Assignment Week 3 - NURS 6052

DEAD

LINE : FRIDAY

03/19/20

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Assignment: Evidence

-

Based Project, Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

Is there a difference between “common practice” and “best practice”?

When you first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared

with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation session

to brief you on these matters. As a “rookie,” you likely kep

t the nature of your questions to those with

answers that would best help you perform your new role.

Over time and with experience, perhaps you recognized aspects of these processes and procedures

that you wanted to question further. This is the realm of c

linical inquiry.

Clinical inquiry is the practice of asking questions about clinical practice. To continuously improve

patient care, all nurses should consistently use clinical inquiry to question why they are doing

something the way they are doing it. Do

they know why it is done this way, or is it just because we

have always done it this way? Is it a common practice or a best practice?

In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for

research in suppor

t of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to

compare research methodologies employed.

To Prepare:

·

Review the Resources and

identify a clinical issue of interest

(

something related to mental

heal

th

–

Depression,

psychosis, Bipol

ar etc

..)

that can form the ba

sis of a clinical inquiry.

Keep

in mind that the clinical issue you identify for your research will stay the same for the entire

course.

For the following

week,

this clinical issue will become a

PICO question.

·

Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of

interest, search at least

four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four

relevant peer

-

reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be

using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.

·

Review t

he results of your peer

-

reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an

unfiltered database to search for peer

-

reviewed research.

·

Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer

-

reviewed

articles you selected.

Instructions:

Pa

rt 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

**

THE C

LINICAL ISSUE

NEED

S

TO BE SOMETHING RELATE

D TO MENT

AL HEALTH**

After reading each of the four peer

-

reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template

to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer

-

reviewed articles. Your analysis should

include the

following:

·

The full citation of each peer

-

reviewed article in APA format.

·

A brief (1

-

paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer

-

reviewed article and/or

how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the et

hics of

research related to your clinical issue of interest.

·

A brief (1

-

2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer

-

reviewed article.

·

A brief (1

-

2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the

met

hodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed

-

methods approach. Be specific.

DEADLINE : FRIDAY 03/19/2021

Assignment: Evidence-Based Project, Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

Is there a difference between “common practice” and “best practice”?

When you first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared

with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation session

to brief you on these matters. As a “rookie,” you likely kept the nature of your questions to those with

answers that would best help you perform your new role.

Over time and with experience, perhaps you recognized aspects of these processes and procedures

that you wanted to question further. This is the realm of clinical inquiry.

Clinical inquiry is the practice of asking questions about clinical practice. To continuously improve

patient care, all nurses should consistently use clinical inquiry to question why they are doing

something the way they are doing it. Do they know why it is done this way, or is it just because we

have always done it this way? Is it a common practice or a best practice?

In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for

research in support of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to

compare research methodologies employed.

To Prepare:

 Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest (something related to mental

health – Depression, psychosis, Bipolar etc..) that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Keep

in mind that the clinical issue you identify for your research will stay the same for the entire

course. For the following week, this clinical issue will become a PICO question.

 Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of

interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four

relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be

using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.

 Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an

unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.

 Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed

articles you selected.

Instructions: Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

**THE CLINICAL ISSUE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH**

After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template

to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should

include the following:

 The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.

 A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or

how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of

research related to your clinical issue of interest.

 A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.

 A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the

methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.