UOP NRP513 All Discussions Latest 2020 December (Full)

NRP513 Clinical Applications Of Theory And Research

Week 1 Discussion

Nursing Science

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students/instructor.

A substantive post should follow these criteria:

Range from 150 to 250 words

Integrate theory, research, and/or professional experience

Include specific examples and/or substantiating evidence

Include in-text citations and references in APA format (for at least initial post)

Stay on topic and address the course objectives

Demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone

Due Thursday

Respond to the following:

Nursing science contributes to the unique body of knowledge for the nursing profession. Each profession defines what is meant by science that guides the development of knowledge. Though different words are used, there are basically 2 scientific paradigms: empirical/positivist and constructivist/naturalism. The paradigms align with either quantitative or qualitative research.

Is your worldview closer to the positivist or the constructivist paradigm? In a minimum of 175 words, explain why and how each paradigm is aligned with either quantitative or qualitative research.

NRP513 Clinical Applications Of Theory And Research

Week 2 Discussion

Nursing Theories

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students/instructor.

A substantive post should follow these criteria:

Range from 150 to 250 words

Integrate theory, research, and/or professional experience

Include specific examples and/or substantiating evidence

Include in-text citations and references in APA format (for at least initial post)

Stay on topic and address the course objectives

Demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone

Due Thursday

The theory textbook (Figure 2-1) below presents various levels of theory.

Figure 2-1 Comparison of Nursing Theories – Levels of Abstraction

This discussion focuses on the use of nursing theories to guide practice. The grand theories are broad and provide less direct guidance for specific practice.

Utilize 1 middle-range theory. In a minimum of 175 words, describe the theory and give 1 example of how you would apply it to practice.

NRP513 Clinical Applications Of Theory And Research

Week 3 Discussion

Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students/instructor.

A substantive post should follow these criteria:

Range from 150 to 250 words

Integrate theory, research, and/or professional experience

Include specific examples and/or substantiating evidence

Include in-text citations and references in APA format (for at least initial post)

Stay on topic and address the course objectives

Demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone

Due Thursday

Respond to the following:

When reading a research article, what do you consider as the most important elements? Consider the traditional sections of a research report in your response, e.g., background, literature review, methods, etc.

Scholarly writing requires the use of accurate and precise terminology. What are some differences and similarities between quantitative and qualitative research? Are the ethical principles used to judge protection of human participants applied in the same way?

NRP513 Clinical Applications Of Theory And Research

Week 4 Discussion

Selecting a Study Design

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students/instructor.

A substantive post should follow these criteria:

Range from 150 to 250 words

Integrate theory, research, and/or professional experience

Include specific examples and/or substantiating evidence

Include in-text citations and references in APA format (for at least initial post)

Stay on topic and address the course objectives

Demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone

Due Thursday

Respond to the following:

Quantitative study designs are divided between experimental and non-experimental. For experiments, they’re divided between either true experiments (randomized control trial is the medical term) or quasi-experiments. Similarly, qualitative studies can employ various designs, such as phenomenology, grounded theory, descriptive, etc.

Suppose you were planning to conduct a statewide study of the work plans and intentions of non-employed registered nurses in your state. Would you ask mostly open-ended or closed-ended questions? Would you adopt an interview or questionnaire approach? If a questionnaire, how would you distribute it?

NRP513 Clinical Applications Of Theory And Research

Week 5 Discussion

Statistical Tests

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students/instructor.

A substantive post should follow these criteria:

Range from 150 to 250 words

Integrate theory, research, and/or professional experience

Include specific examples and/or substantiating evidence

Include in-text citations and references in APA format (for at least initial post)

Stay on topic and address the course objectives

Demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone

Due Thursday

This week you have gained insight about bivariate and multivariate inferential statistical tests as well as statistical significance. Review the following examples.

Bivariate:

An example of a bivariate relationship is the effect of age on compassion fatigue in nurses. Most phenomena of interest to nurses have complex causes: readmission for heart failure, exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months postpartum, changing lifestyle to reduce chance of another MI.

Multivariate:

Multivariate tests allow for combining more than 2 variables in 1 analysis to see the combined effect of variables together. A multivariate test such as multiple regression could include many independent variables (age, severity of heart failure, adherence to medications) to test their combined effects on days to readmission. 

Interpretation:

When describing results of data analysis, this refers to statistical analysis and not general conclusions: Pearson correlation was utilized to test the relationship between age and compassion fatigue. The r value for the relationship is 0.42 and it is a positive relationship. The relationship is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. This means that the older the nurse, the greater the compassion fatigue and the degree of strength of the relationship could occur by chance only 1 in 100 samples.

You have read a research article that reports the following: "In the intervention group receiving the educational program, there was a 50% increase in performance scores compared to the control group (p<0.05)". Provide an interpretation of these results? Discuss whether the results are statistically significant.

NRP513 Clinical Applications Of Theory And Research

Week 6 Discussion

Qualitative Designs

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students/instructor.

A substantive post should follow these criteria:

Range from 150 to 250 words

Integrate theory, research, and/or professional experience

Include specific examples and/or substantiating evidence

Include in-text citations and references in APA format (for at least initial post)

Stay on topic and address the course objectives

Demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone

Respond to ONE of the following:

The focus of this discussion is on various approaches to qualitative designs. Be sure to integrate information from chapters 22-26 in your response.

Select 2 traditions (example phenomenology and grounded theory) and:

Compare them as to purpose.

Summarize key ideas for sampling in qualitative studies by comparing the recommended sampling strategies for the 2 methods you selected.

OR

The words saturation and redundancy are key words related to sampling.

What are some strategies that can be used to enhance trustworthiness of qualitative findings?

Did you recognize any of the strategies in the qualitative article you selected for the group project?

NRP513 Clinical Applications Of Theory And Research

Week 8 Discussion

Course Wrap-Up

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students/instructor.

A substantive post should follow these criteria:

ange from 150 to 250 words

Integrate theory, research, and/or professional experience

Include specific examples and/or substantiating evidence

Include in-text citations and references in APA format (for at least initial post)

Stay on topic and address the course objectives

Demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone

Due Thursday

Respond to the following:

We are down to the home stretch. This course covers a lot of content and you all have done an amazing job.

Reflect upon what you have learned about evidence-based practice and research during the past eight weeks.

Describe how your understanding has changed.

Ask any lingering questions you have regarding the course content.