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NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 1 Discussion Time to Dissect Research Studies

Overview

Here is a list of five peer-reviewed nursing research journal articles on nursing research that are available through the Regis Library. Choose one of them that is of interest to you to read. Cody, S. E., Sullivan-Bolyai, S., & Reid-Ponte, P. (2018). Making a connection: Family experiences with bedside rounds in the intensive care unit. Critical Care Nurse, 38(3), 16–26. Initial Post

Based on the research article you read, respond to the following prompts:

What, if any, was the theoretical framework that was used by article author(s)? Describe the framework; was it from nursing or a borrowed theory? Describe how the framework was used to inform the research study. How much did the researchers write about it in the journal article? For example, was it weaved throughout the paper or mentioned only in the beginning? In your opinion, what other nursing theory might have worked with this research study? Why? NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 3 Discussion Identifying Research Gaps by Interviewing an Expert Clinician

Introduction

You should have met with an expert clinician who works and/or studies in your chosen research area of interest (for example, masters or doctoral-prepared nurse, MD, PsyD, PhD, PA). This person might be a colleague or peer where you are currently employed, a local hospital or other organization, an author of a research paper you read, or someone you found during an Internet search. You could have met with this person in person, using Zoom, or over the phone, but your conversation must be a verbal discussion that lasts approximately 20 to 30 minutes. During the interview, you should have asked the expert: what gaps in knowledge in the science they believe exist; their recommendations they have for you to conduct research to figure out how to fill these gaps; what gaps in knowledge in the science they believe exist. Other questions asked should have included: What recommendations do they have for you to explore these knowledge gaps? What articles and journals do they recommend for you to read? Which organizations would be relevant for you to join and participate in that relates to your clinical research area of interest? What tips do they have for being a clinician researcher in nursing research? Initial Post

After completing your interview, please respond to the following:

Write a 250– to 300–word summary of what you learned from the interview. Write a reflection on how the interview will help guide you in your research as you are thinking about an EBP, QI, or novel research proposal that you will be working on throughout the course. Include at least two scholarly sources to support your summary and reflection. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 5 Discussion Methods for Scientific Inquiry Peer Review Initial Post One group member from each group submits their Word document containing the website/URL for their presentation by Day 4. Additionally, one group member should submit the same Word document containing their website/URL for their presentation to Week 5 Assignment 1: Methods for Scientific Inquiry Presentation Group Project by Day 4. After your recording is complete, follow these instructions to create an unlisted YouTube video. You will need the YouTube video URL for this discussion. Submit your YouTube video URL. The best way to do this is to copy and paste the hyperlink URL for the YouTube video into a Word document. Your faculty will access your video via the link. Do not upload a video file (mp4). NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 2 Assignment What Does a Research Hierarchy Look Like?

Overview

Here is a list of twenty nursing journal articles that are available to you through the Regis Library. These articles are from a wide range of study types; from randomized controlled trials (RCT) to expert opinions. Cotton, B. P., & Ferszt, G. G. (2018). The role of NPs in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Nurse Practitioner, 43(5), 8. Currie, E. R., Christian, B. J., Hinds, P. S., Perna, S. J., Robinson, C., Day, S., & Meneses, K. (2016). Parent perspectives of neonatal intensive care at the end-of-life. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 31(5), 478–489. Dai, Y., & Livesley, J. (2018). A mixed?method systematic review of the effectiveness and acceptability of preoperative psychological preparation programmes to reduce paediatric preoperative anxiety in elective surgery. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(9), 2022–2037. Goh, M. L., Ang, E. N. K., Hong-Gu H., Chan, Y., & Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K. (2018). Patient satisfaction is linked to nursing workload in a Singapore hospital. Clinical Nursing Research, 27(6), 692–713. Górska, S., Forsyth, K., & Maciver, D. (2018). Living with dementia: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research on the lived experience. Gerontologist, 58(3), e180–e196. Review all of the articles in preparation for this assignment. Using this Research Hierarchy Template (Word), you will list one journal article for each of the seven levels of the research hierarchy pyramid (you will not need to use all twenty articles to complete the hierarchy; you will use a total of seven of the twenty articles). Articles will not be used in more than a single hierarchy level. After you have determined one journal article that corresponds with each of the levels of the hierarchy, provide a one to two sentence statement for each article to explain your rationale for selecting it and assigning it to that hierarchical level. You will write one to two sentences, justifying your selection, using the Research Hierarchy document that you submit. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 4 Assignment Start Your Literature Review Matrix

