Research Design Quantitative and Mixed Methods

Question: Discuss about the Research Design for Quantitative and Mixed Methods. Answer: Introduction: Allan (2010) conducted research to give insight into the subject of mentoring overseas nurses, that mainly took into consideration barriers to non-discriminatory along with effective mentoring process. The author argued that a number of barriers are found to prevail in due course of mentoring overseas nurses in the care home sector as well as National Health Services (NHS). This finding gains supports by a rich pool of data from a certain national study. The data collection ool was that interviews took into consideration 93 overseas nurses as well as 13 local and 24 national mentors and managers coming from 6 research sites. The analysis of the data indicated that overseas students often face discrimination and poor mentoring practices are taken up for these students. Levett?Jones et al., (2009) attempted to study the relationship existing between staff and students and the impact of this relationship on learning and belongingness of the nursing students. 18 students were recruited as sample population from two universities in Australia and one University of the United Kingdom took part in the research that involved in-depth semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis of the collected data was undertaken. It was found that staff-student relationship, including legitimization of the student role, receptiveness, recognition, appreciation, support, inclusion/exclusion, and isssues, had a key role in influencing the learning and sense of belonging of the students. Similarities between the settings were noteworthy. Li et al., (2011) carried out a research to explore the impact peer mentoring program may have on stress levels of nursing students at the time of their clinical practice. A quasi-experimental design was conducted with 49 junior level nurse students, out of which 17 were in the experimental group, and the rest were in the control group. The tool used for evaluating the stress level was a 6-point perceived Stress Scale. Stress from lack of professional skills and knowledge and stress from assignments and workload got the highest scores. Wilcoxon matched paired signed ranks test indicated that there were no significant differences in stress scores were there between control and experimental group. This implied that there are many advantages as well as disadvantages of peer mentoring programs. Wilson (2014) designed a study to understand the lived experience of mentoring and how mentors can be supported. A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology drawing proposed by Heidegger was considered. Twelve mentors, working in different clinical settings in England were the chosen participants through snowball and purposive sampling. Participants brought into focus their experiences of undergoing mentoring with the aid of event diaries and in-depth interviews. The study revealed that the meaning of mentor is the 'educational use of self.' Mentors revealed that relations had a major role in good educational experience. The proposed study would have a qualitative research approach. Phenomenology research design would be appropriate for the proposed research. The research aims to explore the perceptions and views of the nursing students. The valuable experiences of the nurses are to be highlighted through the research. Phenomenological approach would, therefore, be suitable for the research. The aim of phenomenological approach is to throw light on the particular phenomenon through the perceptions of the participants of a research. Phenomenology is related with the exploration of experience from the point of view of the individuals (Lewis, 2015). Phenomenology is a descriptive, inductive research approach developed from the phenomenological philosophy. It aims to describe the experience lived by an individual. Phenomenology is a useful vehicle to illumine and simplify key and imperative issues for research. The four steps of this form of research are bracketing, intuiting, analysing and describing (Kelly et al., 2014). Interviews would be conducted for data collection tool. Phenomenological research is usually conducted with interviews, participant observation and discussion being the data collection tools as they help in translating the gathered information (Creswell, 2013). The research would be conducted after getting the consent of the participants. Informed Consent is the form of voluntary conformity to take part in any proposed research. It is known to be a process in which the participant has a well-developed perception of the research to be conducted together with the involved risks. Informed consent is therefore necessary prior to enrolling a rsearch participant as a fundamental ethical principle (Matthews Ross, 2014). Schedule Research Project Title What is the role of mentoring in students stress levels during their work placement? Aim To understand the impact of mentoring on stress level of students during their work placement To explore student nurses experience of learning through mentoring, and barriers to effective mentoring in clinical work placement settings Approach Qualitative study Design Phenomenological research Participants 25 nursing students having undergone mentoring at the time of work placement Timeframe One month Costs 200 Australian dollars Benefits The study would help in bringing changes in nursing education policies in relation to mentoring for having the best possible benefits of the mentoring process. The research would help mentors to understand the causative factors for stress of the students so that they can eliminate them from their mentoring practice. Evaluation Data analysisis a process of examining,transforming, andmodellingdata, the aim of which is to discover valuable information, propose conclusions, and support decision-making (Kelly et al., 2014). Narrative data analysis would be considered for the proposed research. The aim of the proposed research is to undertake an exploration of the experiences of the participants and narrative analysis considers the manner in which stories are told for understanding more about what people think (Matthews Ross, 2014). The nursing students may not be ready to take part in the research. They can be encouraged to participate by ensuring confidentiality and maintaining privacy. Another barrier may be sample bias that can be addressed by random sampling method (Lewis, 2015). The validity of the research can be determined having a transparent and systematic data collection approach. Whether the research is useful can be understood by drawing a logical conclusion from the research. Cost-effectiveness can be determined by the minimal cost of the research (Kelly et al., 2014). Research findings would be disseminated by publishing the study in a nursing journal (Creswell, 2013) Consistency is the best synonym for reliability. References Allan, H. (2010). Mentoring overseas nurses: Barriers to effective and non-discriminatory mentoring practices.Nursing ethics,17(5), 603-613. Creswell, J. W. (2013).Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage publications. Kelly, A. E., Lesh, R. A., Baek, J. Y. (2014).Handbook of design research methods in education: Innovations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning and teaching. Routledge. Levett?Jones, T., Lathlean, J., Higgins, I., McMillan, M. (2009). 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