Question

Give an example of how experimental design is used in your nursing discipline and why is it important

Answer 1

Ans) Research is important to the nursing profession. It is designed to provide new knowledge, improve health care, and challenge current nursing practice with new ideas.

- Evidence-based nursing practice comes from the idea that the care we provide be determined by sound research rather than by clinician preference or tradition.

- Understanding how to select the best design to answer a research question or test a hypothesis is the first step in conducting meaningful research. This process assists nurses as they read and critique original research articles. Nursing practice is seldom changed based on one study.

- It is the accumulation of results from several studies, often using different research designs that provide enough evidence for change.

- There are different quantitative research designs, including descriptive, correlational, true-experimental, quasi-experimental designs. Each design offers a unique approach or plan for answering a nursing research question.

- Nurses have an overview of relevant research designs for nursing research and be able to select an appropriate design as a framework or guide for a potential study.