Week 6: Quantitative Analysis and Interpretation: Correlations As a DNP-prepared nurse, patient care will be an integral part of your practice. To meet the needs of patients, you may find yourself searching to understand the relationship between patient care and...
Week 5: Quantitative Analysis and Interpretation: t-Test and ANOVA Statistics provide a variety of information that can shape healthcare. Statistics can indicate disparity in care, effectiveness of treatments plans, and predict future outcomes. As a future...
Week 4: Quantitative Methods: Analyzing Quantitative Data Research allows us to learn more. It allows us to go beyond simple questioning and curiosity. It provides us the opportunity to dig deeper, search for outcomes, and explore meaning. Throughout your practice,...
Week 3: Quantitative Methods: Collecting Quantitative Data You have finally decided on a research topic, and you are eager to begin. You have determined your focus, your purpose, and your plan, so what happens next? For quantitative research, the next step is more...
Week 2: Concepts in Research How do we improve the world around us? How might we improve the practice of nursing and the care we give our patients? Consider how the role of research may answer these two questions. Analyzing, evaluating, and experimenting is the...
Week 1: Introduction to Research Methods What comes to mind when you think of research? What about research in the field of nursing? How is research generated, and how is it applied? What does research mean to the doctoral nursing student? Nursing research addresses...