Intro and method

IMRaD Paper

Introduction

People are admitted to the hospital everyday for a variety of reasons.  Many people have one goal; to improve their health.  This causes patients to make a lot of exceptions when it comes to how they are treated by the staff.  When I say treated, I mean by the way the staff and patient interacted. A survey was conducted to show results of how people felt they were treated by the staff based on their reason for admission.   Not much research has been done to find a correlation between reason for admission and interaction with the staff, so I was curious to see what the results would show.   It is obvious that when people are admitted for very serious illness, they may be treated differently.  This study focuses on people who were admitted for a short period of time.  

Method

Participants

The research found was based on a survey that was sent to students at The University of Iowa.  This included males and females between the ages of 18-22 to obtain a wide variety of data. 

Procedure

To obtain the research required, a survey was sent out to students at The University of Iowa.  They were asked five questions about their last experience at a hospital.  Some of the questions include why they were at the hospital, how long they were there for, and if they felt like they were treated properly.  

         

Survey

take my survey

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNSBTMUiST0dRCl8Rd7WMLdaiBddbDjYcFiHWclb5iCVGi_g/viewform?c=0&w=1

Survey Questions

What caused you to seek medical attention? Who did you first interact with once admitted? How long were you admitted? Do you feel as though you were properly treated?  Would you recommend your caretaker to a friend?

Topic Proposal

For this writing assignment, I am going to analyze how nurses and other caretakers treat patients based on a number of qualities.  I chose this topic because I plan to enter a field where I work close with patients.  Seeing how other people interact with patients.  To write this paper, I am going to to ask two questions:  why do you think caretakers treat patients differently from one another? And, what do you think can be done to prevent this?  To answer these questions,  I am going to survey people about their experiences in hospitals and things they've observed.  

IMRaD paper

The main difference between IMRaD papers and the papers we write in class is the way the information in the paper is presented.  In argument papers, the author presents a claim or thesis then backs that up with evidence in different paragraphs.  In IMRaD papers, the author is analyzing an experiment.  The author summarizes the experiment in an abstract then presents the information in a clear organized fashion.  These papers aren't claiming anything, just presenting the information.