Nursing Research: Exploring Research Methods in Nursing Practice

This assignment explores the use of qualitative and quantitative research methods in nursing, including their advantages and disadvantages. The solution begins by comparing and contrasting these two primary research approaches, discussing their strengths and weaknesses in the context of nursing research. Qualitative research is presented as providing in-depth understanding and detailed information, while quantitative research is highlighted for its ability to provide quantifiable results and generalizable findings. The assignment further discusses the application of mixed methodologies, which combine both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The solution also describes how nurses incorporate updated information from new evidence-based practice (EBP) research to improve patient care. References to relevant literature support the discussion, illustrating how nurses utilize EBP to enhance their practice and deliver high-quality, cost-efficient patient care. The document serves as a helpful resource for nursing students seeking to understand research methodologies and their practical application.

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Question 1:
For clinical research, mixed methodologies for study are continually implemented to
improve the comprehensive and broad knowledge of nursing phenomena. Across different fields,
researchers often use qualitative and quantitative analysis tools and methods. Some of these
scholars are known as qualitative researchers while others are classified as quantitative
researchers. The researchers are therefore highly polarized and seek to demonstrate the benefits
of their preferred methods and solutions. But the techniques and strategies are both have pros and
cons (qualitative and quantitative) (Rahman, 2017).
Qualitative study is not about empirical representatively, but about more in-depth
knowledge of a specific problem. The researcher is the objective and the subject for his research
in qualitative research. The qualitative methodology aims to provide illustrative and detailed
information to understand the different dimensions of the analyzed problem. Therefore,
qualitative research discusses unquantifiable aspects of reality that rely on the interpretation and
clarification of the social relations ' dynamics (Rahman, 2017). Qualitative analysis techniques
and methods have some advantages. Primary qualitative research provides a dense (detailed)
summary of the feelings, perceptions and perspectives of the participants. Second, some people
argue that interpretivism, qualitiative research, helps to understand the human experience in
particular situations holistically. Thirdly, the approach of interpretivism research has the ability
to comprehend various folks' voices, meanings and occasions and to look at individual cases or
circumstances. Fourth, quality research helps researchers to explore the inner experience of the
subjects and to decide how concepts are influenced by and in society. Finally, qualitative
research (interactive approach) has the flexibility to construct and rebuild the design. In addition
to these advantages, certain limitations are evident. Qualitative methods to study often cut out

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social sensitivities and focus more on concepts and perceptions. Second, the findings of
qualitative analysis will offer policymakers low legitimacy. Thirdly, the issue of generalisability
to the entire population of the study is posted in the research methodology by smaller samples.
Data interpretation and analysis can then be harder or more complex. Finally, the results can be
generalized only very limited to the larger population (Rahman, 2017).
On the other hand, the quantitative research results could be quantified. As the samples
are representatives of the population and are generally large, the results are considered as a
general overview of the whole community. Disciplines like mathematics and statistics play an
essential role in interpreting and generalizing the outcomes produced. Primary objective
quantitative research is especially appropriate if quantifiable measurements of variables and
inferences can be collected from population samples. Structured protocols and structured data
collection methods are embraced for quantitative analysis. The data is objective and
systematically collected. Finally, numerical analyzes are conducted using statistical procedures
softwares, like Stata, SPSS or R (Queirós, Faria & Almeida, 2017). The results which are
obtained are likely to be comprehensive for a sub-population or whole population because of the
random selection of sample. In addition to sampling, the analysis of data takes less time when
SPSS is used. Quantitative analysis should then be focused on the positivist observable model.
Owing to the above strengths, there are also limitations in quantitative research. The paradigm of
positivism study leaves out joint denotations. It also fails to find profounder significances and
clarifications. Another drawback of quantitative study is that positivism cannot compensate for
the formation and preservation of social reality or the perception of human actions and others.
The quantitative analysis model overlooks the views and viewpoints of subjects in heavily

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controlled environments because the data collection method requires a direct relationship
between researchers and participants (Queirós, Faria & Almeida, 2017).
Question 2:
At my workplace, Nurses incorporate updated information from new EBP research so
that they can use and implement current practices. In an ever-changing and complicated system
for healthcare, healthcare workers like nurses must continue to find innovative methods for
nursing. To integrate qualitative research within its nursing practice, nurses complete the
program RM to BSN (Doorenbos, 2014). The nurses utilize the EBP approach that helps them to
enhance their practice by providing the highest quality and most cost-efficient patient care
possible.

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References
Doorenbos, A. Z. (2014). Mixed methods in nursing research: an overview and practical
examples. Kango kenkyu. The Japanese journal of nursing research, 47(3), 207.
Rahman, M. S. (2017). The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Qualitative and
Quantitative Approaches and Methods in Language" Testing and Assessment" Research:
A Literature Review. Journal of Education and Learning, 6(1), 102-112.
Queirós, A., Faria, D., & Almeida, F. (2017). Strengths and limitations of qualitative and
quantitative research methods. European Journal of Education Studies.