Qualitative Critique Of A Qualitative Study

Seeking to learn more about the ways a person can recover led me to volunteer at a rehabilitation unit within a nursing home. I enjoyed watching the occupational therapists care for their patients in a specific, yet holistic way. Speaking frequently with a patient about hockey, despite the communication difficulty caused by his stroke, prompted his therapist to hand us hockey sticks; together we passed a bean bag back and forth prudently, engaging the side of his body affected by his stroke. His therapist took his interest and assimilated it into his therapy; this

On reading this article and identifying the study, there was a clear insight on how death and dying, and even improved health, impacted those nurses (Conte, 2014). Nurses, who worked closely with their patients, through the perils and suffering, culminating of death and losses, had grief not readily explored to enable that comfort zone (Conte, 2014).

In the first article chosen, “Why are Nurses Leaving? Findings From an Initial Qualitative Study on Nursing Attrition,” the research method used was qualitative. The specific type of research design used was phenomenology. The participants were interviewed about their person experience of what it was like working as a registered nurse. The research question for this study was, “What is the experience of RNs who leave clinical nursing?” The sample is registered nurses (RN) with a minimum of 1 year of clinical practice and no clinical practice in the last 6 months. The sample size was ten, which were a majority of females (80%),

The qualitative approach to research is anchored in the ideographic tradition and seeks to focus on the insider's world and the meanings that are attached to behaviour. While this is a general view of qualitative studies each qualitative design has unique foci. Hudacek (2008) examined the concept of caring in the work of nurses using a phenomenological design. Phenomenology gives attention to the subjective social reality. It gives value to the individual experience of the actor even within highly structured organizations. It is through the everyday experiences that meaning is constructed. The use of phenomenology is therefore highly consistent with the attempt to understand the meaning of caring. The design and the stated purpose of the researcher are highly congruent. The researcher noted that the purpose of the study was to "describe the dimensions of caring." Phenomenology is useful for unearthing the individuals understanding of their own behavior and consequently the meaning they attach to particular actions.

The qualitative article being appraised is by Martin and Woods (2012) using the CASP tool qualitative framework (CASP 2013). These tools have been validated to ensure that studies can be assessed in a consistent way assessing the trustworthiness of the research article (Aveyard, 2014)

This is an academic critique of a qualitative article published in 2012, by Maj-Britt Raholm, RN, MNsc, PhD. In the article, “The ethics of presence when bathing patients in a nursing home”, the researcher intends to create a more profound understanding of the ethics of presence from the nurses perspective (Raholm, 2012, p. 30). The study will be analyzed for the credibility, conformability, and dependability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the article. Based on the analysis a recommendation for evidence-based practice will be advised or rejected.

The importance of Occupational Therapy services for induvials after stroke is to assists the pt, to become in depend when preforming their ADL’s.

Over the past few years, my experiences have enhanced the quality of my life and prepared me for my future. Each event has taught me responsibility and has brought me closer to making the commitment of potentially becoming an occupational therapist. I became interested in the field of occupational therapy when my best friend was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease back in 2010 and was sent to a rehabilitation center to see an occupational therapist. Going into this rehabilitation center with my best friend, I was unaware to what occupational therapy was and how it would benefit her in any way. As I observed the occupational therapist work with my best friend, I became fascinated with the different types of techniques there are to rehabilitate

In-depth, in-home interviews of forty-five minutes to sixty minutes were conducted with five community-dwelling individuals (three men, two women) aged 68-74 years who had experienced a stroke in the past year, followed by in-patient rehabilitation for a minimum of two weeks. Data analyzed using thematic analysis. Peer-review and peer debriefing with a co-researcher established

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).

Stroke is the number one leading cause of adult disability, and it is estimated that approximately 7 million Americans are living with the effects of stroke. The direct and indirect cost of stroke in the United States was approximately $53.6 billion, with a mean lifetime cost estimated at $140,048 (American Heart Association, 2004) and each year, approximately 795,000 people have either a new or recurrent stroke (Go et al., 2013).

support early intervention of cognitive rehabilitation of having a great effect on improving ADL participation in stroke patient. The first article from Cochrane library titled “Cognitive rehabilitation for executive dysfunction in adults with stroke or other adult non-progressive acquired brain damage” by Charlie et al discuss which adaptive technique was used to assist stroke survivors who have cognitive impairment, but intact motor function to became independent in the ADL. The research was completed on “19 studies of 907 randomized participants, 496 TBI, 344 strokes, 67 other acquired brain injury. Data were available to potentially include 13 of the studies within meta-analyses (770 participants, 417 TBI, 304 stroke, 49 other acquired brain injury), with 660 participants who are related to the research were included in the treatment groups to be studied in the review. Studies performed during the research were related to (1) cognitive rehabilitation versus sensorimotor meta-analyses (one study, 86 participants), (2) cognitive rehabilitation versus no intervention or placebo meta-analyses (four studies, 184 participants) and (3) experimental cognitive rehabilitation versus standard cognitive rehabilitation meta-analyses (eight studies, 404 participants)”

Stroke rehabilitation has been chosen for this assignment as strokes are one of the biggest killers in the UK. “Most people are affected are over 65, but anyone can have a stroke including children and even babies.” Stroke Association (no date). The Stroke Association is a charity which is run in the UK to support carers, family’s supports people who have had a stroke and a person who has had a stroke themselves. By researching new treatments, support services to help people rebuild their lives and campaigning has helped raise awareness of stroke in society. Rehabilitation is the first step in recovery and after a stroke an assessment is done and health care professionals such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists can all help individuals recover and help improve a person’s quality of life after a stroke. The family and relatives of a person who has had a stroke can help with their emotional needs and support them through the rehabilitation and recovery process. In this assignment three different viewpoints will be taken into consideration and then analysed to draw a conclusion at the end to answer the question. There are many viewpoints about effective rehabilitation and support such as political perspectives, voluntary and service provider views. The most important viewpoints have been selected for this essay including the individual

Object: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the operative details, perioperative complications, and short-term outcomes associated with Combined Anterior-Posterior Decompression and Fusion (CAPDF) for treating Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM).

The establish/restore approach helps clients regain skills that have been lost due to disability or injury and also develop skills that haven’t yet been developed. The use of meaningful activities can bring about change. When analyzing an activity for a client who has had a stroke or injury, carefully consider that clients occupation. Activities that were once simple can become very challenging for clients with abrupt disabilities. OT practitioners rely on their skills of activity analysis to find therapeutic activities to promote and challenge client factors and performance skills needing further development or reestablishment. Finding the therapeutic value of an activity requires analyzing them and finding the client factors or performance skills that most in demand and using those during intervention to promote client development. Grading of an activity is used to increase or decrease an activity demands on the person while they are performing the activity. Grading will provide the “just-right challenge” and allow the client to develop skills needed while ensuring their