Our final assignment for this class includes a reflection assignment that will count towards class participation. This writing is not going to be a complex assignment. Please write a paragraph regarding your recently completed research paper. Address the following questions:
Were your intended outcomes accomplished in your scholarly paper?
(Remember sometimes research does not always go as planned.)
What would you do differently if you could have started over?
(Did you wish to change your methodology, or do you need to address your study limitations?)
Please upload this paper to the discussion board, there will be no formal discussion this week unless you feel compelled to comment. Please utilize this as an opportunity to thank each other for the dissemination of knowledge.
Today’s healthcare system is complex, and patients have increasingly varied needs. Developing solutions for the health issues of diverse populations requires providers with many different perspectives. This is where nursing research is needed. The opportunities to enhance our practice are endless. Please take a moment to review your course syllabus and reflect on the concepts that are listed in the objectives.
You have had the opportunity to select an issue of interest to you.
You were able to synthesize similar scholarly publications through the literature review.
You were able to focus and discover the AACN Essentials as they apply to graduate education.
You were able to design types (qualitative/quantitative/mixed-methods), types of research, associated ethics, data collection, data analysis, implementation, and interpretation phase
Finally, we explored the reporting phase: presenting research findings, preparing research proposals, publishing results, and using evidence-based practice
There was a significant amount of information covered. Perfection will take time. However, with practice, you will become proficient research scholars. I wanted to share a brief video clip as a refresher from what we have explored.
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Developing Research Skills
In the past, many may have thought that research was just a simple process of looking up information and writing about it. As you have come to know, research is a scientific skill and it is vital to the development of the nursing profession. Without research, our profession cannot grow. It is my sincere wish that the next time when you open a journal to read a research article, you will have a genuine appreciation for what steps the author went through to get their studies completed. Consideration should be given to the problem investigation, literature review, data collection, methodology, results, discussion, implications, and conclusion.
Remember class, nursing research is research that provides evidence used to support nursing practices. Nursing, as an evidence-based area of practice, has been developing since the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day, where many nurses now work as researchers based in universities as well as in the health care setting.
write a small reflection paragraph (academic writing standards apply) and post it objectives reflection” in answering what you have learned from this class, where the objectives you had for the class met and how do you anticipate the use of research.
