Help please in naming actual issue- I am terrible at this

[amychisom]

I am having to do research for the first time and have been a nurse for 20 years. I seen completely dumbfounded. My question is,"Should all newly diagnosed spinal cord patients be placed on special beds (such as air fluid beds- i.e.: Clinitron) to prevent pressure sores while in-patient or in re-hab?"

Is this enough? Or do I need more for the actual clinical problem?

Thank you!

[edmia, BSN, RN]

Yes, agree with Clovery. The worst thing to do is to first write your research question and then try to find research to fit that question.

Do the library search first and go from there.

Also, this is a class? Ask your professor! That's what they're there for.

Sent from my iPhone -- blame all errors on spellcheck

[amychisom]

Yes, I have done some before 20 years ago. Now I am back in school wanting to get my Master's. I had forgotten I had to do research and I feel lost. But it has to be for my class on Research. Thank you guys a lot. This will help!

[PMHNP-1]

Please don't call that "research" - use of that term for describing non-research activities is diluting the meaning. You're reviewing the literature, not doing "research". You'll be looking at the peer-reviewed journal articles written by actual research teams describing their research.

[amychisom]

As I said, this is new to me and I haven't done any of it in a long time. I am reviewing peer-reviewed articles that have been done based off of actual research. This is an actual Research class, I'm doing a paper, however, this time, not actual "research". I commend the actual researchers who come up with the evidence for all the topics. So, no offense was meant to anyone or should have been taken by my comments I typed. Thanks to everyone who offered me advice.