Assignment: Application: Drawing Conclusions About Research Findings and Their Implications for Clinical Practice
As a current or future nursing researcher and professional, your ability to draw reasonable conclusions from research findings will determine the effectiveness of proposed solutions for clinical nursing practice. As you continue to develop your skill set to become a nursing leader, your exposure to a multitude of research designs, research findings, and evidence-based practice will likely inform how you will absorb this knowledge into meaningful clinical practice. Throughout this course and program, your exposure to different research questions, research study designs, and approaches to addressing serious issues in both nursing and health care confirms the ever-changing landscape in which you have elected to practice. While this is in its own right challenging, it also offers several opportunities to create new knowledge, Throughout this course and program, you will learn about different research questions, research study designs, and ways to deal with serious problems in nursing and health care. This will show you that you have chosen to work in a field that is always changing. This is hard in and of itself, but it also gives us a lot of chances to learn something new. improve upon current nursing practice, and exercise research skills
for positive patient outcomes.
For this assignment, review the research methods and findings of the Kollstedt, Fowler, and Weissman (2019) study. The purpose of this descriptive, exploratory design is to identify distractions impacting patient-centered care. You should draw your own conclusions in how they directly impact patient care.
In a 2- to 3-page, double-spaced paper, describe three conclusions you have drawn from the findings in this study, taking into consideration the limitations of the study. Next describe three implications for clinical practice.
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Program Name or Degree Name, Walden University
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Title of the Paper
Introduces information on the study: includes purpose of the study, methods and findings. This should be a good paragraph or two to include all of the information that is needed. The ideas in this paper should be in your own words and supported by credible outside evidence. Cite the author, year of publication, and page number per APA. The introductory paragraph should receive no specific heading because the first section functions as your paper’s introduction. Create a purpose statement at the end of this introduction. Erase this content and start your first paragraph here.
Conclusions
Propose three conclusions drawn form the findings in the study considering limitations of the study. It would be best for each conclusion to have its own paragraph so that it is clearly delineated. Three separate paragraphs are needed. Citations should be present to support the statements made in this section.
Implications for Practice
This section should include three implications for clinical practice. This section should also be three paragraphs that delineate each implication. Support from the literature is needed.
Conclusion
A short paragraph concluding the paper.
References
List your own references in alphabetical order and in APA format. References should be published within the last five years. In your paper, be sure every reference entry matches a citation, and every citation refers to an item in the reference list.
