Assignment: Research Designs

Assignment: Research Designs

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Purpose
A baccalaureate nurse understands, relates, and values the fundamental elements of research, process, and designs as a foundation for an evidence-based practice (AACN, 2008; QSEN, 2018). This assignment provides a learning activity for students to demonstrate understanding of quantitative and qualitative research, the purpose and importance of designs, and how research is critical for creating a credible evidence-based nursing practice.

Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO 1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO 7)
CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO 4 & 8)
CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (PO 7 & 8)

Directions for Preparing the Scholarly Paper
Read each of these instructions.
Read the assignment grading rubric criteria. Your paper will be graded using the assignment grading rubric criteria.
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This assignment is completed as an APA paper. APA resources can be found in your Resources Tab and the library. You are required to complete the paper using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.) . Click on the envelope at the top of the page
Two or more supporting scholarly references are required. Textbooks and assigned readings are not allowed and should not be used as a scholarly source. Use the Chamberlain Library to locate relevant, scholarly sources.
No more than two direct quotes are allowed. You should be using mostly your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the topics/criteria for this assignment. Citations and references must be included.
This is a short, scholarly paper. The assignment should be 3-4 pages in length not including the title page and references page.
Submit the completed assignment on the Week 5: Assignment page.
Best Practices
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Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.
Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.
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Scholarly Sources and Citations
Use APA format in citations and references.
No more than two direct quotes are allowed. Paraphrasing encouraged.
**Academic Integrity**

Chamberlain College of Nursing values honesty and integrity. All students should be aware of the Academic Integrity policy and follow it in all discussions and assignments.

By submitting this assignment, I pledge on my honor that all content contained is my own original work except as quoted and cited appropriately. I have not received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment.

References
American Association of Colleges of Nurses. (2008). Executive summary: The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. http://www.aacnnursing.org/Education-Resources/AACN-Essentials

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses. (2018). QSEN knowledge, skills, and attitude competencies. http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/

Rubric
NR439 Week 5 Assignment RubricNR439 Week 5 Assignment RubricCriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroductionWrite a paragraph introduction incorporating your learning and using mostly your own words to summarize:
a) The need for nursing research.
b) The importance for nurses to understand the basic principles of research.
c) The purpose of your paper.32.0 pts

Thoroughly summarizes criteria in the first column. Excellent details are provided.28.0 pts

Mostly summarizes criteria in the first column or one criteria lacks details or is missing.25.0 pts

Minimally summarizes criteria from first the column or two criteria lack details or is missing.11.0 pts

Poorly summarizes criteria from the first column or all criteria lack details.0.0 pts

All criteria from the first column are missing.32.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQuantitative ResearchWrite a paragraph incorporating your learning and using mostly your own words to summarize:
a) The importance of quantitative research.
b) One type of quantitative design; explain one important feature of this type of design.
c) How quantitative research can help improve nursing practice.34.0 pts

Thoroughly summarizes criteria in the first column. Excellent details are provided.30.0 pts

Mostly summarizes criteria in the first column or one criteria lacks details or is missing.27.0 pts

Minimally summarizes criteria from first the column or two criteria lack details or is missing.13.0 pts

Poorly summarizes criteria from the first column or all criteria lack details.0.0 pts. All criteria from the first column are missing.34.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQualitative ResearchWrite a paragraph incorporating your learning and using mostly your own words to summarize:
a) The importance of qualitative research.
b) One type of qualitative design; explain one important feature of this type of design.
c) How qualitative research can help improve nursing practice.34.0 pts. Thoroughly summarizes criteria in the first column. Excellent details are provided.30.0 pts. Mostly summarizes criteria in the first column or one criteria lacks details or is missing.27.0 pts. Minimally summarizes criteria from first the column or two criteria lack details or is missing.13.0 pts. Poorly summarizes criteria from the first column or all criteria lack details.0.0 pts. All criteria from the first column are missing.34.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResearch SamplingWrite a paragraph incorporating your learning and using mostly your own words to summarize:
a) What is sampling and why is sampling important.
b) One sampling strategy used in quantitative research.
c) One other sampling strategy that you learned.34.0 pts. Thoroughly summarizes all criteria in the first column. Thorough details are provided.30.0 pts. Mostly summarizes criteria in the first column or one criteria lacks details or is missing.27.0 pts. Minimally summarizes criteria from the first column or two criteria lack details or is missing.13.0 pts. Vaguely summarizes all criteria from the first column or all criteria lack details.0.0 pts. All criteria from the first column are missing.34.0 pts

Assignment: Research Designs

Assignment: Research Designs
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCredible Nursing PracticeWrite a paragraph incorporating your learning and using mostly your own words to summarize:
a) How research can help to make nursing practice safer.
b) Why research is critical for creating an evidence-based nursing practice.34.0 pts. Thoroughly summarizes criteria in the first column. Thorough details are provided.30.0 pts. Mostly summarizes criteria in the first column. Good details.27.0 pts. Minimally summarizes criteria in the first column or one criteria lack details or is missing.13.0 pts. Poorly summarizes criteria from the first column or both criteria lack details.0.0 pts. Both criteria from the first column are missing.34.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConclusionWrite a short, concise, thorough summary of the main points of the paper.32.0 pts

Summarizes a short, concise, thorough summary of the main points of the paper.28.0 pts. Mostly summarizes the main points of the paper. Good details.25.0 pts. Writes a vague summary of the paper. Fair details.11.0 pts. Writes a poor summary of the paper. Poor details.0.0 pts. Did not sufficiently provide any of the conclusion criteria or conclusion not discussed.32.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeScholarly Writing, Mechanics, Organization, Spelling, Sentence Structure, Grammar.8.0 pts. Excellent scholarly writing, mechanics, organization, spelling, sentence structure, grammar. No errors noted.6.0 ptsGood writing, mechanics, organization, spelling, sentence structure, grammar. A few errors.3.0 ptsFair writing, mechanics, organization, Spelling, sentence structure, grammar. Some errors noted.2.0 ptsPoor writing, mechanics, organization, spelling sentence structure, grammar. Many errors noted.0.0 ptsVery poor writing, mechanics, and organization. Errors throughout are noted. Writing is difficult to understand or follow.8.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA Formatting8.0 ptsExcellent APA formatting with no errors. Uses mostly own words. No more than 2 direct quotes used.6.0 ptsGood APA formatting with a few errors noted. Three direct quotes used.3.0 ptsFair APA formatting with some errors noted. Four direct quotes used.2.0 ptsPoor APA formatting with many errors noted. Five or more direct quotes used.0.0 ptsVery poor APA with errors noted throughout.8.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSupporting EvidenceUses 2 or more relevant scholarly sources to support writing. Textbooks should not be used.9.0 ptsUses 2 or more relevant scholarly sources to support writing. Textbooks are not used.5.0 ptsUses at least 1 relevant scholarly source to support writing.0.0 ptsNo relevant scholarly sources provided.9.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLate Deduction0.0 pts0 points deductedSubmitted on time0.0 ptsNot submitted on time – Points deducted1 day late =11.25 deduction; 2 days=22.5 deduction; 3 days=33.75 deduction; 4 days =45 deduction; 5 days = 56.25 deduction; 6 days =67.5 deduction; 7 days =78.75 deduction; Score of 0 if more than 7 days late0.0 pts

Assignment: Research Designs

Assignment: Research Designs

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.