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Research Proposal Paper Due

What is a research proposal?

The purpose of a research proposal is to identify and formulate questions that arise from nursing practice and to design a research project to study the identified problem. The goal of a research proposal is to present and justify a research idea you have and to present the practical ways in which you think this research should be conducted. Research proposals contain extensive literature reviews and must provide persuasive evidence that there is a need for the proposed research study. In addition to providing a rationale for the proposed research, a proposal describes detailed methodology for conducting the research consistent with requirements of the professional or academic field and a statement on anticipated outcomes and/or benefits derived from the study.

Directions

Write a research proposal using your clinical question formulated earlier in the course that was approved by your instructor. This may be either a qualitative or quantitative research proposal. Your proposal must include APA formatting. The proposal should be a 6–10 in length plus appendices cover page, and reference page. The appendices should include your survey instrument created in week 6. You will be presenting your research proposal in a 6–8 minute recorded presentation in week 8.

Introduction

  • Clearly stated problem and purpose of the study
  • Independent and dependent variables
  • Definition of terms
  • Assumptions, hypothesis, or questions (depending on research type)

Theoretical Framework

  • Description of the theoretical framework to be utilized
  • Identification of the concepts to be explored
  • Rationale for choosing framework

Review of the literature

  • At least four scholarly sources included
  • Appropriateness of the review and the proposal focus
  • Inclusion of primary or secondary sources

Methodology

  • Description of study type (quantitative or qualitative)
  • Description of study design
  • Rationale for the use of the selected design
  • Inclusion of sample size, type, sampling method, inclusion/exclusion criteria, setting, data collection method (instrument), and data collection process
  • Method for Protection of Human Subjects (consent)
  • Questionnaire and consent forms must be included as appendices

Data Analysis

  • Data analysis method is appropriate for study design.
  • Method of data analysis is clearly stated.
  • Method for displaying findings is stated.

Applicability to Nursing

  • Research focuses on a problem significant to nursing.
  • Research would contribute to nursing knowledge.
  • Proposal is complete so that another researcher could replicate the study.
  • Statement about areas of nursing that would benefit from this study.

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Introduction
Nurses who work in this floor always encounter so much when undertaking their
duties. They always see patients who are hurt and broken. There is so much stress which
results from all these things experienced on this floor. The stress on this floor eats the nurses
slowly and they are as well surprising and unannounced, they always eat the nurse’s energy
piece by piece each day or day by day. The stress sometimes comes from the long working
hours and also no regular eating schedule due to the busy work schedule on this floor. These
nurses take care of patients who need a special monitoring. They should work carefully so as
to detect data resulting from potential symptoms of stress or distress. There was a
subsequently a cumulative approach which was used to investigate the connection between
NNL and the continuous scores that are the dependent variables in the hierarchical regression
and analyses. The nurses participating in this study have served for more than six months.
Literature Review
Both day and night shift nurses in this department deal with patients who are in
critical conditions and there is a possibility of the nurses suffering depression. However,
night shift nurses in the orthopedic department are more depressed as compared to the day
time nurses working in the same department. Depression is a severe medical illness which
has an ability to affect the patient’s way of feeling, thinking, and actions. This type of

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diseases causes sadness as well as loss of interest in the activities that the patient used to
enjoy. This is a common illness that the nurses working at telemetry department in orthopedic
floor suffer and this is especially for those who work during the night. Shift work is
considered to be a requirement for the continuation of hospitals as well as residential
facilities. This study will focus on whether nurses working night shift suffer depression more
than the nurses who work during day shift in the telemetry orthopedic unit.
Theoretical framework
Night shift is the most frequent reasons as to why the circadian rhythm which cause
significant alterations of sleep as well as biological functions which are able to affect both
physical and psychological well-being of nurses. As stated above the main objective of this
study is to that shift work at night as compared to shifts at day time is associated with risks of
suffering from depression. This research was done using the cross-sectional method and was
based on the validated self-valuation questionnaires. There was a total of 20 nurses who were
called for participation in this healthy survey and this was done through association of nurses
in America (NNU). Out of the 20 nurses, 10 agreed to participate in the research (Carolan,
and Jorgensen, 2013). The nurses completed questionnaires given to the by moderators where
they filled demographics variables which included age, gender, years of experience as nurses,
and level of education. The questionnaire also consisted of areas such as work schedule,
anxiety/depression, sleepiness, insomnia, and fatigue. There was also a requirement for them
to report the number of shifts which they have worked in the last one year. There were
parameters which were related and they included: nurses working night shifts, nurses who
have never worked at night and lastly nurses who previously worked at night and used binary
logistic regression analyses. There was a subsequently a cumulative approach that was used
to investigate the connection which was between the NNL and continuous scores that are
dependent variables found in the hierarchical regression and analyses (Tweedy, James, 2014).

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According to the health promotional model which was proposed by Nola J Pender in the year
1982 and revised in the year 1996, health is a science as well as the art of helping individuals
to change the way of life in order to have a state which has optimal health. Despite depression
aspects that can be found in nurses, they are supposed to give out positive resources to their
resources so as to help the patients to have positive changes in their health. This theory does
not only apply to the patients but also to the healthcare providers such as nurses. Nurses were
asked a question regarding how they participate in behaviors which they trust will give out
the anticipated health outcomes.
Applicability to Nursing
Depression is a severe medical illness which has an ability to affect the patient’s way
of feeling, thinking, and actions. This type of diseases causes sadness as well as loss of
interest in the activities that the patient used to enjoy. This is a common illness that the nurses
working at telemetry department in orthopedic floor suffer and this is especially for those
who work during the night. Shift work is considered to be a requirement for the continuation
of hospitals as well as residential facilities. This study has shown that working during the
night for the nurses can result in depression. All nurses who work at night are likely to benefit
from this study.

Consent and sample
This study was part of the research which was aimed at finding out whether nurses
experience depression when working at night shift at telemetry department on the orthopedic
floor. This research was approved by NNU in the United States. Numerous aspects of shift
work, as well as working conditions, were investigated. There were invitations that were sent
to various hospitals I the United States and those who were in NNU. The period of the

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research was between 4th March 2016 and 5th August 2016. It was also divided into 5 strata
and this was according to the years of graduation of the nurses participating. After sending 20
hundred letters to the nurses, 10 agreed, 10 nurses had sent back the letters late and 10 of
them never responded. The invitation was sent back to the 10 and they all answered questions
which were about previous and current night working experience.
Methodology
There was an assessment of depression that was found using the Depression scale
(Hoffman, Janice, 2014). And this was largely used during the epidemiological study. The
questionnaire...


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