Essay about Critical: Qualitative Research

In article A the authors have researched different ways to support families with a member suffering from severe mental illness (SMI). The goal of this study is to help determine if mental health professionals (MHP) have been able to increase the social and interactive skills between the patient and caretaker. The goals of the MHP are to help caretakers improve understanding, crisis management, social skills, and learn cognitive behavioral methods when dealing with SMI patients. The motive behind this study is the problem with lack of resources available to those carrying for SMI patients. The lack of social support can cause frustration, stress, and at times impact the caregiver’s health, which can result in affecting the

Essentially I feel that each poem in its own “Funeral Blues” (W. H. Auden), “Death, be not proud” (John Donne), and “Because I could not stop for Death” (Emily Dickinson) are unique in their own way however, I feel that two poems in particular may show more similarity in each other versus all three being compared at once although, I will be comparing and contrasting all three poems towards the end of this essay. For example, When reading “Funeral Blues” (W. H. Auden), I felt a greater sense of similarity to “Because I could not stop for death” (Emily Dickinson) versus “Death, be not proud” (John Donne) so I will begin to discuss those poems first. When comparing each poem I will

You and I live in a world were modernism is reaching new heights every day. One day that touchscreen phone is considered new, and then next week it’s old news. These two stories that I am going to compare are about the role of technology, science and how it affects me and you. Based on how it uses new technology and modern science A Sound of Thunder is a better sci-fiction story.

Described below is a critical appraisal of a qualitative article by Lisa Booth using the frame-work suggested by Ryan, Coughlan and Cronin 2007 to establish its believability, robustness, credibility and integrity (Ryan, Coughlan & Cronin, 2007).

Crombie & Davies (1997) stated that the article title gives an understanding of what the study is going to be about and the author intentions of how the study will be done. The

Research indicates that the majority of family interventions have an educational element regarding the diagnosis and treatment of individuals struggling with mental illness (Walsh, 2011). In addition, several family educational therapies provided education on the etiology of the particular mental health disease their family member or loved one is struggling in addition to offering self-help groups, educational material, and valuable resources on coping skills. It is generally agreed upon in the mental health community that education is the most valuable tool in regards to both those who are struggling with the mental illness and those who are caring for them. It is recognized that 80 percent of treatment and management of the disease is interventions and daily

The participants were adequately informed of the study being performed and were able to decline to participate in the interviews. The participants were ensured all personal information would be kept confidential (Zamanzadeh, Valizadeh, Lotfi, & Salehi, 2015).

This article was poorly structured and it wasn’t organized well. It didn’t look like any research went into. Similarly, there was no introduction

Here the above paper with be critiqued using the step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: quantitative research (Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan, 2007).

Information and support will be provided to assist family members in keeping the family unit intact. This module will help the family in building communication skills, addressing acceptance and understanding of mental illness, facing the feelings of loss, and learning how to support a loved during hospitalization. A staff member, family and/or consumer partner will facilitate the module by educating and sharing their personal

The sample selection is important related to transferability at the end of the study because it affects the accuracy of the result. Purposive sampling is appropriate for this study because the participants needed to have certain criteria in order to understand and be able to answer the questions during the interviews. The purposive sampling involved meaningful selection of the participants in this study, which helped the process of the interviews.

It is therefore vital for students to be able to evaluate and critique research papers in order for them to regulate the validity of a study and to apply theories to practise. A research critique measures the value and importance of a study and this is going to be determined by evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the study (Brockopp & Tolsma, 2003, p. 400). Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context (Astin 2009). The aim of this essay is to

“Now We Can Begin” an essay by Crystal Eastman is a very powerful essay. Eastman makes the point know in her essay that an honest and true feminist no matter where she stands in the movement she will see to the woman’s fight with strength and courage and how it  matters in the future and as well as its difference in its approach for the workers fight for industrial freedom. Eastman state “In fighting for the right to vote most women have tried to be either non-committal or thoroughly respectable on every other subject. Now they can say what they are really after; and what they are after, in common with all the rest of the struggling world, is freedom”

Additionally, the researchers practised good ethical procedures; by providing the information about their research, so that participants understood what the research was about, then gained their participant’s written consent. Their interviews were effective because they used open questions, which enabled participants to speak freely and produced more information to analyse (Punch, 2012). Correspondingly, they were aware of the vulnerability of the patients, so ensured they respected the participant’s feelings by being non-obtrusive and considerate. Likewise, they ensured confidentiality for their participants, by omitting names and protecting the data, they had gained (Becker and Bryman, 2012). However, there were some glitches with their research. Specifically, there was no ethnography, so there was no illustration to envision the wider context of the situation (Gobbo, 2008). Particularly, if they had presented, the person’s age,

On average, one out of five children from ages 9 to 17 and one out of four adults 18 years and older are affected by a mental disorder (Kaakinen, J., 2010). Not only does mental illness effect the patient, their families are also greatly impacted by their relative’s illness (Kaakinen, J., 2010). Nurses have certain roles to undertake with the families of someone who is suffering from a mental illness. In this paper, I will be discussing how mental illness effects the family, the challenges family nurses face and the family nurse’s role.