Qualitative Research Designs

Discussion: Qualitative Research Designs

Type of document Article Critique

Number of pages/words 1 Page Double Spaced (approx 275 words per page)

Subject area Nursing

Academic Level Master

Style APA

Number of sources/references 3

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To prepare:

1-Reflect on the comments made by Dr. Mauk in this week’s media presentation on the value of qualitative research in nursing. (Laureate Education (Producer). (2012l). Qualitative and mixed methods research designs. Baltimore, MD: Author.

This video features Dr. Kristen Mauk’s overview of how she applied qualitative research designs and methods to her doctoral dissertation work. Dr. Mauk explains the advantages of qualitative research as well as strategies for increasing credibility when conducting qualitative or mixed methods research.

2-Locate the journal Qualitative Health Research in the Walden Library.

From this journal, select an article of interest to you that was published within the last 3 years.

3-Review the information on different qualitative research designs in Chapter 21 of your course text. (Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

Chapter 21, “Qualitative Research Design and Approaches”

This chapter introduces qualitative research designs. It provides an overview of the different types of qualitative research and then describes each one in greater detail, outlining how and when they should be used.)

4-Determine what qualitative research design was used in your selected article and evaluate whether it was the best choice.

5-Consider ethical issues involved in the study and how the researchers addressed them.

6-Think about how using a quantitative design would have affected the type of data gathered.

7- Include in your paper an APA citation for the article that you selected.

References needed for this discussion: ( use the media mentioned before)