Guided questions Answer Template (Please do not Remove the questions)
| Guided Question | Qualitative Study | Quantitative Study |
| Aim andSignificance (5 marks 200 words) | ||
| a. What was the aimand significance ofthe study? | ||
| Methods (10 marks 700 words) | ||
| a. Identify the research design used in the study and was it appropriate for the issue discussed? | ||
| b. Discuss the sampling technique, inclusion and exclusion criteria used for the selection of sample in the study | ||
| c.Explore the data collection method and its appropriateness to the research design of the study | ||
| Data analysis and results (10 marks 600 words) | ||
| a.How was the data analysed and was it appropriate for the study? | Data was analysed parallel with the interviews, After every interview the data was coded independently and the codes were compared and analysed for creating coding tree. The consensus meetings and the codings were performed recurrently for the first 15 interviews. The coding for the remaining 5 interviews was divided with one author reviewing and the other coding. Sorting and analysis of test fragments was done as per the identified themes. | . In this study, data was analysed through Statistic Package for Social Sciences version 20. Descriptive statistics was applied on the data collected from online survey to identify the logical responses and missing data. The strength of association between the three variables (medication errors, safe medication practice and workplace relationships) was investigated using frequency distribution and spearman’s correlation (SC). SC is a technique implemented to evaluate the direction and strength of a relationship between the two or three variable factors (Shuttleworth, 2018). In this study SC found that unsupportive workplace relationships are inversely associated with medication errors and erosion of safe medication practices. It was appropriate for the study for targeting a particular section of people, assessing their opinions and genuine views of genuine cross section of the nurses, and finding correlation between the three. |
| b.What were the findings/results of the study? | 20 Nurses were approached and three themes were analysed namely: Nurses role and responsibilities in medication safety, nurses’ ability to work in safe practices and their acceptance of safe practices. The factors affecting the nurses ability to work safely were identified as awareness of the risk of medication errors and the circumstances in which the nurse work. | The result of the study was: An increase in disruptive nurse and physician behaviour ruins the safety of medication among the graduate nurses. Study identified the importance of disruptive nurse behaviour in eroding the safe medication practices. |
| c.Discuss the limitations and recommendations of the study? | The findings of the qualitative study could be transferrable and may be relevant to other healthcare settings as well. The factors like work pressure and dependency of others might influence the practice environment of the settings which might impact the nurses role to perform the essential functions. Ethical approval was also not considered necessary for the study. The study recommends that the role of nurses should be supported by evidence based safety practices. The safety principles should be addressed by the nursing managers to develop a professional practice environment with consistent professional development. | The participants were recent graduates who were contacted through emails. It is possible that they did not access their email accounts. Another limitation was convenient sample, shortage of information on non responders and use of self report. The self reported data could be inaccurate and the sample of respondents’ population may not reflect the people under study. |
References
Shuttleworth,M.(2018). Survey Research Design. Retrieved from https://explorable.com/survey-research-design
