CHCPOL003 Research And Apply Evidence To Practice

Assessments

Student

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Mariama Kamara - S1711554

Course

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Diploma of Nursing

Course Offer

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17NDONB11

Course Unit

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CHCPOL003 Research and apply evidence to practice

Assessment type

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Simulation-Based Assessment

1.  Research Topic and Objectives

Research Topic

Communication in Nursing

Purpose of choosing this topic:

Communication in nursing is an important area of research. Effective communication between nurses and patients helps in improving individual care. This also helps in creating a safe environment, feelings of love and confidence among the nurses and patients. Therefore, communication in nursing is important for patient's recovery and for effective treatment.

Objectives:

This research will help in identifying the flaws of ineffective communication between nurses and patients.

This will help in identifying areas which need attention in terms of improving the communication skills among nurses and patients.

This research will point out the causes for lack of scholarly input regarding communication development in nursing.

The research will add new findings regarding effective communication to the existing literature.

2.  Scenario 2: Literature Review

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Tuohy, Dympna. 2019. “Effective Intercultural Communication in Nursing.” Nursing Standard 34(2): 45–50.

Tuohy writes that the nursing profession is experiencing new challenges with every passing day. The immense globalization and the increased immigrations outpour has resulted in diversifying the patient needs. At present, nurses are facing immense difficulties in communicating with such patients. This lack of effective communication is impacting on the treatment of patients. Since such hurdles are the result of lack of communication skills on part of nurses, therefore, there is a growing need to address such problems. She argues that these intercultural differences impacts on healthcare profession generally. This article is relevant to the topic under discussion because the author has solely predicted the problems that might result from the absence of ineffective communication. This article is reliable literature as it has analyzed the cultural knowledge, the attitudes of patients and the feelings which might affect the communication realm in one way or another. This article was published in the Journal of Nursing Standard in January 2019.

The Chu, Charlene H. et al. 2018. "An Interprofessional Communication Training Program to Improve Nurses' Ability to Communicate With Stroke Patients With Communication Disorders." Rehabilitation Nursing Journal 43(6): E25–E34.

Chu (et. al) have also explored the reasons for the lack of interprofessional communication among nurses. In their article, they have highlighted areas which are largely away from scholarly debate in the Nursing profession. They have presented some facts which suggest that interprofessional communication is an essential part of every profession in this present world. The authors have implied a longitudinal study in order to analyze the results of training programs held for imparting communication among nurses. In their findings, they have suggested that nurses are increasingly developing themselves professionally, and in doing so they have been focusing on improving their communication skills. The findings of this article are relevant to the study being conducted, as they provide quantitative observations which are crucial for analyzing the changing trends. This article is also reliable as it provides the quantitative findings along with the analysis of communication problems which persist among nurses throughout the world. The article was published in 2018 in the Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.

3.  Scenario 3 Analysis: Both of the journal article reviewed are contrasting in nature. Chu (et. al) research is based on quantitative analysis. They argue that each nursing school cannot facilitate the student nurse in developing their communication skills. They have highlighted certain factors in arguing this. In contrast to this Tuohy has argued that lack of communication flow between patient and nurses result from the cultural differences. She has pointed toward many such factors which she believes results in the communication gap. The analysis of the literature suggests that communication among patient and nurses is essential in making an environment conducive for the timely provision of health care facilities.

4.  Scenario 4: Application to Nursing Practice

Since the proposed study is concerned with identifying flaws in effective communication, therefore, the literature mentioned above provides ample analysis about this aspect of research. This literature has also identified the cause of minimal research about communication aspect in Nursing. Although both articles have talked about this differently, however, they do provide a general base for further research. These articles have also identified areas which need to be explored in order to promote the importance of effective communication in nursing.

4.2 Were the study objectives met? What further research is needed?

The study objective has been met. Further research in terms of collaborating the quantitative and qualitative findings of this research is needed.

4.3 How can the findings be applied to Nursing Practice?

The findings of the study should be made part of the nursing syllabus and a practical strategy (in light of the findings of this literature) could be adapted to make better the communication aspect in nursing.