A 7 page research paper that critiques a qualitative study performed by Coetzee (2004), who investigated the nature of how undergraduate students in a nursing program at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, approached the task of learning to care for children in the pediatric portion of their curricula. This critique summarizes the various sections of this research study, while also analyzing these endeavors against accepted criteria for qualitative research. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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of learning to care for children in the pediatric portion of their curricula. This critique will summarize the various sections of this research study, while also analyzing these endeavors against
accepted criteria for qualitative research. Abstract and Title : The title of the study, i.e., "Learning to nurse children: towards a model for nursing students" is quite accurate
as this research does not actually propose a full-developed model for practice, but rather includes information that could be used for such an endeavor. The abstract is concise, but also
comprehensive, as it addresses the major sections of the study, describing methodology, findings, etc. The abstract also performs well in enticing readers to examine the study further as if the
"Background" section gives a brief synopsis of the study problem. Introduction: Coetzee establishes the need for a qualitative approach to this topic in the study introduction, as she describes
how "children who require more than preventative nursing care clearly express just how much they have to bear" (Coetzee, 2004, p. 640). As this demonstrates, Coetzee quickly establishes that this
field of investigation is not something that is easily quantified, as it concerns the establishment of a caring relationship between nurses and pediatric patients. The author also establishes the purpose
of the study by stating it explicitly: "The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate nursing students learn to care for children" (Coetzee, 2004, p. 640). The significance
of the study is indicated by the authors reference to the volume of literature that has been generated concerning about "investment and emotional involvement" in nursing. However, the significance of
the study is more deeply explored in the Literature review section as this is where Coetzee shows how the nursing research has only sparsely addressed how novice nurses learn "to