Developing a research idea into a research proposal is of paramount significance for the researchers as it is the foundation of their research or a brief, but clear explanation of their research. Thus it becomes imperative to construct a clear and well-planned and designed proposal. A research proposal describes what the researcher knows about his research and what novelty would he be introducing, its significance and what queries of other researchers will be resolved through his work. Click the link to read completely: https://bit.ly/3eyDecU When you Order any reflective report at Tutors India, we promise you the following Plagiarism free, Always on Time, Outstanding customer support, Written to Standard, Unlimited Revisions support, High-quality Subject Matter Experts. Contact: Website: www.tutorsindia.com Email: info@tutorsindia.com United Kingdom: +44-1143520021 India: +91-4448137070 Whatsapp Number: +91-8754446690

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How to Develop the Research Idea into a Research Proposal Focus on
Nursing Research Priorities Based on CINAHL
Dr. Nancy Agens, Head,
Technical Operations, Tutorsindia
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In Brief
A research proposal is the first and most
vital component of a research as it gives a
brief summary of the work. There have
been updated several different research
priority areas by research foundations,
societies etc. CINAHL database is an
important electronic database for the
nurses and nurse researchers.
I. BACKGROUND
Developing a research idea into a
research proposal is of paramount
significance for the researchers as it is the
foundation of their research or a brief, but
clear explanation of their research
(Sudheesh, Duggappa, & Nethra, 2016).
Thus it becomes imperative to construct a
clear and well-planned and designed
proposal (McGranaghan, 2014). A
research proposal describes what the
researcher knows about his research and
what novelty would he be introducing, its
significance and what queries of other
researchers will be resolved through his
work. Since here our focus is on nursing
research priorities it is necessary to be
familiar with the different terms allied with
the domain
Similar to the other research
domains, it is imperative that in nursing
research domain also a proper strategy is
formulated which justifies its application
for future. Through this one can identify
the various nursing and healthcare research
works that should be undertaken in future
and also explore the areas that are
untouched (Hopia & Heikkilä, 2020).
Additionally building such strategies
would help us to follow the necessary
procedures for planning that future
(National Institute of Nursing Research,
2016) (National Institute of Nursing
Research [NINR], 2016.) However, in
order to plan a suitable and practical
nursing strategy, it is necessary that the
nursing research priorities are identified on
different levels such as local, national and
international which can be a challenging
task.
Several nursing research societies,
networks and foundations all over the
world have identified different research
priorities. For example, the European
Nursing Research Foundation published a
strategic and operational plan for period
2017-2020 defining the research priorities
as self-care management, positive nursing
practice environment etc.
II. INTRODUCTION
Emphasizing on planning or
developing a research proposal, several
researchers that it is necessary to conduct
an in-depth academic discussion in the
area of nursing theory development (Im,
2014; Jairath, Peden-McAlpine, Sullivan,
Vessey, & Henly, 2018; Turkel et al.,
2018). It has been asserted that while
developing the research proposal the
various paradigms such as health, person,
nursing and environment should be
focused on (Rolfe, 2016). It has also been
mentioned that while planning a research it
is difficult to demonstrate the significance
of nursing through high-quality and
properly designed economic evaluation
research. Similarly, the authors (Zhao et
al., 2018) asserted that in the research
work more emphasis should be laid on the
suitable methods of planning evidence-

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based nursing research. Thus to develop a
research idea into a research proposal it is
necessary that different educational
strategies and teaching methodologies
should be evaluated.
Considering the significance of
nursing research priorities a research
proposal should include the following
sections:
 Introduction
 Literature review
 Aims and objectives
 Research design and methods
 Ethical considerations
 Citations
A snippet of each of these is given
as follows:
Introduction: It is the initial
section of a research document and
describes in brief what the research is
about and what its significance is. The
introduction should be designed and
planned in such a manner that it arouses
the interest of reader towards topic and
proposal.
Literature review: This section of
the proposal should include a brief
description of the latest works performed
in the area discussed, highlighting the
issues and solutions suggested by the
authors. For this section, there is a large
amount of data making it a challenge for
the researcher to choose the most relevant
ones.
Aims and objectives: It is the
foremost cited section of a research and
presents the intention of researcher or the
goals that are planned. Some researchers
categorize the aims and objectives as
primary and secondary.
Summary: A successful and
qualitative research proposal should
include a summary that interprets the
knowledge of the researcher in that field. It
gives an idea about the knowledge of
researchers towards the methods
employed.
Thus a research proposal can be
defined as a short document that clearly
illustrates the motive or purpose of
researcher towards planning the research
or in other words outlines the complete
research process to be undertaken by the
researcher. It is essential to plan a research
proposal as it ensures planning a smooth
and well-designed research work. Some of
the key points that should be included in a
research proposal are as follows:
 What is the primary motive of
conducting study?
 Where or in what areas is the study
being conducted?
 What is the source of data used for the
study?
 What are the techniques followed in
study?
 How will the data gathered be
analyzed?
 How will the results obtained be
interpreted?
III. CONCLUSION
Though there are different research
works conducted in different areas or
fields but all follow a similar procedure up
to certain extent. All research works
require a common procedure to be
followed but here emphasis has been laid
on performing nursing research by
identifying the priorities or topics that need
to be addressed. It is noteworthy here that
CINAHL database is a popular and
common database that needs to be referred
while planning nursing research. Most of
the nations have already laid emphasis on
identifying the nursing research priorities
and make it necessary to be implemented
in all the nursing research works. In some
of the works authors have described the
key nursing priorities that need to be
addressed as proper practice environment
for nurses, proper management etc.
It has been asserted that the most
critical step in planning a research is
drafting the research questions. An
improper formulation of research question
leads to erroneous study design and
eventually poor research. In most of the
cases the researchers fail to follow a

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systematic approach and the most general
issue encountered by practitioners is
translating the clinical questions into
formal scientific investigation.
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