Report on Research Skills within a Contemporary Health Environment

This report discusses the significance of research skills within a contemporary health environment, emphasizing its role in improving treatment methods and healthcare services. It highlights the importance of team members in research and the impact of telehealth in Australia. The report addresses ethical considerations in data storage, the role of the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), and specific participant categories. A literature review examines nurses' ability to recognize early symptoms of diseases, advocating for the adoption of track and trigger systems in nursing curricula. The research underscores the importance of research in enhancing patient outcomes and healthcare delivery.

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Research Skills Within a Contempory Health Environment
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Research Skills Within a Contempory Health Environment
Research is an investigative process through which information is acquired in order to
describe, predict, and explain the observed phenomenon. Research is important because it is
through research that, the doctors can come up with new methods of treatments. For example, it
is through research that new medicines are invented, new procedures and tools for treatment for
better health care services (Titler, 2008). Research gives the doctors and nurses opportunity to
embrace new technology and skills of handling different diseases and treating patients
(Steinwachs & Hughes, 2008). This means that research is very important in our contemporary
health care for quality service delivery to the patients.
Part A
For an effective research to take place, there must be team members. Team members are
important in the research process because they are assigned different roles for the purpose of
making sure that each area of the research process is covered for the purpose of quality results.
To conduct an effective research the following groups of people are involved; Facilitator/mentor,
team leaders, staff nurse participants and administrative staffs and each member of the team has
equal responsibilities assigned to them.
Healthcare in Australia has been on the top list of issues that require more attention due
to its urgency. There is much research that has been carried out in order to have improved health
care services. The introduction of Telehealth services has really helped a lot. With telehealth
services, the patient can easily do clinical communication with their health care providers’ online
right from consultations to service to treatment. This technology has benefited especially those
who are the rural areas and remote regions to be equally able to get medical attention without
having to travel a long way to visit a medical facility (Moule & Goodman, 2009).

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The reason as to why medical research is conducted is the need to improve the
contemporary health care by providing new knowledge and skills required for a better healthcare
outcome. Health research is important for the purpose of introducing new treatment which has
been proven to be a better replacement for the already existing treatment or rather medication.
(Curtis, & Drennan, J 2013 Research can improve practices, for example, the patients with
chronic illness or diseases such as hypertension, cancer, blood pressure and others can improve
their health conditions by having a positive attitude, taking their medication and living and eating
healthy regardless of their conditions. It is through research that patients having chronic diseases
have better and alternative medication and treatment to help them control their conditions
(Dickson, & Tholl). With the new technology on how to treat cancer, for example, has reduced
the mortality rate compared to the previous means of treatment. It is through research that
technology has been improvised on the treatment of cancer right from screening in the early
stages to main treatment for cancer patients (McCormack, 2017). It is proven that at institutions
where research is done the rate of patients’ recovery is high compared to institutions where
research is not conducted. Research is vital for better health care services delivery in a country.
Part B.
Ethics and Data storage
Q.9. Data must be carefully stored for the period of five years or more, the fact that a lot of
funds is used to support research it is important that the data is kept safe for references and
comparisons. Data should be stored in a way that it restricts any other institutions to access
information apart from the team members who are the only ones authorized to do so. Data files
need to be linkable but at the same time be held separately so that they can only be linked only

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by authorized researchers. This is to ensure that data cannot be tampered with or removed from
the secure system (Stevens, 2013).
Q.10. Human Research can be conducted with an approval of the Human Research Ethics
Committee (HREC). HREC is an important system in Australia and it provides ethical oversight
to research involving humans. The responsibility of researchers to gain ethics committee
approval involves; researchers designing a research project and filling in all human research
application form then the supervisors signing application documents and take responsibilities for
all aspects of the project, these documents are then submitted to the Human Research Ethics
Office (HERO) who signs to authorize the submission. The HERO acknowledges the receipts of
the application and sends a letter to the chief investigator and finally, HERO coordinates the
review and approval of the ethics application.
Q. 11. The three categories of participant include;
• Women who are pregnant and the human fetus
• People with cognitive impairment, intellectual disability or mental illness
• People who highly depend on medical care and may not be able to give consent
Part C
Literature review
Q. 13. This research aims at tackling issues that arise due to lack of nurse urgency in tackling or
dealing with early symptoms of various diseases before they become adverse, these issues
include poor recognition of early symptoms of illnesses, the delayed asking for assistance from
the skilled personnel, and need for systems that enable to get information necessary for their
expertise (Leonard, & Kyriacos 2015). The research objectives are to assess respondents’ ability

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to identify abnormal findings in respiratory and heart rate, oxygen saturation level, systolic blood
pressure, level of consciousness, urinary output and normal temperature.
There was a descriptive observational survey research conducted in one nursing college
in Cape Town, South Africa, using a self- administered adapted questionnaire to collect data. A
sample of 77/212 of fourth-year students with the majority of respondents being female and
above 25 years. The Afrikaans language was the first respondents followed by isiXhosa and
lastly English. Most respondents recognized normal temperature. In overall there would have
been delays in calling for skills in critical illness compared to psychological parameters.
Conclusively, the article presents the notion that nonrecognition of deterioration in patient’s
clinical status, as well as delays in the intervention by the healthcare providers, impact the
patients negatively. Besides, it promotes the chances of severe adverse effects to the patients.
The article recommends that nursing curricular should adopt the track and trigger system in
practice to promote positive patient outcomes.
References

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Curtis, E. A., & In Drennan, J. (2013). Quantitative health research: Issues and methods.
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England: McGraw-Hill Education.
Dickson, G., & Tholl, B. (n.d.). Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a
Caring Environment [recurso electrónico]: A New Perspective.
Leonard, M. M., &Kyriacos, U. (2015). Student nurses’ recognition of early signs of abnormal
vital sign recordings. Nurse Education Today 35(9). 11-
18.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.04.013
McCormack, B. (2017). Person-centred healthcare research. Wiley-Blackwell.
Moule, P., & Goodman, M. (2009). Nursing Research: An Introduction. London: Sage
Publications.
Steinwachs, D. M., & Hughes, R. G. (2008). Health Services Research: Scope and Significance.
Retrieved fromhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2660/7.
Stevens, K. (2013). The impact of evidence-based practice in nursing and the next big
ideas. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 18(2), 1-13
Titler, M. G. (2008). The evidence for evidence-based practice implementation.