This document discusses research problems in nursing research. It defines a research problem as a topic that a researcher wants to investigate or study. Research problems come from various sources like nursing practice, literature reviews, theories, and consultation with experts. When selecting a research problem, internal criteria like the researcher's interests and competency and external criteria like the significance, researchability, novelty, urgency, and feasibility of the problem are considered. The research problem is then formulated into a researchable question through a process of narrowing the scope. The components of a well-formulated research problem statement follow the PICOT format of Population, Intervention, Comparison group, Outcome of interest, and Time.

1. NURSING RESEARCH
UNIT – IV
RESEARCH PROBLEM
PRESENTED BY ,
MRS. GEETA V RASALKAR
PROF &HOD

2. RESEARCH PROBLEM:
A. Research problem is the topic researcher would like
to address, investigate, or study descriptively or
experimentally.
B. It is a question that indicates gaps in the scope of
knowledge needed for professional practice.
C. It is the difference between what the researcher
knows and what we should know.

3. SOURCES OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
1. Nursing practice
2. Literature review
3. Theory
4. Personal experience
5. Replication of study
6. Social issues
7. Consultation with experts
8. Brainstorming
9. External sources
10. Other sources

4. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING A RESEARCH PROBLEM :
CRITERA FOR SELECTION
RESEARCH PROBLEM
INTERNAL CRITERIA
1.RESEARCHERS INTEREST
2.RESEARCHERS COMPETENCY
3.RESEARCHERS OWN
RESOURCES
EXTERNAL CRITERIA
1.SIGNIFICANCE
2. RESEARCHABILITY
3.NOVELTY
4.URGENCY
5.FEASIBILITY

5. FORMULATION OF RESEARCH PROBLEM:
it refers to translating the selected research problem into a scientifically researchable question.
It is a creative process involving both sharpening of terms of concepts and narrowing the scope.
SELECTION OF AREA OF
INTEREST
REVIEW THE
RELEVANTLITERATURE
NARROWING THE
RESEARCH TOPIC
EVALUATION THE
RESEARCH PROBLEM
FORMULATING FINAL
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

6. COMPONENTS OF PROBLEM STATEMENT
: PICOT FORMAT
1.POPULATION
2.INTERVENTION
3.COMPARISON GROUP
4.OUTCOME OF INTEREST
5.TIME