According to the textbook, nurses in various settings are adopting a research-based (or evidence-based) practice that incorporates research findings into their decisions and interactions with clients. How do you see this being applied in your workplace?  Solution: The impact of evidence-based practice (EBP) has been felt across nursing education, practice, and science. EBP is used in various ways in my workplace. These include for quality improvement and transformation of care process. Using...

The theoretical foundations of qualitative and quantitative methods are very different, but many researchers believe both methods should be used in the research study to increase validity and reliability. What advantages or disadvantages do you see in using both types of methods in a nursing study? Support your answer with current evidence-based literature. Solution: Both qualitative study and quantitative study are commonly used in nursing research either singularly or in combination (mixe...

Describe the "levels of evidence  and provide an example of the type of practice change that could result from each.  Solution: Levels of evidence, in other name hierarchy of evidence, are assigned to research on the basis of the methodological quality of their design, validity as well as applicability to patient care. The decision gives the strength of recommendation. According to Grove, Gray, and Faan (2019),systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and ev...

Compare independent variables, dependent variables, and extraneous variables. Describe two ways that researchers attempt to control extraneous variables. Support your answer with peer-reviewed articles. Solution: Variable is defined as an object, idea, event, time period, or feeling or any other category being measured (Christensen & Lægreid, 2017). The two major types of variables include independent and dependent variables. An independent variable is the one that stands alone and is ...

Rough Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two quantitative research studies. Use the "Research Critique Guidelines – Part II" document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide a rationale, include examples, and reference content from the study in your responses. Use the practice problem and two quantitative, peer-reviewed research artic...

Describe sampling theory and provide examples to illustrate your definition. Discuss generalizability as it applies to nursing research. Solution: As defined by Gadde and Ortega (2015), sampling theory is the study of relationships between populations and samples collected from the population. Sampling theory can only be applied in random samples. Population/ universe is the aggregate of items/people with a common trait(s). It is the complete collection of items in which research seeks knowle...

Provide examples of experimental and nonexperimental research design. Contrast the levels of control applied to each. Solution: Despite the fact that there exists a wide range of quantitative research designs, they typically fall under either experimental research or non-experimental research.  Taking this into consideration, as explained by Campbell and Stanley (2015), experimental research usually involves the manipulation of variables as well as random assignments of participants’ cond...

Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies. Use the "Research Critique Guidelines – Part 1" document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide rationale, include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses. Use the practice problem and two qualitative, peer-reviewed research article you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment. ...

The three types of qualitative research are phenomenological, grounded theory, and ethnographic research. Compare the differences and similarities between two of the three types of qualitative studies and give an example of each.  Solution: Both ethnography and phenomenology research are non-experimental, qualitative, descriptiveresearch studies used in social science filed. Ethnography is the systematic study of people and cultures,for example, studying a tribe in Africa while phenomenology...

Qualitative data has been described as voluminous and sometimes overwhelming to the researcher. Discuss two strategies that would help a researcher manage and organize the data. Solution: Management of data research entails the organization, storage, and sharing of data collected and utilized during a research project. It is highly crucial to effectively manage as it is a scholarly product and it is easily lost. More so, this data allows the research to meet requirements by publishers and...