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"What factors relate to patient stress levels? Do a patient's age and
sex play any role in his recovery?"
“Is the patient's stress caused by the behavior of the nursing staff?"

3. Explanation
Research seeks clarification of a prevailing situation to answer questions
that ask "why a phenomenon occurred.”Why did this happen?" "What could
have happened if..?
Research is generally linked to theories as a method of clarifying,
explaining and integrating ideas to determine the reasons for the existence
of a particular phenomenon.

Examples

"Why do older patients need more time than younger patients to
recover?"
"Why is care of chronically ill patients done more effectively at home
than in a hospital?"
"Why do younger children need more parenting than older children?"

4. Prediction and Control
Research anticipates possible psychological and physiological reactions
to nursing interventions. Research supports nursing decisions by
eliminating barriers and sourcing ways and strategies that would bring
about effective client care outcomes.

Prediction. Projects a situation or events that could arise from research
investigation.

Control. Puts up a barrier to hinder or minimize the effects of anticipated
outcomes or reactions.

Example “Incidence of Down's Syndrome in infants is expected to
increase with the age of the mother.”
Predict. Projection of the greater risk of a 40 year old woman,
compared to a 25 year old one in bearing a child with Down Syndrome.
Control. Partial control of the outcome by educating average women
on the risks of child bearing and potential maternal and fetal threats.
Likewise, offering amniocentesis or other therapeutic means to
minimize or eliminate these threats to women over 35 years old.
Control also refers to nursing actions or interventions that respond to
patient needs in order to prevent and eliminate potential health
problems.

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