Overview

You will be starting your own literature review matrix (Word) this week. Based on your investigation of the literature from the library and online resources, you will identify two articles that you will use to support your research question and work towards development of your Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal due in Week 15.

Assignment Instructions

Using your two selected journal articles, you will complete the first two rows in the literature matrix using the template provided. Read your two journal articles and extract the necessary information needed to complete each row for each article. Thus, at the end of this week, you will have two out of the eight rows of the literature review matrix completed. You will return to the literature review matrix in future weeks. Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 4 Assignment 2 What’s Your Research Question? Evidence-Based Practice Project (EBP)

Instructions

Based on your preliminary investigation of the literature and your discussion with the expert clinician, complete the following on a Word document: Submit a 350-word summary of your clinical research area of interest and explain why you are interested in it. Ensure you present your research questions that you started working on in Let's Get Started on Research Concepts. You will now have more information from your expert clinician, as well as feedback from your instructor. Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 5 Assignment Methods for Scientific Inquiry Presentation Group Project Overview Work with your group to finalize an eight to ten slide (length does not include the cover or references slides) PowerPoint presentation with references about your group’s assigned research method. You may use Zoom or other appropriate recording program to record your narration of the presentation.

In your audiovisual presentation, include the following:

Description of the research method. Describe whether it is qualitative or quantitative, or both, and why. What are the steps to using this method? Explain in detail. Provide an example of one study where it has been used. Summarize the study and how it used your group’s assigned research method. Identification of challenges and limitations of this method.

Instructions for Creating a Website/URL of Your Presentation

After your recording is complete, use these instructions to create a private, unlisted YouTube video. You will need the YouTube video website/URL for this assignment. Submit your YouTube video website/URL to this assignment page. The best way to submit your website/URL is to copy and paste the hyperlink (URL) for the YouTube video into a Word document and select one group member to submit that Word document for this assignment. Additionally, one person in each group should submit their Word document containing their website/URL for their presentation to Week 5 Discussion 1: Methods for Scientific Inquiry Peer Review by Day 4. After your recording is complete, follow these instructions to create a private, unlisted YouTube video. You will need the YouTube video URL for this assignment. Submit your YouTube video URL. The best way to do this is to copy and paste the hyperlink URL for the YouTube video into a Word document. Your faculty will access your video via the link. Do not upload a video file (mp4). Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 6 Assignment The Details of Your EBP Project

Overview

This week, you will be writing your EBP project proposal. You will have received feedback from your instructor in Week 4 about your research question, so please use those comments and suggestions for the EBP project proposal draft that you will submit this week.

Assignment Instructions

In a Word document, please compose the following as it relates to your research question: Research Topic Research Problem Research Purpose Research Objectives/Aims Research Question(s) Research Hypothesises* Select Theoretical Framework: write a brief summary about the theoretical framework and why it is relevant to your research topic. (We will return to writing about this in more detail in upcoming weeks.) *Numbers 1 through 6 should be complete sentences/paragraphs with references as appropriate. Please remember that you will be building on this proposal throughout the course. The proposal drafts provide an opportunity to obtain valuable feedback and guidance from your instructor. Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 7 Assignment Informed Consent Form

Instructions

For this assignment, you will complete an informed consent document. Use this Informed Consent Template (Word) for this assignment. You will edit the Informed Consent template to make it about your proposed research project. The language you use to complete the template should be professional, objective, and clear. It should be grammatically and free of spelling and punctuation errors. For the purposes of this assignment, you are the Primary Investigator (PI) in the study. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 8 Assignment Recruiting Participants for Your EBP Proposal

Instructions

For this assignment, write the Sample Section of your EBP Project Proposal in a Word document. Here is a Week 8 Sample Section Example (Word) of what the sample section can look like. Sample Section Guidelines This section covers your planned recruitment and ethical considerations for your future participants. It should take up about two to three pages, or approximately 350 to 500 words. The purpose is to tell the reader what your recruitment plan is for the study. You should have subheadings throughout this section of the paper.

