240318P - WHITHER NURSING RESEARCH

Presentation at a Nursing Research Program on Monday, March 18, 2024 at PNU by Dr Omar Hasan Kasule Sr. Chairman, Institutional Review Board

 

1.0  RESEARCH: WHAT?

• Data collection and analysis to generate generalizable knowledge.
• Qualitative and quantitative.
• Observational and experimental.
• Difference between research and a quality project.
• Nursing research is a priority.

 

2.0 RESEARCH: WHY?

• Find better treatments: more effective, cheaper, fewer adverse effects, easier to use, locally relevant.
• Improve clinical effectiveness… researchers use up-to-date knowledge.
• Rankings.

 

3.0 RESEARCH: TOPIC

• Start with immediate areas of professional engagement.
• Start with problems that need solutions.
• Can join a research team with similar interests.

 

4.0 RESEARCH: HOW?

• Problem.
• Hypothesis: educated guess.
• Variables: independent (causes), dependent (outcome), confounding/effect modification.
• Study design: observational (cross-sectional, case-control, follow-up) and experimental (clinical trial, community trial).
• Data collection: questionnaire, existing records, measurement.
• Data analysis: descriptive and analytic.

 

5.0 RESEARCH: PROBLEMS

• Originality and the problem of plagiarism
• Authorship problems: ghost, friend, boss
• Data: cooked, Inaccurate, incomplete
• Publication: must get IRB approval

 

6.0 HOW TO APPLY

• Requirements
• Exempt application
• Consent
• Amendment