Topic One
Nurses use quantitative studies in assessing the cause and effects of measured concepts. Quantitative studies use measurement tools for converting information into numbers. In this topic, nurses will numerically justify the relationship between the wearing of protective gears on children cyclists’ and the increase in accidents to the children cyclists’ in Summerville. The problem in the study is the increase in accidents for the children cyclists’, which drives to the research question, “Does wearing of protective gears on children cyclists’ reduce the bicycle accidents in Summerville?” According to Polit and Beck (2010), nurses will have an interest in understanding more fully the cause of the increase in accidents among the children cyclists’ in Summerville (Polit & Beck 2010).
The variable of investigation in the study is wearing and not wearing of cyclist protective gears, which include helmet and highly visible clothing. The sample selection will involve defining the age group of the study participants, and ensuring the study participants are residents of Summerville in making sure the study has external validity. The variables that may affect the internal validity of the study are the gender, the attitude and the numbers of the study participants. The children participants should reflect the whole population of children cyclists’ in Summerville (Polit & Beck 2010).
Topic Two
A qualitative study develops a theory through inductive reasoning of the human social realities. Qualitative studies are important in the nursing career since they form the basis of evidence-based nursing research. The lack of bicycle safety with children within the Summerville community study will involve identification of social aspects of cycling that have a direct effect on the increase in accidents on cycling children. The study will use phenomenology qualitative design to describe the reality of cyclist accidents with children in Summerville (Polit & Beck 2010).
The design will help understand the patterns of wearing and not wearing cyclist gears among the children in Summerville. The data collection process will involve extensive interviews with the children and their parents, identification of the motivating factors for cycling and reasons for and against wearing safety gears to obtain trustworthy information. Polit and Beck (2010) argue that the interpretation and presentation of the data will evidently demonstrate the problem of cycling and the social concern of the community. Trustworthiness resembles reliability and validity in qualitative research in giving a holistic social phenomena view. On the other hand, the high credibility of results achieves trustworthiness of a qualitative study. Consistency measures the validity while applicability measures the reliability of the qualitative study (Polit & Beck 2010).
New Topic
Topic One
The elements of effective leadership within a coalition are diverse and vary among the nurses. I agree that nursing coalitions require empowerment through an ethical leader. The nurse leaders should listen to the grievances of nursing staff and the patients. I like the initiative the nurses are taking toward offering efficient services with the purpose of achieving the organizational goals and mission.
Topic Two
Evidence-based research is fundamental in demonstrating the relationship of nursing practice and policy priority. I like the initiative of the nurses taking additional courses for the purpose of identification of valid and void evidence-based results. I think the policymakers should not rely on the presentation of the evidence, but should undertake nursing courses to have a solid background of the health concerns.
Reference
Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2010). Generalization in quantitative and qualitative research: Myths and strategies. International journal of nursing studies, 47(11), 1451-1458.