Week 1 assignment Research Foundations This assignment is designed to guide your thinking about the. 

Week 1 assignment

Research Foundations

This assignment is designed to guide your thinking about the research process and help you explore topics that may be of interest or relevant in your practice.

Click the Worksheet tab to see examples of research problems and questions.

Complete the Research Foundations worksheet.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Week 2 assignment

Ethical Issues in Research

As you develop a research proposal, you must consider the ethical issues related to it.

Determine the ethical considerations related to the research question you developed in Week 1.

Consider the seven main principles of ethical research introduced in this week's learning activity, Research Ethics Guidance:

Social and clinical value

Scientific validity

Fair subject selection

Favorable risk-benefit ratio

Independent review

Informed consent

Respect for potential and enrolled subjects

Summarize the ethical issues related to your topic in one of the following formats:

18-slide presentation

15-minute oral presentation

850-word paper

Another format approved by your instructor

Cite at least one peer-reviewed and one evidence-based resource in APA format.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Week 3 assignment

Research Design

This assignment is designed to help you understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative research designs, as well as select the appropriate method for the research question you have been working on throughout the course.

Step 1: State your Week 1 research question as perfected and select the type of research (quantitative or qualitative) that is most appropriate for it.

Step 2: Summarize the major steps in that type of research.

Step 3: Determine the specific type or approach (i.e., quasi-experimental, phenomenological, etc.) you would employ and explain why that is the best selection.

Step 4: Explain potential data.

Step 5: Explain how analyzing and interpreting that data can inform your research question.

Format your assignment as one of the following

18-slide presentation

15-minute oral presentation

850-word paper

Another format approved by your instructor

Cite at least one peer-reviewed resource in APA format.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Week 4 assignment

Finding Evidence

Evidence that supports a conclusion is part of the research process. Literature reviews often accompany research papers in the form of a summary and synthesis of the published information about the research topic. Although this week's assignment is not a literature review, it is designed to familiarize you with the practice of finding appropriate sources and information on a topic.

Find three original research articles – do not use systematic reviews, meta-analyses, meta-syntheses or integrated reviews – that apply to your research topic. The articles must be

peer reviewed,

recent (published within 5 years), and

statistically significant (applies to quantitative studies).

Write the requested information about each article using the Literature Review Work Sheet in which you identify

study design (name the basic study design)

participants (number and sample type)

independent variable(s), (if one exists)

dependent variable(s), (what the researcher is most interested in)

analysis methods – name the statistics for quantitative and the analytic method for qualitative), and

results.

Include a PDF of, and APA citation, for each article.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit the articles and summaries.

Week 5 assignment

Research Dissemination Plan

This assignment is designed to help you understand how to make your research usable and available to other people in your field.

Develop a dissemination plan for your research. Your plan should include discussion about the following:

Audience

Who is most likely to use this research?

What is the practice setting?

End-user needs

How should you present data to make it most usable?

Is there specific language should you use to ensure your audience understands your purpose?

Does the target audience have a specific type of need based on practice setting?

Publications

What specific journals, newsletters, or publications would would you want to publish in to reach your audience?

Presentations at local, state, and national levels

What conferences, meetings, or panels would you want to present at to make sure your ideas were readily available in the field?

Format your dissemination plan as one of the following:

18-slide presentation

15-minute oral presentation

850-word paper

Another format approved by your instructor

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Week 1 discussion

Understanding Nursing Research, Ch. 1, 5

Read the following from Understanding Nursing Research:

Ch. 1: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Ch. 5: Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses

When Should We Change Our Clinical Practice Based on the Results of a Clinical Study? Searching for Evidence: PICOS and PubMed

Read “When Should We Change Our Clinical Practice Based on the Results of a Clinical Study? Searching for Evidence: PICOS and PubMed” from this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.

Note: This is the first article in a three-part series that discusses the research process. Each article builds on the one before and correlates to the topics in the course.

Research Questions, Hypotheses and Objectives

Read “Research Questions, Hypotheses and Objectives” from this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.

Research Resources

There are tutorials to help familiarize you with the available research resources in the University Library.

Watch the two research tutorials: Advanced Research and Advanced Research Methods:

Access the University Library video tutorials center.

Click the Library Overview button at the top of the screen.

PICO Format Research Questions

Formulating a research question is the most important and challenging part of research. In this activity, we will revisit the PICO format used to develop research questions in NSG/302: Professional Contemporary Nursing Role and Practice.

Search the Internet for the University of Illinois Evidence Based Medicine resources and explore the PICO resources.

Click the Exploration tab to read about PICOS elements on page 423 of Understanding Nursing Research.

Researcher Profiles

Watch the four researcher profiles from LabTV to see what compels them to advance nursing research and some key functions of their daily work.

As you watch, reflect on your areas of interest and think of how you could apply your skills as a researcher to better understand them.

Quantitative and Qualitative Research Approaches

Short presentation on research approaches

Please view the video on quantitative and qualitative research. It does contain sound so please have your speakers turned on.

Questions and Hypotheses

A short presentation on questions and hypotheses. It does contain sounds so please have your speakers turned on.

Hello to all. After viewing the presentation and reading the information in chapter 5, particularly the tables addressing quantitative research topics, problems, and purposes and qualitative research topics, problems and purposes, discuss the similarities and differences of the topics, problems and purposes of these two approaches to investigating phenomena of interest to the practicing nurse.

