Quantitative and Qualitative Research Review Discusion

  Describe the qualitative design (or methodology) of the article you selected. Present the strengths and limitations of this type of design according to the textbook, and explain how these strengths and limitations are reflected in your study. FYI: Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice File will be uploaded Quantitative and Qualitative Research Review Quantitative research collects and measures numerical data for analysis through polls, surveys, and existing statistical utilizing computational techniques (Grove, Burns, & Gray, 2015). One of the quantitative research study selected in Cholli et al. (2016), who wanted to find out the preferences and perspectives from family members on the use of whiteboards and make recommendations for utilizing whiteboards in improving patient-centered care and communication. This is a quantitative research study because it uses descriptive quantitative design. The researchers used semi-structured interviews to collect quantitative data on the variables of interest in the study. Dyads in the project team conducted the interviews, and they manually recorded the responses participants. The research instrument indicates that this is a quantitative research study since it uses quantitative methods. In addition, the researchers analyzed the quantitative data using descriptive statistics (Cholli et al., 2016). The article is published by the Hospital pediatrics, which is the American Academy of Pediatrics journal. I selected it because it publishes original peer-reviewed research articles. On the other hand, qualitative research studies explore situations, ideas, phenomenon, and opinions in order to get a better understanding of reasons, motivations and opinions in a given population using qualitative research designs and methodology (Polit & Beck, 2017). In the study by Slatore et al. (2012), they wanted to find out “Communication by Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit: Qualitative Analysis of Domains of Patient-Centered Care.” This is a qualitative study since it uses ethnographic observations, a qualitative research design. The researchers used a prospective, multiple case study design, which is a qualitative design. The study aimed at examining qualitatively communication among nurses in patient-centered care (PCC) under the theoretical framework. This clearly indicates that this is a qualitative research study. In addition, the research instrument or data collection instrument was through observation in which trained observers observed the communication and interactions for about ten hours in a day. Also, the researchers obtained qualitative data through semi-structured interviews audio-recording and transcribing. This enabled the researchers to collect qualitative data for the purposes of this study. This is also a qualitative study because the researchers entered the data collected into the NVivo software, which is a qualitative analysis tool by QRS International (Slatore et al., 2012). I selected this article because communication is key in health care and has a direct impact on the quality of patient care. Additionally, I selected the American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC) because it publishes peer-reviewed and reliable scholarly articles and it is considered as an excellent resource for evidence-based nursing research. References Cholli, P., Meyer, E. C., David, M., Moonan, M., Mahoney, J., Hession-Laband, E., ... & Bell, S. K. (2016). Family Perspectives on Whiteboard Use and Recommendations for Improved Practices. Hospital pediatrics, 6(7), 426-430. Grove, S. K., Burns, N., & Gray, J. (2015). Understanding nursing research: Building an evidence-based practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (Tenth ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Slatore, C. G., Hansen, L., Ganzini, L., Press, N., Osborne, M. L., Chesnutt, M. S., & Mularski, R. A. (2012). Communication by nurses in the intensive care unit: qualitative analysis of domains of patient-centered care. American Journal of Critical Care, 21(6), 410-418.