NURS 8200 Identify your selected problem in the first line of your posting and post your research question

 
NURS 8200 Identify your selected problem in the first line of your posting and post your research question

My research correlation question is- What is the relationship between nicotine products and continued smoking cessation after 6 months post discharge in patients that quit smoking during their hospital stay? There is a variety of statistics that makeup a measure of correlation which distinguishes the connection between variables (Gray et al., 2021). 

Null and Alternate Hypotheses

A Null hypothesis states that there is no connection among the variables that are being researched and the Alternate hypothesis is research that is actually being performed (Polit, 2010).  

The Null hypothesis for this assignment is- Patients that have quit smoking during their hospital stay that receive nicotine products post discharge do not remain smoke free post 6 months of discharge. The Alternate Hypothesis is- Patients that have quit smoking during their hospital stay that receive nicotine products post discharge do remain smoke free post 6 months of discharge. The independent variable is nicotine products, and the dependent variable is the patients that has been discharged 6 months ago. 

Predictions

My prediction for the expected relationship between receiving nicotine products and the patient remaining smoke free 6 months post discharge is positive and that these patients have a greater chance of success to stop smoking.  I think that this relationship between these two variables exist because the patient has already been motivated enough to quit smoking during their hospital stay and with continued use of nicotine products, it will decrease the urge to restart smoking.  Many people that are admitted to our psych hospital are committed to change and the smoking cessation products can assist in this continued change. Other factors that might affect the outcomes are the patient does not use the products post discharge, they are presented with a cigarette from a family member post discharge, and they are not in a locked facility that prohibits smoking.  

References 

Gray, J. R., Grove, S. K., & Sutherland, S. (2021). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (9th ed.) Saunders Elsevier. 

Polit, D. (2010). Statistics and data analysis for nursing research (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, 

NJ: Pearson Education Inc. p. 397