I am so confused..Nursing Research Class

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I am working on a research assignment where I was given an article and I am supposed to write a commentary on it using three sources from the article itself. My major problem is how to interpret the tables and statistics. I am not doing very well in this class all together and was hoping to bring my grade up with this paper since it is 35% of my grade.

I am so confused by the article itself and by the statistics, research design etc. If anyone is willing to share some advice or give an explanation of how to state the "findings" from the article, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm ready to pull my hair out at this point. :confused:

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide me.

Specializes in L&D, PACU.
If you have a quantitative research paper that I could for a guideline that would be great.

Um. Sorry, but no. With the incredible brouhaha over plagiarism these days, my papers go nowhere but into my professor's hot little hands. (Or, as happens more often, to turnitin.com)

I personally would be very wary even of reading another person's work, as occasionally a phrase or sentence will burrow into your brain and then pop out when you're writing your own paper. And in our program, if you are caught plagiarizing, even inadvertently, you are out.

Specializes in Critical Care, Cardiothoracics, VADs.

I don't think the person is trying to plagiarize - they are asking for a reference paper about that topic if I'm reading it correctly.

holmespretty, have you tried searching the literature? You have a very specific topic, you should be able to find something.

Kuzu N. Beser N. Zencir M. Sahiner T. Nesrin E. Ahmet E. Binali C. Cagdas E. Effects of a comprehensive educational program on quality of life and emotional issues of dementia patient caregivers. Geriatric Nursing. 26(6):378-86, 2005 Nov-Dec

Smith J. Forster A. Young J. A randomized trial to evaluate an education programme for patients and carers after stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation. 18(7):726-36, 2004 Nov.

Toseland RW. McCallion P. Smith T. Banks S. Supporting caregivers of frail older adults in an HMO setting. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 74(3):349-64, 2004 Jul.

Lenz ER. Perkins S. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients and their family member caregivers: outcomes of a family-focused staged psychoeducational intervention. Applied Nursing Research. 13(3):142-50, 2000 Aug.

Rodgers H. Atkinson C. Bond S. Suddes M. Dobson R. Curless R. Randomized controlled trial of a comprehensive stroke education program for patients and caregivers. Stroke. 30(12):2585-91, 1999 Dec.

Kurtz ME. Kurtz JC. Given CW. Given B. A randomized, controlled trial of a patient/caregiver symptom control intervention: effects on depressive symptomatology of caregivers of cancer patients. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 30(2):112-22, 2005 Aug.

I searched Medline with the following terms:

1. exp Patient Education/ and exp Caregivers/ and exp Aged/

2. clinical trial.pt

3. 1 and 2

Specializes in L&D, PACU.
I don't think the person is trying to plagiarize - they are asking for a reference paper about that topic if I'm reading it correctly.

I'm not trying to mean, or accuse anyone of anything. However, in my corner of the world, there is a difference between a research ARTICLE (published) and a research PAPER.

The first sentence asks about an article. The last sentence asks for a paper to use as a template/guideline.

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