QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CRITIQUE AND ETHICAL 1
Qualitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations: Team-Building Effects on
Burnout of Nurses
Grand Canyon University
NRS-433V Intro to Nursing Research
, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CRITIQUE AND ETHICAL 2
Qualitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations: Team-Building Effects on
Burnout of Nurses
According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), an aging population and political
healthcare reforms have extended healthcare systems access. They have bolstered the critical
shortage of nurses(The Nursing Shortage, 2018). The ANA reports that the average age of
employed registered nurses has increased over the past decade by two years. The increasing
nurses’ age, combined with an anticipated strengthening of the economy, will create an increased
critical shortage for RNs (The Nursing Shortage, 2018). Nurses face increased patient acuity,
shorter hospital stays, higher patient to nurse ratios, and increased demands of maintaining profit
margins with a mind-set of doing more with less. These factorslead to increased stress,
compassion fatigue, and dissatisfaction,creating nursing burnout(Erikson, 2017).
Study 1
Background
Hayward, Bungay, Wolff, & MacDonald (2016) performed a qualitative study
examining specific issues related to the contribution of experienced registered nurses voluntarily
changing where they work, and how changes play into the cycle of rising expenditures for
recruitment and orientation, the loss of mentors, along with a potential for the reduction in
quality of care the patient receives.
Method
This study's data was obtained through direct interviews with twelve RNs that had a
mean of sixteen years of hands-on professional nursing experience. Their experience was from
Qualitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations: Team-Building Effects on
Burnout of Nurses
Grand Canyon University
NRS-433V Intro to Nursing Research
, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CRITIQUE AND ETHICAL 2
Qualitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations: Team-Building Effects on
Burnout of Nurses
According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), an aging population and political
healthcare reforms have extended healthcare systems access. They have bolstered the critical
shortage of nurses(The Nursing Shortage, 2018). The ANA reports that the average age of
employed registered nurses has increased over the past decade by two years. The increasing
nurses’ age, combined with an anticipated strengthening of the economy, will create an increased
critical shortage for RNs (The Nursing Shortage, 2018). Nurses face increased patient acuity,
shorter hospital stays, higher patient to nurse ratios, and increased demands of maintaining profit
margins with a mind-set of doing more with less. These factorslead to increased stress,
compassion fatigue, and dissatisfaction,creating nursing burnout(Erikson, 2017).
Study 1
Background
Hayward, Bungay, Wolff, & MacDonald (2016) performed a qualitative study
examining specific issues related to the contribution of experienced registered nurses voluntarily
changing where they work, and how changes play into the cycle of rising expenditures for
recruitment and orientation, the loss of mentors, along with a potential for the reduction in
quality of care the patient receives.
Method
This study's data was obtained through direct interviews with twelve RNs that had a
mean of sixteen years of hands-on professional nursing experience. Their experience was from
