Reference no: EM133722787
Topic: In acute nursing care, how do high nurse-to-patient ratios and high acuity compared to low nurse-to-patient ratios in high-acuity settings influence patient outcomes during the patient stay in the hospital?
Part 1:
(About 1-2 pages single-spaced)
For this section of your research proposal assignment, you will focus on the implementation plan, which includes considerations for ethics, recruitment practices, and a plan for how you will collect your data. Please note that you will not explain how to analyze your data in this section, but rather how you will go about collecting the data.
The following components must be addressed:
Explain how you will ensure your research is conducted in an ethical manner
Include a copy of an informed consent that will be included for participants of your research proposal project (see pp. 202-203 for a sample)
Explain how you will recruit participants for your study, and how your recruitment process will remain ethical. Be sure to address any incentives (if applicable)
Explain what quantitative data you will collect and how you will go about collecting this data (survey, questionnaire, observation, etc.)
APA formatting, references, and citations are required.
Part 2:
(At least 2 pages single spaced not including title page or reference page)
For this section of your research proposal assignment, you will carefully design a plan for analyzing your quantitative data. Explain in detail how you will go about analyzing your data. Be sure to:
Include definitions of all variables
Identify your null hypothesis and research hypothesis
Include the type of analysis to be conducted (correlation, t-test, confidence interval, regression, ANOVA, ANCOVA, etc.)
Explain why this type of analysis is most appropriate for your research
Identify the significance level (typically set to .05, but may be set to .01 or .10)
Explain what results you are looking for in your quantitative study (how will you know if you will accept or reject your null and research hypothesis?)