Nursing week 5 _ Assignment 2_analyze qualitative data.

ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE DATA

For Assignment 2, you will conduct content coding to analyze qualitative data.

ASSIGNMENT 2: QUALITATIVE ANALYSES

· Follow the step-by-step instructions provided in the Instructions: Qualitative Coding  document in this week’s resources. The document provides detailed instructions on the step-by-step process of conducting the content analysis for this part of the Assignment. – DONE

· Access the Challenges of Staying in the Hospital Data document located in this week’s resources that includes the narrative descriptions of 10 students about their challenges in a recent hospital stay. 

· Access the Code Sheet document located in this week’s resources to carry out the coding as defined in the instructions. –See the attached documents (Coding Scheme: Challenges of staying in the Hospital) and (Code Sheet: Challenges of staying in the hospital)

Assignment Instructions:

1. For the written part of this assignment, you will need to describe the most common types of challenges that students had while staying in the hospital. After you complete the code sheet (done, please see attached word document) , summarize the major themes or most common challenges described by the 10 patients during their hospital stays. This should be written in paragraph format.

The 3 most common types of challenges are:

# 04 – Problems sleeping

# 07 – Doesn’t like “sitting around”

# 08 – Waiting time for medication

2. List your references in alphabetical order and in APA format. References should be published within the last five years. In your paper, be sure every reference entry matches a citation, and every citation refers to an item in the reference list.

Week 5 Qualitative Analysis Assignment

Coding Scheme: Challenges of Staying in the Hospital

Comforts

01 = Too loud (e.g., nurses, roommate, “beeping”)

02 = Food tasted bad

03 = Could not keep food down (e.g., due to sickness, medication)

04 = Problems sleeping (e.g., due to noise, being uncomfortable)

05 = Did not like being awakened (e.g., for vital checks, medication times)

06 = Pain from injury/illness

Waiting

07 = Does not like “sitting around”

08 = Waiting time for medication

09 = Waiting time for testing

10 = Waiting time for doctor visits

Being Away From Home

11 = Miss family

12 = Miss animals

13 = Wants personal belongings

Staff Issues

14 = Poor communication (e.g., from doctors, nurses)

15 = Medication errors

16 = Staff did not listen to concerns

17 = Feeling that “no one cares”

Other Non-Staff Issues

18 = “Hospital smell”

19 = Hospital-acquired infection (e.g., MRSA, CAUDI)

20 = Theft of personal property

98 = Other: Patient’s written response is not a challenge or doesn’t fit coding scheme.

99 = Unable to decipher meaning of patient response

Week 5 Qualitative Data Analysis

Code Sheet: Challenges of Staying in the Hospital

ID #	CODE 1	CODE 2	CODE 3
001	02	06	08
002	09	08
003	18	03	04
004	13	10
005	20	19	14
006	17
007	05	15
008	01	07
009	11	04
010	07	12

After you complete the code sheet, summarize the major themes or most common challenges described by the 10 patients during their hospital stays. This should be written in paragraph format.

List your references in alphabetical order and in APA format. References should be published within the last five years. In your paper, be sure every reference entry matches a citation, and every citation refers to an item in the reference list.

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