Topic 1: Quantitative Research Design Using the knowledge and insights gained from the textbook (Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare) and other reliable sources answer the following.

1. In your own words, define quantitative research and provide two examples of quantitative designs with a brief explanation of each design.

2. Identify a potential quantitative research study that is important to nursing and describe which design you would use for this study, why you would use that design, and how the information generated from the study could be applied in nursing practice.

3. Reflect as to the value of quantitative research adding to the science, knowledge, and practice of nursing.

Topic 2 - Clinical Case Scenario Provide a brief summary about how you researched Clinical Case scenario 5.2 on page 111 (see the Practice area of Reading).

Clinical scenario 5.2: A concerned relative follows you into the hall from the room of a family member who has just been diagnosed with rare brain tumor. He tells you he recently saw a program on television that described research linking cellular phone use to the development of some forms of cancer.

His relative has used a cellular phone for many years, and he wonders whether that may have caused the tumor.

You would like to know what the research literature has to say about this issue Be sure and identify the clinical practice, tying it to a HEDIS measure that could fit your clinical question