Chamberlain College of Nursing NR439 Clarifying Research Work- sheet Name: Betsy Meeks Date:October 1, 2022 Clarifying Research Worksheet CriteriaNursing research is needed to expand knowledge of nurses.Nursing research is a systematic approach to gain knowledge about nursing is- sues such as nursing practice, nursing education and nursing adminis- tration.Nursing research uses a systematic approach to answer gaps in knowledge, collect and analyze data, and interpret and share results that are both valid and reliable.Without nursing research, we would have gaps in education, and be unable to have best evidence and re- search to put into practice.BSN nurses need a basic knowledge as en- try level nurses of nursing research, so they know how to identify a knowledge gap and how to ask questions and answer them using nurs- ing research to guide hospital and healthcare systems to provide higher quality healthcare, and to provide safe care for patients and the com- munity they serve.This course is important to learn the basics of re- search and how to identify scholarly information that provides valid and reliable information.It is also import because it teaches the inner work- ing parts of nursing research and pitfalls a nurse could make in design- ing a research study model.This class teaches you to strive for the most valid and reliable information you can by making good choices in designing a study.It also makes you stop and think about the gaps in knowledge and gives a nurse the drive to improve the world around them. Significance of Research Use your own words to summa- rize: a) the need for nursing research. b) the significance for all professional nurses (BSN) to understand the ba- sic principles of re- search. c) why this course is important to com- plete. Quantitative Re- search Use your own words to summa- rize: a) quantitative re- Quantitative research is empirical and based on cause and effect. Quan- titative research looks at numerical data obtained thru tightly controlled data collection and analysis.The analysis of quantitative research is re- ported and analyzed using statistics to build confidence levels.Quantita- tive research answers the effectiveness of an intervention on a defined variable.Experimental design is the quantitative design I learned.This design has researcher manipulate a variable to see cause and effect.