Week 2 discussion

Understanding Nursing Research, Ch. 4: Examining Ethics in Nursing Research

After completing this chapter, you should be able to:

1.Identify the historical events influencing the development of ethical codes and regulations for nursing and biomedical research.

2.Describe the ethical principles that are important in conducting research on human subjects.

3.Describe the human rights that require protection in research.

4.Identify the essential elements of the informed consent process in research.

5.Describe the role of a nurse in the institutional review of research in an agency.

6.Examine the benefit-risk ratio of published studies and studies proposed for conduct in clinical agencies.

7.Describe the types of possible scientific misconduct in the conduct, reporting, and publication of healthcare research.

8.Critically appraise the protection of human rights and the informed consent and institutional review processes in published studies.

9.Critically appraise the treatment of animals reported in published studies.

Research Ethics Guidance

Explore the National Institutes of Health Patient Recruitment web page to understand the seven guiding principles of ethical medical research.

Search the Office for Human Research Protections website to understand its role in research.

Understanding Research Consent

As a BSN-prepared nurse, you will likely be asked to witness patients signing research consent forms. It is important to understand how to advocate for patients.

Consider the following question:

How can you determine if a patient understands a research consent form and how the research trials or study will affect them?

Write a 260-word summary.

Local campus students: Prepare to present and discuss your summary in the next class meeting.

Online students: Post your response and respond to at least one classmate's post.

Informed Consent Examples

Find online examples of informed consent forms for research.

Post the link to one website with a 175-word explanation of the type of study for which the form would be appropriate.

After you look at the sites posted by classmates, post a 90-word comment on the differences among consent forms used for different types of studies.

Activity adapted from Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice (Ch. 4) TEACH Resources

Research and Code of Ethics for Nurses

Please review the presentation and think about the aspects of the Code of Ethics for Nurses that apply to your proposed research question. The presentation does contain sound so please have your speakers turned on.

Week 3 discussion

Understanding Nursing Research, Ch. 2, 3, 12

Read the following from Understanding Nursing Research:

Ch. 2: Introduction to Quantitative Research

Ch. 3: Introduction to Qualitative Research

Ch. 12: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing Practice

Quantitative Research Study Parts

Click the Discussion tab to review Table 2-3 in Understanding Nursing Research.

Select one of the research or clinical journals in the table.

Ensure the journal is available in the University Library.

Review two quantitative research articles in the journal and compare the sections of the article to the typical six sections used in many research journals.

Identify the journal you selected and list the common sections of the research articles you reviewed.

Write a 250-word summary about your findings.

Submit your articles with your post as .PDF files

Local campus students: Prepare to present and discuss your summary in the next class meeting.

Online students: Post your response and respond to at least one classmate's post.

Activity adapted from Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice (Ch. 2) TEACH Resources.

Qualitative Research Methods

Use the journals suggested in table 2-3 to locate a qualitative study.

Identify the journal, provide the complete citation and the components addressed in the study.

Write a 250-word summary to include the role of the researcher in the study.

Submit the qualitative study as a .PDF file along with your summary.

Local campus students: Prepare to present and discuss your summary in the next class meeting.

Online students: Post your response and respond to at least one classmate's post.

Activity adapted from Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice (Ch. 3) TEACH Resources.

Week 4 discussion

Understanding Nursing Research, Ch. 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review

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When Should We Change Our Clinical Practice Based on the Results of a Clinical Study? The Hierarchy of Evidence

Read “When Should We Change Our Clinical Practice Based on the Results of a Clinical Study? The Hierarchy of Evidence” from this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.

Note: This is the second article in a three-part series that discusses the research process. Each article builds on the one before and correlates to the topics in the course.

PICO Linguist

Use the PICO Linguist tool to find salient articles for your research topic.

Use the PICO resources from Week 1 and the results of your PICO Linguist search to prepare for this week's assignment.

Rules of Evidence

Write a 260-word summary in which you explain the following:

Why it is important to employ the highest level of available research evidence in clinical decision making

Why the evidence at the top of Figure 1-3 in Understanding Nursing Research is better than the information at the bottom

Local campus students: Prepare to present and discuss your summary in the next class meeting.

Online students: Post your response and respond to at least one classmate's post.

Week 5 discussion

When Should We Change Our Clinical Practice Based on the Results of a Clinical Study? Study Endpoints

Read “When Should We Change Our Clinical Practice Based on the Results of a Clinical Study? Study Endpoints” from this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.

Note: This is the third article in a three-part series that discusses the research process. Each article builds on the one before and correlates to the topics in the course.

Importance of Dissemination

Consider the following question:

Why is it important to disseminate research?

Write a 260-word summary.

Local campus students: Prepare to present and discuss your summary in the next class meeting.

Online students: Post your response and respond to at least one classmate's post.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Dissemination Planning Tool

Explore the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Dissemination Planning Tool.

The tool is broken down into six parts:

Research findings and products—What is going to be disseminated

End users—Who will apply it in practice

Dissemination partners—Individuals, organizations or networks through which you can reach end users

Communication—How you convey the research outcomes

Evaluation—How you determine what worked

Dissemination work plan—Where you start

Review each section in preparation for this week's assignment.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Dissemination and Implementation Framework and Toolkit

Explore the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's Dissemination and Implementation Framework and Toolkit to see another example of a dissemination framework.