The impact of poor hand hygiene on infection in care home

Action Research

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Role of research in defining research questions for the action research...........................4
P2 Analysing own skills for understanding and conducting action research.........................6
M1 Evaluate own skills in defining research questions for a piece of action research in health
and well-being improvement..................................................................................................7
D1 Critically evaluate how effectively research methodologies selected support proposed
action research study in health and well-being improvement................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P3 Appropriate research methods for investigation questions...............................................7
P4 Ethical consideration while collecting information from respondents..............................8
M2 Analyse the methodological approach taken to answer research questions....................9
D1 Critically evaluate how effectively research methodologies selected support proposed
action research study in health and well-being improvement................................................9
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5 Implement a piece of action research in health and wellbeing improvement...................9
P6 Interpret data using appropriate data analysis techniques.................................................9

M3 Analyse research data from action research using appropriate data analysis techniques14
D2 Critically analyse research findings using appropriate data analysis techniques...........14
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................14
P7 Discuss the potential impact of findings from action research study on health and
wellbeing improvement........................................................................................................14
P8 Discuss own learning in research journey identifying strategies for future developmental
needs in conducting ethical research into health and wellbeing improvement....................15
M4 Evaluate how findings relate to research questions in supporting improvement in health
and well-being and own professional development.............................................................15
D3 Critically evaluate research study in terms of influencing change and its value in
improving quality of health and social care service provision nationally and globally.......15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
TITLE:. The impact of poor hand hygiene on infection in care home.
INTRODUCTION
Action research is define as a study which is conducted to evaluate as well as investigate various
methodologies used by investigator. It has been said that there are various methods used by
researcher but on the other hand research action, readers will be able to gain proper information
about the topic. In the present research a topic is chosen which is impact of poor hand hygiene on
infection in care home (Badroeni, 2s018). It is very essential for an individual to follow hygiene
level in order to avoid any kind of infections. In this report, NHS is chosen as the base company
with the help of which researcher can gather their info in an effective manner. This research
consist of various elements which includes a detailed description about the role of a research
questions in order to define research questions, along with this it includes an analysis and
understanding of skills & knowledge which is needed by the investigator. Apart from this, the
present research provides detail information about various research methods used by investigator
in order to conduct the research in an effective manner.

TASK 1
P1 Role of research in defining research questions for the action research
Research is considered as a procedure with the assistance of which understanding about
some specific topics and issues will be enhanced and produce some possible outcomes. In this
research, information about positive and negative impacts of hand hygiene are going to be
discussed. Whenever an individual or patient is admitted in a health care organization, then they
should have knowledge about the impact of poor hand hygiene on a person. While conducting
the research in an effective manner it can clearly be identified that what are the major impacts of
hand hygiene on a health care. It has been identified that, action research is conducted in order to
examine the issue, gather information from various sources, creating action plans along with its
implementation (Billi. and Waterman, 2014). This as a result assist in resolving problems and
producing positive outcomes effectively . For studying the research in a proper manner, aims of
this research are used as collection of secondary information. It has been said that back ground of
the present research is to understand the role and impact of hand hygiene on infection in care
home. Along with this positive and negative impacts are also going to be identified about the
hand hygiene factor.
P2 Analysing own skills for understanding and conducting action research
There is a need of some specific skills with the assistance of which individual person will
be able to collect required information and conduct the study in a positive manner. Researcher
use internet sources, journals, books, websites and many more so that they gather effective
information within given time period (Birley and Moreland, 2014). For this, it is very essential to
have some skills so that proper outcome will be produced with the help of gathered information.
These skills are as follows:
Time management- In order to conduct the research in an effective manner, it is very
essential to have proper time management skills. If the activities are not completed within given
time frame then the research will not produce effective or required outcome. It has been
identified that I have effective and good time management skill which will assist me in order to
conduct all the activities in an appropriate manner. If proper planning and scheduling will be
done then it will become easy to perform their task and complete the study in a limited time
period.