NSG 6101 Wk5 Discussion Board

NSG 6101 Wk5 Discussion Board

NSG 6101 Wk5 Discussion Board

• Identify an appropriate research design.
• Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the design.
• Provide a rationale for the design you selected

 

Is the use of soap and water or alcohol-based rubs more effective in preventing nosocomial infections?

• An appropriate research design for this is quantitative research with an experimental design.
• Quantitative studies produce numbers that must be evaluated before making any conclusions. An advantage of quantitative research “allows a researcher to objectively detail evidence.” (“Strength & Weakness of Quantitative Research,” 2017, para. 2) Disadvantages of quantitative research include it being time-consuming and involving lots of planning.
• This design allows the researcher to identify the effect of soap and water vs alcohol-based rubs on prevention of nosocomial infections. The number yielded will help determine a conclusion.

 

1. How effective are anti-depressive medications on anxiety and depression?

• An effective research strategy for this question is qualitative research.
• Some advantages of qualitative research allow nurses to understand health and illness. Another advantage is that it offers patient-centered care. Disadvantages include in being time consuming and requiring the researcher to become immersed in the topic. The most common example of this is the reader misinterprets the research.
• This design allows researchers to explore human experiences.

What is the difference in attitudes of male and female college students toward condoms?

• A good design for this research study includes qualitative descriptive design. This is an appropriate choice because if does not manipulate and variables.
• A disadvantage of this design is that it is also time consuming because it provides for a long time. Descriptive research also prevents the possibility of error and subjectivity. Confidentiality is the primary weakness of the descriptive research.
• This design allows lots of errors because often subjects are not honest about how they feel or what they want to know.

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References

Strength & Weakness of Quantitative Research. (2017). Retrieved from https://penandthepad.com/strength-weakness-quantitative-research-8653685.html