NURS 3750 - Nursing Honors Project: Nursing Research Design

Introduction: 

Research design refers to the overall strategy that you will use to integrate the different components of your study in a coherent and logical way to ensure that you have effectively addressed the research problem. Your research design becomes the "blueprint" for the collection, measurement, and analysis of your data. Note that the actual problem you are researching will determine the type of design you use, not the other way around. 

Adapted from: De Vaus, D. A. Research Design in Social Research. London: SAGE, 2001; Trochim, William M.K. Research Methods Knowledge Base. 2006.

Books @Laupus about Nursing Research Design: 

Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for EBP: https://librarycatalog.ecu.edu/catalog/5046385

  Nursing Research Using Phenomenology: https://librarycatalog.ecu.edu/catalog/4422246

 Nursing Research Using Participatory Action Research: https://librarycatalog.ecu.edu/catalog/3764455

 Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice: https://librarycatalog.ecu.edu/catalog/4399768

 Nursing Research Using Ethnography: https://librarycatalog.ecu.edu/catalog/4621623

 Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence: https://librarycatalog.ecu.edu/catalog/4678167

 Nursing Research Using Grounded Theory: https://librarycatalog.ecu.edu/catalog/4482600

Useful Articles & Publications related to Nursing Research Design: 

• Sousa, V.D., Driessnack, M., & Mendes, I.A.C. (2007). An overview of research designs relevant to nursing: part 1: quantitative research designs. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 15(3), 502-507.  https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1969&context=nursing_pubs
• Driessnack, M., Sousa, V.D., & Mendes, I.A.C. (2007). An overview of research designs relevant to nursing: part 2: qualitative research designs. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 15(4), 684-8. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rlae/v15n4/v15n4a25.pdf
• Ingham-Broomfield, R. (2014). A nurses' guide to quantitative research. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(2), 32-38. http://www.ajan.com.au/Vol32/Issue2/4Broomfield.pdf
• Ingham-Broomfield, R. (2014). A nurses' guide to qualitative research. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(3), 34-40. http://www.ajan.com.au/Vol32/Issue3/4Broomfield.pdf
• Doorenbos, A.Z. (2014). Mixed methods in nursing research: an overview and practical examples. Kango Kenkyu, 47(3), 207-217. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4287271/pdf/nihms642265.pdf