Reference no: EM133560227

The nurses on a med-surg unit have a variety of patients discharged with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. This is the most commonly prescribed device for treating sleep apnea disorders. Researchers know that only about half of people prescribed a CPAP use it successfully. The nurses on the med-surg unit contact the nurse scientist at the hospital to find out more about what might be done to help patients succeed with their use of CPAP

1. What is the first thing the nurses will need to do? How will the nurses accomplish it?

2. What might be one research question the nurses come up with?

3. When the nurses start their literature review, what key words might they use to search with?

4. What theory or conceptual framework might they use for their research? Describe the theory or discipline as well as the level and scope.

5. Why is it important to have a theory or conceptual framework for quantitative studies? For qualitative studies?

6. Using the research question, write hypothesis and tell what kind of question it is.

7. What are the components of a clinical question? Describe each of them.

8. What does a qualitative research design help us understand?

9. What does quantitative research seek to do?