In this section, write about the following:

Sample: Cover the following points in no more than two paragraphs each:

How subjects will be recruited What the inclusion criteria will be (for more expansion, you may add the exclusion criteria to show what was consciously eliminated) The type of sample (random, purposive, convenience, etc.) The proposed sample size and rationale for this choice The selection method (random table of numbers, flip a coin, etc.— this depends on the type of study) Although this subsection should cover all these items, it may be written in a narrative style. Setting: Keeping in mind that this is a proposed setting, and it should not be recognizable for confidentiality and privacy reasons. It is a broad view of the setting. For example: The proposed setting for this study is a large teaching hospital in the northeast. The actual place where the study would be carried out is in the three medical–surgical units in this hospital. Each unit has a bed capacity of 25–30 beds with occupancy rates of 92% to 95%. The study will take place in a private conference room.

Or, if a mailed questionnaire or survey is to be used:

The proposed setting for data collection will be by mailing the questionnaire to the homes of the subjects. The researcher would be mailing the questionnaires from home with a return-addressed, stamped envelope. Informed Consent and Ethical Considerations: Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval will be obtained. The researcher will submit an application and proposal to the Regis College IRB first. After approval from Regis College, the institution where the study will take place usually requires IRB approval as well. The request or application may be one of three types: NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 9 Assignment Writing Your Literature Review Section

Overview

You will write your Literature Review Section of your EBP Project Proposal. Here is a Review of Literature Example (Word) to use as a model or guide. To conduct your literature review, you begin with the search strategy, gather your resources, then start writing your literature review and gap analysis. Search Strategy In the literature review section, you are to identify your search strategy, which can include the following: the databases and internet sites or search engines used to explore the literature (CINAHL, Medline, Google, Yahoo, etc.) the search terms you used the beginning and ending dates of the period covered in this study the time period when the search was conducted (e.g., Fall 2008) any special journals hand-searched and any relevant sources used in performing the literature search Description of Literature or Gaps in the Literature The literature review section is a review of studies that are related to your phenomenon. It should take up about eight to ten pages, or approximately 3,000 to 4,000 words. The purpose is to tell the reader what is known about your phenomenon and lead the reader to what is not known about your phenomenon (your research problem). You should have sub-headings throughout this section of the paper. The literature section discusses the relevant research related to your study. Do not discuss each study individually; instead, synthesize the literature based on your literature matrix. You can discuss individual findings of studies (include all eight studies that you described in your literature matrix in Weeks 4 and 9) as appropriate including the statistical findings and study samples. This section needs to tell the reader what is known about your clinical area of interest. You will also summarize your review of the literature and discuss the gaps you have identified. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 9 Assignment Complete Your Literature Review Matrix

Instructions

You began your literature review matrix in Week 4 Assignment 1: Start Your Literature Review Matrix, where you completed two articles for the matrix. Using the same document you submitted for the Week 4 Assignment, complete the matrix by adding six more articles and filling in each of the rows for each article that are directly related to your study that you are writing about in your Review of the Literature Section of your EBP Project Proposal. Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Week 10 Assignment Your EBP Demographics Tool

Overview

As part of continuing your work on your EBP proposal, you create a demographics tool that you use to capture data on participants who will be part of your EBP project. Here is a Demographics Questionnaire (Word) example of a demographics tool section. Keep in mind that you should include only information that is important to include in data analysis and write-up. Asking extraneous questions is burdensome for participants; thus, your demographics questions need to be meaningful, relevant, and as brief as possible.

Assignment Instructions

Using a Word document, create a demographics tool that has a minimum of eight questions but a maximum of 20 questions. Demographic Questionnaire