| Theme | A Heritage in the Management of Renal Patients -- From Expert Nurses to Rookies | |
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| Title | Voluntary research | |
| Publish Date | 2004/03 | |
| Author | Fumie Hayashi | Department of Nursing, Namiki Hemodialysis Clinic |
| [ Summary ] | Research should be done on a voluntary basis on what one is interested in or wonders. Moreover, such research should be on a subject yet to be clarified. It should be noted that research themes are often encountered at patients' bedsides. There are two methods of research; the deductive method and the inductive method. In order to clarify certain cause and effect relationships, research must be performed using these two methods, compensating for the limitations of one method with the strengths of its counterpart. Nevertheless, in practice, a researcher tends to employ either the deductive method or the inductive method, which one is ever accustomed to. When writing papers we must consider the following: (1) the subject must be condensed in the title, (2) the problems that the author(s) attempts to solve must be indicated clearly in the "introduction section", (3) the procedures employed to solve ploblems must be shown precisely in the "method section", (4) the outcomes of the procedures must be described in a concise way in the "result section", and (5) what the results suggest must be discussed in the "discussion section". Finally, it is useful to refer to publications including other authors' papers and internet sites when preparing a paper. It is also recommended to use the lending servise of a library. |
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