Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data - NURS 8200

Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data – NURS 8200

NURS 8200 Week 3 Assignment – Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data

How is quantitative research conducted? What issues are important for researchers to keep in mind as they conduct a study? One of the most important considerations in quantitative research is how to select an appropriate subset, or sample, of a population to study, so that inferences using the data can be made about the overall population. The measurement process is also critical, as researchers must determine how to describe and measure concepts in ways that produce valid and reliable results. As a health care professional, it is vital that you understand how these key issues affect the collection of data that may be used to inform evidence-based practice. This week focuses on sampling methods and data collection, two critical components of the research process. You continue to develop your article critique by evaluating the sampling and data collection methods used in your selected study.

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Learning Objectives for Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data – NURS 8200

Students will:

Describe the target population and sampling strategy using the research question identified in Week 2>
Formulate an appropriate approach for collecting data from a selected sample

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Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Media

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Research methods for evidence-based practice: Quantitative research: Sampling.Baltimore, MD: Author. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes. In this week’s video, the presenter explores some key considerations in health care research for the sampling process. Accessible player –Downloads– Download Video w/CC Download Audio Download Transcript

Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data Required Readings

Gray, J.R., Grove, S.K., & Sutherland, S. (2017). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.

Chapter 15, “Sampling”. Chapter 15 introduces key concepts and components of sampling theory and the sampling process. The chapter discusses several important sampling considerations, including target population, hypothetical population, accessible population, elements, subjects, participants, and generalizability of research findings based on sampling methods.
Chapter 20, “Collecting and Managing Data”. Chapter 20 explains how data collection is an integral part of research and presents methods for collecting and managing data.

Corrigan, P. W., Tsang, H. H., Shi, K., Lam, C. S., & Larson, J. (2010). Chinese and American employers’ perspectives regarding hiring people with behaviorally driven health conditions: The role of stigma. Social Science & Medicine, 71(12), 2162–2169. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.08.025

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases. This article discusses a mixed-method study of the work opportunities for people with behaviorally driven health conditions such as HIV/AIDS and drug and alcohol abuse. The article describes the results of qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys of employers in China and the United States in an effort to analyze employer perspectives, stigma, and the possibility for stigma change. Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data – NURS 8200.

Williams, H., Harris, R., & Turner-Strokes, L. (2009). Work sampling: A quantitative analysis of nursing activity in a neuro-rehabilitation setting. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(10), 2097–2107.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases. This article describes a quantitative research study on the amount of time nurses spend on direct patient care in a neuro-rehabilitation setting. The article offers suggestions for future studies that focus on work sampling and discusses how staffing requirement estimates should consider indirect care and non-patient activities in addition to direct patient care needs.

NB: This is a sample for the Week’s Discussion, which is different from the Assignment.

NURS 8200 Discussion: Sampling SAMPLE

Researchable Populations

The researchable populations in this author’s systematic review would be looking at the number of tools that are available for identification of patients that might be at risk for suicide in the Emergency Department. Quantitative research will be utilized in order to use the data collected to gather information for the systematic review that I will be completing. Hopefully, as learned in the video for this weeks learning this will lead to increased knowledge about what suicide screening tool is most effective to increase capturing patients with suicidal ideation prior to them acting on their issues (Laureate Education, 2011) in Some of the tools that have been designed are specifically for behavioral health and focus on depression those would be on the exclusion list. In addition, research will need to be conducted to better understand the low-end age range as right now I am thinking that age 6 and below would be excluded but I have not found literature to support this yet. Patients that present to the Emergency Room with potentially acute suicidal ideation, often focus on physical symptoms and do not address the suicidal ideation unless they are asked specific questions. Although suicidal attempts occur in both males and females, males are four times more likely to complete the act than females (King, Horowitz, Czyz, & Lindsay, 2017). Therefore, all patients would need to be screened using the best possible evidence-based tool for patient’s presenting to the emergency department.

Challenges of the Sample

There will be many challenges in conducting the systematic review, the amount of literature that identifies the many tools that are currently available for use in the emergency department but does not address a best practice tool for nursing to use on this specific patient population utilizing the ED for care. The quality of the evidence will be graded using Melnyk’s Hierarchy of Evidence and included in the summary of findings table in order to ensure the best practice is defined. (Melnyk, & Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data – NURS 8200.

Collecting data for the Sample

The method that this author will take is to conduct a systematic review of the literature looking at current tools utilized for identification of at-risk patients for suicidal ideation. The following databases will be used for the research: CINAHL, Medline, ProQuest, PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Ovid all accessed through the Walden Library after determining the inclusion and exclusion criteria ensuring that only quantitative research is used. Literature for inclusion will be identified using a PRISMA flow diagram (Moher, Liberati, Tetzlaff, Altman, The PRISMA Group 2009). Literature will be organized through the use of a summary of findings table following the recommendation of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews (Higgins &Green, 2011). Again, the quality of the evidence will be graded using Melnyk’s Hierarchy of Evidence and included in the summary of findings table (Melnyk et al., 2015). Analysis and synthesis will be conducted to identify all strengths, weaknesses and any gaps that the research identifies. All of the prior steps should lead to valid and reproducible research that includes a recommendation for screening tool/s. Also, either defining the most appropriate tool to use or else indicating that further research needs to be conducted will be the final outcome.

Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data References

King, C. A., Horowitz, A., Czyz, E., & Lindsay, R. (2017). Suicide risk screenings in health care settings: Identifying males and females at risk. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 24, 8-20.

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Research methods for evidence-based practice: Quantitative research: Sampling.Baltimore, MD: Author

Melnyk, B.M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2015). Rating system for the hierarchy of evidence for intervention/treatment questions” in Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (3rd ed.) (pp. 11). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.

Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed1000097

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Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data Optional Resources

Fawcett, J., & Garity, J. (2009). Evaluation of samples. In Evaluating research for evidence-based nursing (pp. 91–131). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis. Retrieved from http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2010424062&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Walden University. (n.d.). Collecting quantitative data. Retrieved August 1, 2011, from http://streaming.waldenu.edu/hdp/researchtutorials/educ8106_player/educ8106_collecting_quantative_data.html