Clinical Implications
The aim of the assignment is to provide a critical analysis of a research article relevant to the clinical area, which is that of a neonatal unit. The article that the author has chosen to critique is a paper entitled ‘Parental Perception of Neonatal Care’ (Gavey.J, 2007).
The title of a research article is of importance as it should reflect the research question set (Edwards & Talbot, 1999). The research article examined by the author examines parent’s perception of their experience on the neonatal unit, considering their impressions of the unit and of the daily ward round. Therefore the title in this study informs the reader of its proposed contents.
The research was conducted by one person alone. The article clearly indicates the clinical area that the research was conducted in, however fails to identify any previous research undertaken by the researcher or qualifications which would have proved relevant to this study. Therefore it is difficult to ascertain the researcher’s background and thus the impact it has on this piece of research.
Parahoo (1997) identifies that the abstract should highlight the research question asked, providing the reader with sufficient information to decide whether the article is of interest. The abstract does state what the study wanted to achieve and what it did in fact discover. The author managed to outline the methodology used in this study, the aim and recommendations which are included in the abstract.
The introduction usually identifies why the research was undertaken along with the significance of conducting the study in generating knowledge for nursing practise, (Burns and Grove 1997). This area was researched, because family centred care is at the heart of neonatal nursing at the moment. Over the past decades there has been increasing interest in how parents experience that mission and subsequent care of infants in the neonatal unit. A study by (Miles 1987) using a parental
The title of a research article is of importance as it should reflect the research question set (Edwards & Talbot, 1999). The research article examined by the author examines parent’s perception of their experience on the neonatal unit, considering their impressions of the unit and of the daily ward round. Therefore the title in this study informs the reader of its proposed contents.
The research was conducted by one person alone. The article clearly indicates the clinical area that the research was conducted in, however fails to identify any previous research undertaken by the researcher or qualifications which would have proved relevant to this study. Therefore it is difficult to ascertain the researcher’s background and thus the impact it has on this piece of research.
Parahoo (1997) identifies that the abstract should highlight the research question asked, providing the reader with sufficient information to decide whether the article is of interest. The abstract does state what the study wanted to achieve and what it did in fact discover. The author managed to outline the methodology used in this study, the aim and recommendations which are included in the abstract.
The introduction usually identifies why the research was undertaken along with the significance of conducting the study in generating knowledge for nursing practise, (Burns and Grove 1997). This area was researched, because family centred care is at the heart of neonatal nursing at the moment. Over the past decades there has been increasing interest in how parents experience that mission and subsequent care of infants in the neonatal unit. A study by (Miles 1987) using a parental
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