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Research Proposal
Student: (Kyle) Kurt Freund
Instructor: Rick E. Amidon, Ph.D.
Spring 2013 Mixed Delivery EN 321-Metro Thursday
April, 18th, 2013
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
practicality of emotionally supportive nursing care for the critically ventilated patient and its
effects on decreased ventilator dependency?
Research considerations
Nurses caring for critically recovering patients have seen the difference in prognosis
proportional to the level of healthy conscious coping mechanisms utilized during the difficult
turning points of the patients condition. During ventilator required respirations, patients reach a
point of needing to tap into where they gain their strength from in order to breath independently
again. Beyond the physiological considerations are the questions of what and how these patients
can be encouraged effectively.
Cultural, societal, age specificity, personality traits, length/degree of injuries, prior
injuries, patients baseline health reserve, patients level of communication, stated understanding
of prognosis, family/friend support, psychological disciplines involved with care, and prior to
injury methods of coping skills are all important aspects to be considered for this study?
Plan of Data Analysis and Objectives of the Study
The objectives of this research are to study the attributes of various holistic medical
approaches with critically ventilator dependent patients and its effect on length of mechanical
respiratory dependence. Present and past cultural considerations of societies that have
successfully utilized the full potentials of people in extreme circumstances will also be
researched in hopes of discovering correlating methods of emotionally supportive nursing
practices. This will also include interviews with past patients, nursing informatics review, and
coordinated research with critical care associates.
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Literature Search to Develop the Thesis
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distress in critically-injured patients three months after a potentially life-threatening
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Plakas, S., Boudioni, M., Fouka, G., & Taket, A. (2011). The role of religiosity as a coping
resource for relatives of critically ill patients in Greece. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal
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