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Research Problem and Statement (Questions 1 to 4)
Question 1: Answer: c. This is because a problem statement describes the main issue to be discussed or solved by the researcher prior to initiating the research. In this regard, option c clearly identifies the main issue and thus guides the entire research process, ensuring it remains focused. Although the aspect of care remains critical in the study as it is in the nursing practice, the study does not review any other form of care but that offered by instructors to their students. For this reason, options a and d are incorrect. Option b focuses on the need to fill the research gap but this is not the main issue in the study as the researchers were mostly keen on the correlation between the instructors' care on students' perceptions of their own care behaviors (Labrague et al, 2015, p. 1)
Question 2: Answer: b. Since a purpose statement should be able to reflect the research topic and the intended outcome of the study, choice b clearly reiterates the main topic which is the instructors' caring effects to students towards ensuring caring relationships between staff and student nurses. The main outcome of the study is to ensure that student nurses are able to create a caring environment to illustrate their professional objective.
Question 3: Answers are: a, c and e. Groove, Gray and Burns (2015) emphasize on the need for nursing studies to have an ethical dimension, impact to nursing practice and have substantive theoretical dimensions as noted through responses a, c and e, respectively.
Question 4: Answers: c and d. These represent the ethical representations and availability of subjects as recommended by the authors respectively.
Review of the Literature (Questions 5 to 7)
Question 5: Answer a. This is because the review of literature is mainly focused on how previous matters discussed a topic, the existing gap and how it will be filled through the present research and lastly, all these factors are also mentioned in the abstract. Discussing current knowledge may not be entirely relevant.
Question 6: Answer c, d and f. These responses clearly reiterate and summarize the key issues discussed in the review on literature.
Question 7: Answer: a. 10 sources are within 5 years of the publication year, 2015.
Study Framework (Questions 8 to 10)
Question 8: Answer: c. The authors effectively developed a conceptual framework based on theories that support the research theory.
Question 9: Answer: b and c. The two concepts provide an explicit description of the study's research framework.
Question 10: Answer: b. This is because the two concepts advanced in either sides of the statement contribute are equal and dependent. In this regard, nurse students are only able to grow into caring nurses only if they are able to experiences caring relationships between them and their instructors at school.
Research Objectives, Questions, or Hypotheses and research Variables
Question 11: Answer: c. The statement has variables (as noted in the next question), target population and has a relationship that links the variables. These are qualities of a hypothesis.
Question 12: Answers: c and f. c qualifies as a variable in this case since it can influence another variable in the research (f). On the other hand, f is a variable since it is a variant due to the force of another variable and it is the variable being explained in the study.
Question 13: Answer: a. Instructors' caring behaviors can best be implemented trough the nursing curriculum and this is the main concept being emphasized by the study.
Question 14: Answer: a. By implementing a nursing curriculum, nurse students will be more caring and able to utilize this in their profession. The students' caring behaviors are thus sort through the methods in order to explain how care can be learnt, shared and expressed.
Question 15: Answers: a, c, d and e. These are clearly noted in the results implying they were filled in the questionnaire and thus the need to tabulate in order to identify the different compositions of the study group.
Research Design (Questions 16 to 19)
Question 16: Answers: a and c. Both descriptive and non-experimental since the researcher does not manipulate the environment and therefore depends on the observations and interpretations realized to draw conclusions.
Question 17: Answer: a. Cross-sectional because the researchers only took subsets from Greece, India, the Philippines and Nigeria who would be a representation of nurses across the entire world.
Question 18: Answer: d. No new intervention or treatment is designed.
Question 19: Answer: a. A pilot study is specifically mentioned in Labrague et al (2015, p. 341).
Question 20: Answer: b: This is because the research purpose gives the intention of the research based on a brief problem. On the other hand, by explaining to the respondent why he or she has to participate, a brief background of the study is provided and therefore there will be no need to repeat the review of literature in the consent form. Lastly, the procedure to be followed is important as it will help the respondent know how he or she will be involved and if they are confident and willing, they will participate fully.
Reference
Labrague, J. L., McEnroe-Petite M. D., Papathanasiou V. I., Edet, B. O., & Arulappan, J., (2015): Impact of Instructors' Caring on Students' Perception of Their Own Caring Behaviors. Profession and society. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2015; 47:4, 338–346. C⃝2015 Sigma Theta Tau International
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Answer
QUESTION 1
1. Which choices below best reflect the problem statement for the instructor-assigned article?
a. Caring is a core component of the nursing profession and has been considered an important indicator and the foundation of quality nursing educations.
b. No studies exist exploring the impact of instructors' caring on students' caring behaviors.
c. In this study, the authors explored the effect of instructors’ caring on students’ caring behaviors.
d. Caring is learned by experiencing caring interactions with faculty in an environment supported by positive caring faculty-student relationships.
