Qualitative Nursing Study

Qualitative Nursing Study

       Qualitative Nursing Study       Tubaishat, Aljezawi, and Qadire (2013) studied the attitudes of Jordanian nurses regarding the prevention of pressure ulcers and the most significant barriers to their practice. A self-administered questionnaire was used to capture the views and opinions of 428 registered nurses and nurse assistants from 4 hospitals in Jordan. The study revealed that the nurses’ attitudes correlated with their experience. The nurses with many years of clinical experience were more likely to respond positively to various aspects of pressure ulcer prevention in comparison to their counterparts with few years of clinical experience. The respondents cited several barriers to the prevention of pressure ulcers. The most prominent barriers were understaffing, lack of time and particular patient conditions.

            There is a high likelihood that a different researcher would have made the same conclusions about the problem. The process of defining the research problem, gathering and analyzing data is clear and fitting. The sample size is representative of the study population given that the researcher selected participants from four different sites. Therefore, studying different samples from other sites would produce comparable results. For example, a descriptive study by Aslan and Giersbergen (2016) revealed that nurses had positive attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention. The nurses’ education and training had strengthening effects on their attitudes.

            The research findings are strongly transferrable. The description of the sample and context of the study makes the findings suitable for other clinical settings (Tappen, 2015). The pressure ulcer rate is a valuable measure of the quality of care. The study concludes that adequate staffing, allocating sufficient time per time and the early identification and treatment of other underlying conditions help to reduce the prevalence of pressure ulcers. These strategies are applicable to the improvement of patient outcomes in both acute and chronic care settings.