submit summaries of quantitative and qualitative studies. The purpose of this assignment is to become familiar with published research, research designs, and methodologies. For the assignment, you will select one quantitative research study and one qualitative study related to the field of nursing and related to the topic and PICOT questions that you developed in Week 2 (will be provided) Each summary must be accurate, succinct, and clear. The articles must be current (within the last five years). 

Article choice is very important, therefore:

• Articles used for this assignment cannot be used for the other assignments (students should find new research articles for each new assignment).
• The selected articles should be original research studies. Review articles, concept analysis, meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, integrative review, and systematic review articles should not be used.
• Mixed-methods studies should not be used.
• Dissertations should not be used

Ensure the following questions are addressed in each summary:

1. What type of research is it (quantitative, qualitative, and design)?
2. What was the research question(s) or hypothesis?
3. What is the sample, the sample size, and sample attributes?
4. What was the setting of the study?
5. What were the researcher’s findings? (Identify one.)

PICOT questions
1. In patients who experience cardiac arrest at 50 years or older, how do rapid response teams influence their mortality and morbidity over less than ten minutes of attack as compared to those that did not get to be attended by the team?

2. In patients who have cardiac arrest and are hospitalized, how do rapid response teams become effective as compared to outpatients? 

3. In patients who have cardiac arrest and are taken care of by a nurse, how does the rapid response team become effective as compared to those that did not receive clinical care? 

 

QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE SUMMARIES

Type of Research

Al-Omari et al. (2019) undertook a qualitative study using a prospective cohort study design to examine the efficacy of the rapid response team (RRT) in decreasing adverse health care outcomes. The study aimed to answer the research question of whether RRT reduces mortality rates, ICU admission rates, and cardiac arrests. The investigation happened in four private Saudi Arabian hospitals. The sample size included 154,869 patients during the three-year period prior to rapid system implementation (between 2010 and 2012) and 466,161 in the 2.5-year period after RRT establishment (between 2014 and 2016). Findings revealed that the RRT offered various therapeutic interventions. Following the establishment of the RRT, the average mortality rate among the hospitals decreased from 7.8 to 2.8 for every 1000 patients admitted. Cardiac arrest rates declined from 10.53 to 2.58 for every 1000 admissions. The results supported the evidence of RRT’s efficacy in minimizing mortality, cardiac arrests, and other patient outcomes that indicate healthcare quality.

Mankidy et al. (2020) undertook a quantitative study using a cohort observational study design to examine whether sequential use of a nurse-based rapid response team (RRT) for acute emergency department (ED) patients reduced cardiac arrests. They hypothesized that using a nurse-based RRT could likely deter cardiac arrests and enhance patient outcomes relative to not using this intervention. The research was undertaken at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, found in Houston, Texas. The sample size entailed 305,999 patient days from January 2013 to September 2014. They assessed the cardiac arrest rates. It was observed that cardiac arrests declined throughout the hospital from 2.2 events for every 1000 patient-days under the nurse-based RRT to 0.8 events relative to when RRT was not nurse-led. A significant decrease in shockable rhythms and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) arrests was noted. EDs, as well as acute care wards, recorded a significant decline in critical care PEA rhythms.