Clinical research

normal boundaries and reach solutions based on a new understanding of complex situations. For example, a multidisciplinary approach is used by the multidisciplinary team in health care with an aim to address the complex clinical and nursing needs. Also, multidisciplinary research is a pursuit of truth with the help of numerous specialized branches of learning which aims at achieving a common aim with the aid of knowledge of other disciplines. Then again, it’s an investigation or inquiry into a…

advantages and disadvantages, so it is impossible to determine which is better, as each study’s effectiveness depends on its nature. Case studies, experiments, and correlational studies all have something in common, though: they can all be affected by research bias. This is a disadvantage in any study, and can sometimes drastically affect the results. A case study can be defined as “an intensive description and analysis of a specific group.” (Christensen, 2013). In a case study, one person is…

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: The end stage renal disease (ESRD) is a debilitating, chronic condition whereby the renal failure requires dialysis or renal replacement therapy (RRT) to survive (USRDS, 2002) According to the National Health Survey (NHS) 2009 it is evident that the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) among the adults in England is around 13%. Over the last four decades, there has been a major development in treatment of CKD that has improved the life expectancy when compared to previous years…

ethics within scientific research, sixty participants were surveyed and prompted to express their level of agreement on choices taken within specific ethical dilemmas. The ethical dilemmas questioned the ethics within the consent of cognitively impaired research participants, and the involvement of family members within research studies. 70% of the participants agreed that it was ethical to include family members who have the medical condition of interest within scientific research. This finding…

populations because it is tricky to determine whether their acceptance to a clinical study is voluntary. This is because prisoners are held in police custody for their crimes and thus the research organization must make sure the prisoners are not being coerced. Prisoners are easy targets and heave been exploited in the past by research institutes (Hornblum, 1997, 1998; Mitford, 1974). The IRB-HSR decide if prospective clinical trial with prisoners satisfy the conditions under 45 CFR 46, Subpart…

Overview Research is important to the professional nurse’s practice; this fact is substantiated in numerous textbooks, websites, and articles. Nurses are challenged to provide the highest quality care for their patients on a daily basis; the processes and tools of evidence-based practice can help nurses respond to these challenges (Prevost, 2014, p. 20). Kearney-Nunnery (2012) posits that involvement in research in any form adds to our knowledge base, enhances our practice, promotes improved…

Salkind Assignment 1 The article, The Clinical Representativeness of Couple Therapy Outcome Research Family Process by Wright et al., (2007) uses different statistical procedures such as ANOVA, mean, standardized deviation, probability, and correlation coefficient to support their hypothesis. The results from this study provide support to the hypothesis that clinical representativeness of couple therapy outcome studies is a meaningful construct and a reliably assessed by independent observers.…

medicine. Despite this, in recent years (that is, relative to the existence of animal testing), such research has received significant amounts of criticism, primarily being that animal testing is cruel, inhumane and unnecessary. However, opponents of animal testing overlook several factors as to why animal testing occurs - if humanity truly found it unnecessary to use animal specimens in research, we simply would not. Humane Treatment of Specimens The first of these factors is the fact that…

Animal Testing for Medical Research Animal testing for medical research is conducted all throughout the world. It helps scientists discover new drugs, vaccinations, and cures for a multitude of diseases. These diseases included, lung cancer, heart disease, strokes, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, hepatitis C, Parkinson’s disease and several others. (Americans for Medical Process) However, discovering these drugs and cures did not transpire without a cost. While these revelations may have saved…

Goals This course helped in the understanding of research and how important it is to thoroughly examine the research article prior to utilizing it. The first goal was to be able to apply application to nursing practice. Application is defined as, “use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace” (Randall, 2010). This goal was partially met. Research articles that were picked for thorough…