UOP NRP513 Week 4 Discussion Latest 2020 December

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?