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Nursing Project

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Extraneous Variable

An extraneous variable is a variable that is not intentionally studied in the experimental test. During the experimental work in a study, the focus is to see whether one variable or the independent variable is affecting another variable known as the independent variable. The extraneous variables are the undesirable variables ad they are categorized as demand characteristics, experimenter or the investigator effects, the participant variables, and the situational variables. The of the research will be to determine the effects of the nurse retention methods being adopted by the healthcare management on the reduction of nurse turnover. In this research, the dependent variable is the nurse turnover whereas the independent variable is the nurse retention method being adopted by the facility in ensuring that nurses are retained in the facility (Dewanto, A., & Wardhani, 2018 ).

However, other variables are considered to be extraneous are likely to affect the outcome of the study. One of them is the age of the nurses. This variable must be controlled to prevent it from influencing the outcome of the study that is focused on the effects of the nurse retention method on the reduction of nurse turnover. Therefore, the approach that will be adopted to help in the control of the extraneous variable is through the performance of random sampling to make sure that there is an existence of equality in selecting the participants (Halter et al., 2017).

Research instruments

The research instruments refer to the tools that are purposely used for the collection, measurement, and analysis of the data that is collected from the study participants based on the topic of the research study. The success of the research project depends on the research instrument used. The type of instrument used for the study is influenced by the type of study being performed. Therefore, for the case of the proposed study, the type of research instruments that will be used is the questionnaire and the interview. The application of the instrument will be based on the participants being targeted for example interview instrument will be used to collect data from the management of the facility for example nurse managers concerning the retention methods being used to retain nurses within their facilities (Halter et al., 2017). The questionnaire instrument will be used to collect data from the nurses. There will be questions that require prompt responses from the participants.

It is important to ensure that the validity and reliability of the instruments used for research are maintained. Therefore, a pilot tests, entry of the data into the spreadsheet, using the principal component analysis (PCA), finding out about the internal consistency of the questions, and revising the questions as per the information produced from the PCA (Dewanto, A., & Wardhani, 2018). The reliability and validity of the interview will be achieved by ensuring that the focus is on job-related questions, ensuring that the assessment process is standardized and taking during the interview.

Describing the intervention

The intervention of focus for this study is the retention methods being used to help in the reduction of the turnover rates. The retention methods as intervention approach involve approaches such as reduction of the overtime, elimination of the mandatory overtime, development of a shared governance program, improvement in the workflow, adherence to the healthcare policy concerning the safety of nurse workers, and recruitment of more nurses in the facility to reduce the workload.

The data collection process

The method of collection will involve the interview process and the use of the questionnaire. The interview process will be targeting the management and it will be done based on the agreement between the participants and the researcher. The questionnaires will be delivered directly or through the emails of the participants. The responses from the nurses will be collected after one week whereas the data on the interview will be collected on the same day the interview is performed.

References

Dewanto, A., & Wardhani, V. (2018). Nurse turnover and perceived causes and consequences: a preliminary study at private hospitals in Indonesia. BMC nursing, 17(2), 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-018-0317-8

Halter, M., Pelone, F., Boiko, O., Beighton, C., Harris, R., Gale, J., ... & Drennan, V. (2017). Interventions to reduce adult nursing turnover: a systematic review of systematic reviews. The open nursing journal, 11, 108.