1. II. SELECTION OF
RESEARCH
PROBLEM
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2. Problem Statement for Research
Selection of the problem is the first
step in Research Methodology.
Decides research strategy
 Gives directions for the study
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3. Sources of nursing research
problem
 Personal experiences
 Literature sources
 Existing theories
 Previous research
 Academic experiences
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4. Sources of nursing research
problem
 Brain storming
 Intuition
 Consultations
 Social issues
 Professional experience
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5. Factors determining the
research problem
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Ethical issues
Significance for nursing
Personal motivation
Qualifications of the researcher
Feasibility of the study
Support from administration
Availability of subjects.
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6. Steps to be followed to
formulate research problems
Step 1: Identifying probable
research problems.
Step 2: Selecting the specific
research problem to study.
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7. Step 1. Identifying probable
research problems
1.1. Identify the number of areas of
interest
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The infection problem in maternity
hospitals, Bangalore.
Higher education in Nursing and
government policy in Bangalore.
Nurses selection practices in
different states of India.
Nurses and employment.
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8. 1.2. Justify for selecting the specific
research problem
 After general reading
 Conversations with different persons
 Thought about various possible
aspect of each problem.
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9. Step 2: Selecting the specific
research problem to study
Check out for the possible influencing
characters
Eg. Nurses and employment
a. General curiosity
b. Time
c. Newer learning
d. Need
e. Related to a field of nursing
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10. f. Problem is overtly seen
g. Related to a wide population
h. Not done any work in that area
i. Fills a research gap
j. Permits generalization to broader
nursing
theory
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11. k. Sharpens the definition of an important
concept or relationship
l. Has many implications for a wide range
of practical problems
m. May improve or create instruments for
observing and analyzing data.
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12. Statement of the problem
A survey to examine the opinion of
teachers of Bangalore on women and
men taking up nursing as career during
the year 2013-2014.
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13. Title: “Opinion about women and
men taking up Nursing”
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14. Guidelines for critiquing the
problem statement
• Is the problem statement clear ?
• Is the problem statement written
in a single declarative of
interrogatory sentence?
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15. Guidelines for critiquing the problem
statement (contd..)
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Are the following elements vivid in
the problem statement?
– Research design
– Variables of the study and relationship
between variables
– Population
– Setting
– Time
– Direction of the study
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16. Guidelines for critiquing the problem
statement (contd..)
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Is the feasibility of the study apparent
when reading the problem statement?
Is the significance of the study to
nursing apparent in the problem
statement.
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17. CONCLUSION
Nursing research need to focus
on generating knowledge and
interventional strategies.
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18. BIBLIOGRAPHY
•
Nieswiadomy, Rose Marie,
“Foundations of Nursing Research:
Fifth edition , Dorling Kindersley (India)
Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2009.
•
Burns, N. & Grove, S.K., “The Practice
of Nursing Research : Conduct, Critique
and Utilization”,5th edition, Elsevier
Saunders, St.Louis, 2005.
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19. •
Lalitha K, “Workshop on Nursing
Research – An overview” Apollo
College of Nursing, Chennai,2005.
• Prabhudeva S S, “A study to assess the
level of stress and coping behaviour
seen among patients with myocardial
infarction at Sri Jayadeva Institute of
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