nursing is the number one trusted profession; they perform direct patient care and can offer a point of view that others in politics cannot. In...
please read the following post and critique it and ask one question relating to this post: Nurses promote the restoration of health and wellbeing, the prevention of illness and injury, and the alleviation of suffering in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations (ANA, 2015). The law does not require a nurse to respond to a disaster, if they feel they are in danger, they have the right to promote their own health and safety. ANA (2015) states,...
please critique this post and ask one question regarding this post: I define privacy as allowing a person to tell you or whom ever their intimate issue when they are ready. Allowing them to speak outlouad about it when their ready. Allowing them to accept the problem when they are ready. Not forcing a person to speed up their acceptance to a problem. Having the patience to be there and support a person letting them be without pressure. Privacy is...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: The use of health information technology has had an impact in the nursing world. With the way communication and accuracy of patient information is being circulated, it has saved lives. One of the ways that health information technology has changed nursing practice is through documentation. There is no such thing as written notes for patients medical records. Today, nurses are more likely to input notes into electronic health...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: The difference between values and beliefs is that beliefs are convictions that we believe to be true, without proof or evidence. An example of this would be religion. Beliefs often arise from learned experiences, resulting from the cultural and environmental situations we have faced (Davis, 2019). So often times our actions are based on our beliefs due something we have experienced in the past . Values are based...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Provision 6 states that "The nurse, through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and conditions of employment that are conducive to safe, quality health care" (ANA, 2019). In order to meet this provision, I plan to always keep our foundational ethical principles in mind. To remain honest and faithful to the patient. To encourage and facilitate autonomy. Always...