5 points
QUESTION 2
1. Which of the choices below best reflects the purpose statement for the instructor assigned article?
a. The caring clinical environment contributes to increased well-being in nursing students.
b. Caring relationships between faculty and students enable students to grow as caring professional nurses and generate a caring moment.
c. Caring-based curriculum in nursing education provides students an overall view of caring so that they will be able to care for the health of the individual as nurses.
d. To explore the effect of instructors' caring on students' caring behaviors.
5 points
QUESTION 3
1. According to Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015), which of the following statements are important when considering the significance and relevance of a study’s problem and purpose? (Select all that apply.)
a. Does it consider ethical principles in its design?
b. Does it address nursing research priorities?
c. Does it influence nursing practice?
d. Does it identify the population of interest?
e. Does it promote theory testing or development?
f. Does it identify extraneous variables?
5 points
QUESTION 4
1. When considering the feasibility of a study’s problem and purpose, Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015) suggest that several areas should be evaluated, including: researcher expertise, money commitment, ethical considerations, and availability of subjects, facilities, and equipment. Which of the following statements accurately assesses the feasibility of this article? (select all that apply)
a. Funding sources for the study were identified in the article.
b. The author’s credentials to design and conduct research are fully described.
c. Evidence of protection of the subjects’ rights was mentioned in this article.
d. 100% of the eligible students participated in the study.
5 points
QUESTION 5
1. According to Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015), which one of the following is NOT a major purpose of the review of literature (ROL):
a. Describing the current knowledge of the practice problem
b. Identifying gaps in the knowledge base of the practice problem
c. Explaining how the current study contributes to the knowledge being built
d. To describe the abstract of the study in more detail
5 points
QUESTION 6
1. Select three MAJOR topics covered in the review of literature (ROL) from the list below:
a. The aim of nursing education and training is to expose nursing students to an overall view of caring science so that they will be able to grow as caring individuals.
b. Role stress exists for staff nurses and is reported to contribute to work stress and psychological disturbances.
c. Caring is the nurse’s moral ideal of preserving human dignity by assisting a person to find meaning in illness and suffering.
d. The central components in teaching caring are modeling of caring, dialogue that demonstrates caring, an opportunity to practice caring, and feedback to the caring event.
e. Challenges are common to the current work environment and do not impact the nursing students’ caring behaviors.
f. Uncaring instructors provoke negative emotions, impede students’ learning, and their ability to perform nursing skills.
5 points
QUESTION 7
1. Current knowledge in the review of literature (ROL) (all information included before the “Methods”) is considered to be articles that are within 5 years of the publication date of the article. This is often assessed by reviewing the citations that are used in the ROL and counting the number that meet this criteria. Which number below most closely reflects the number of current citations in the ROL?
a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 39
5 points
QUESTION 8
1. Which of these statements best describes this study’s research framework?
a. This study has an implicit framework, which is not fully developed.
b. The authors developed the study’s research framework based on Watson’s theory of caring and Noddings’ Caring Ethics Theory to describe the concept of caring in nursing education.
c. The authors developed a conceptual model for this study.
d. This study uses a theoretical framework based on “role stress” as defined by Chang and Hancock (2003).
5 points
QUESTION 9
1. What are some of the key concepts in this study’s research framework?
a. This study does not have any clearly defined concepts within a framework because it has an implicit framework.
b. Students’ caring behaviors is increased by understanding the relationship between theory and practice.
c. Students’ caring behaviors is learned by experiencing caring interactions with faculty in an environment supported by positive caring faculty-student relationships.
d. Nursing education is an ideal place to promote and develop student caring because this is where personal involvement with others occurs.
5 points
QUESTION 10
1. Which one of the statements below is an example of a relational statement from the study or research framework?
a. This study does not have any clearly defined relational statements because it has an implicit framework.
b. Caring relationships between faculty and students enable students to grow as caring professional nurses and generate a caring moment.
c. Nursing students who experience non-caring instructors may become hardened, depressed, worn down, stressed, and anxious, and these feelings may even impede their learning and ability to perform nursing skills.
d. Caring is a universal need that is an important component in the delivery of nursing care. Nurse educators face the challenge of teaching the value of caring as a necessary part of nursing.
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