Yoanka Rodriguez
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Articles Overview
Yoanka Rodriguez
South University
May 2017
Articles Overview
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| Articles summary |
The article by Bortz, Ashkenazi, and Melnikov (2015) has addressed the problem of organ donation. The authors were interested to learn about the motivation of those individuals who sign the donor card. Comparative analysis of values and beliefs of those who agree and disagree to donate demonstrated that people with better education agree to sign the document. |
Dinkel and Schmidt (2015) have discussed the strategies of primary prevention in incarcerated women. They have indicated the main health-related concerns in this population. |
| Research problem |
To identify the difference in mentality between those willing and not willing to donate organs. |
To identify the incarcerated women’s health-related education needs. |
| Purpose statement |
Comparative analysis of “spirituality, purpose in life, and attitudes toward organ donation” in people willing and not willing to sign the donor card (Bortz et al., 2015, p. 33). |
Analysis of health educational needs in imprisoned women with the use of an interview. |
| Hypothesis/research questions |
Personal beliefs, cultural peculiarities, spirituality, and values influence the decision to sign the donor card. |
“What are the top ten health education needs in imprisoned women?” (Dinkel & Schmidt, 2015, p. 230). |
| Significance to nursing |
Organ donation is an important aspect of health care. Educating the right attitude to organ donation in broad populations, health care professionals will help save millions of lives. Nursing professionals as direct care providers constantly working with patients have the key role in this objective. Therefore, they need informational support on how to approach people in the most effective way. The article provides many important findings to help in this area. |
The number of incarcerated females is ever growing in the United States. This population is identified as a vulnerable group due to increased morbidity and mortality. This research has helped to understand how primary prevention can be implemented to help them. |
| Two details to support the study being quantitative or qualitative |
This study is quantitative because (1) the research process was organized to test measurable relationships between variables and (2) inferential statistics was used. |
This study is qualitative because (1) it uses an interview to collect the data and (2) it aims to generate the theory as for the best practice health teaching for incarcerated women. |
References
Bortz, A., Ashkenazi, T., & Melnikov, S. (2015). Spirituality as a predictive factor for signing an organ donor card. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(1), 25-33. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12107
Dinkel, S., & Schmidt, K. (2015). Health education needs of incarcerated women. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 46(4), 229-234. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12079
