Guidelines for Writing a Research Paper

1) For the introduction paragraph section, write a paragraph introduction incorporating your learning and primarily using your own words to summarise:

a) The importance of nursing research

b) The significance of understanding basic research principles for nurses.

c) The purpose of your paper

2)For the quantitative research section, write a paragraph summarising your learning and using mostly your own words:

a) The significance of quantitative research

b) Describe one type of quantitative design and one important feature of this type of design.

c) How quantitative research can help improve nursing practise

3) For the qualitative research section, write a paragraph summarising your learning and using mostly your own words:

a) The significance of qualitative research

b) Describe one type of qualitative design and one important feature of this type of design.

c) How qualitative research can help improve nursing practise.

4) For the research sampling section, write a paragraph summarising your learning and using mostly your own words:

a) What is sampling and why is it important?

b) A quantitative sampling strategy.

c) Another sampling strategy you learned.

5) For the credible nursing practise section, write a paragraph summarising your learning and using mostly your own words:

a) How research can help to make nursing practise safer.

b) Explain why research is necessary for developing evidence-based nursing practise.

6) In the conclusion section, write a short, concise, and thorough summary of the main points of the paper.