Research Report Analysis: Identifying Components and PICO Statements

This assignment analyzes two nursing research reports: "Nursing records at a teaching hospital: a quasi-experimental study" and "The Lived Experiences of Nurses Caring For Dying Pediatric Patients." The first study is quantitative, evaluating nursing records before and after an educational intervention, focusing on legislative compliance. The second study is qualitative, exploring the experiences of nurses caring for dying pediatric patients through semi-structured interviews and identifying seven key themes. The assignment requires identifying the research type, population, clinical problem, intervention/comparison, and outcome (PICO) for each study. The analysis demonstrates an understanding of research methodologies and the ability to extract key information from nursing research articles.

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I Article: “Nursing records at a teaching hospital: a quasi-experimental study”
1. This research is quantitative empirical interventional used for evaluation of pretest and post
test type over a given sample.
2. This study focuses on nursing staff as a sample population, which involved night shift nurses,
practical nurses and nursing assistants from ICU, surgical and medical departments.
3. The medical records collected by the nurses in hospitals were evaluated for their adherence to
legislative standards in the teaching hospitals.
4. The study involved educational interventions to evaluate the records of the nursing staff for
their adherence with legislative specifications in hospital considering the institutional sector,
professional category, shifts of working schedule, and the offences recorded in each registration
before and after the implementation of educational intervention.
5. The observations of data before and after the intervention were compared with the legislative
standards.
6. Evaluation of 826 records was done. Evaluation of 465 records was completed prior to
intervention and evaluation of 361 records was done post intervention. Highest number of
medical recordings was reportedly notified in ICUs followed by night shift. The intervention

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resulted into improvements in recording of performance by the nurses, while the strategy
encouraged positive changes on ground.
PICO : The medical records noted by nurses on daily basis were evaluated in different
departments of teaching hospital, for comparison with legislative compliance through quasi
experimental educational intervention and found that there was a significant improvement in
performance of nursing teams in maintaining the records at work.
Article 2: “The Lived Experiences of Nurses Caring For Dying Pediatric Patients”
1. This research is Qualitative and involves analysis of experiences, attitudes and feelings of
Nurses while caring for the children who are in their terminal illness and are dying at the
hospitals.
2. The study collects the data from sample population of 9 female registered nurses aged 24 to 37
years employed in pediatric units having 1 to 4 years experience of work.
3.The clinical problem being investigated is dying process of pediatric patients and those who
are in last moments of their life.
4. The study involved semi structured interviews of 9 participant nurses and is based on the

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research method of Van Manen (1990) accomplished in 6 steps.
5. The study involves comparison and illustration of different feelings and experiences of nurses
while caring for the dying children in terms of 7 themes: feelings of ambivalence, relationship,
inevitability, sorrow, empathy and self preservation. These themes were discussed during 9
interviews of dying pediatric patients.
6. The outcomes of the study were illustration of Nurses’ experiences and passion while caring
for the dying pediatric patients under 7 themes discussed in the interviews. The nurses identified
that their presence was required to ease the sufferings of the child. Few nurses had the doubt
about their own capability for the care provided by them. However the feelings of the nurses
were that they were present in pediatric wards to assist comfort, guide and support the children
and their family. The seven themes as discovered during the study were feelings of ambivalence,
relationship, inevitability, sorrow, empathy and self preservation.
PICO: The study involved a population of 9 Registered Nurses, interviewed for illustrating their
experiences during they were caring for the dying children in the hospital. The outcome of the
study came out into 7 themes.
References
Curcio, D.L.(2017). The Lived Experiences of Nurses Caring For Dying Pediatric Patients.
PEDIATRIC NURSING. 43(1). 1-8.

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Dutra HS, Mendes SE, Carneiro SM, Costa FM, Barboza RCP & Ribeiro LC. (2016). Nursing
records at a teaching hospital: a quasi-experimental study. Online braz j nurs [internet] 15
(3).351-360. Available from: http://www. objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/5470