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Week 5 Assignment: Research Designs

• DueJun 7 by 11:59pm
• Points225
• Submittinga file upload

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)

Due Date

Submit the completed this assignment by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5.

Points

This assignment is worth 225 points.

Directions for Preparing the Scholarly Paper

1. Read each of these instructions.
2. Read the assignment grading rubric criteria. Your paper will be graded using the assignment grading rubric criteria.
3. Review the Recommended Guideline (Links to an external site.). The guideline is a recommended outline only and does not substitute for your assignment grading rubric.
4. Review the following link which contains a tutorial for your Week 5 Assignment. Tutorial may look slightly different session to session. Grading criteria and rubric will be the same. Click here for the transcript. (Links to an external site.) https://lms.courselearn.net/lms/video/player.html?video=0_72mxt830
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. This is a short, scholarly paper. The assignment should be 3-4 pages in length not including the title page and references page.
9. Submit the completed assignment on the Week 5: Assignment page.

Best Practices

• For questions about this assignment, please contact your instructor.
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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/AAC…

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 Rubric

NR439 Week 5 Assignment Rubric

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroduction Write 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

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQuantitative Research Write 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

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQualitative Research Write 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

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResearch Sampling Write 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

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCredible Nursing Practice Write 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

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConclusion Write a short, concise, thorough summary of the main points of the paper.

32.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeScholarly Writing, Mechanics, Organization, Spelling, Sentence Structure, Grammar.

8.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA Formatting

8.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSupporting Evidence Uses 2 or more relevant scholarly sources to support writing. Textbooks should not be used.

9.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLate Deduction

0.0 pts

Total Points: 225.