So long!

It has been a great pleasure working with you this term. Your enthusiasm about research is very encouraging.

I look forward to seeing your research published in English-language journals around the world!

Please continue to read, write, listen, and speak in English, so that you can learn from nurses around the world and share your wisdom and experience with them as well--so that together we can all work toward relieving suffering and enhancing the well-being of every person.

God's blessings on your studies.

Warm regards,
Kevin

A Method Overview

To determine whether an intergenerational program is effective in terms of enhancing well-being in older adults and youth, subjects were assigned to two groups: the first group was made up of older adults and youth participating in an intergenerational program; the second group was made up of older adults and youth participating in separate single-generational programs. All subjects were interviewed before and after the programs, using a questionnaire developed by the researcher. Also, structured observations of both groups were conducted, and their responses and observations were compared.

Method Overviews

Who did what, to whom, using what, where?

Here's the method overview we recreated from a study in Spain, entitled "Alcohol Intake and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in the Spanish EPIC Cohort Study":

From 1999 to 2009 in Spain, more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women aged between 29 and 69 were asked to document their lifetime drinking habits. The study followed subjects for 10 years. Based on what they reported, participants were placed into six categories, ranging from having never drunk alcohol to drinking more than 90 grams of alcohol each day. Finally, the risks of heart disease were determined for each category.

Writing Good Titles is Hard Work! Part 2

Here are some examples of Before and After titles:

The experience and the struggle with difficulty of psychiatric and mental health nurse in the community who ever worked in the ward
→The Struggles of Former Ward Nurses Working in Community-Based Mental Health
(psychiatric and mental can be combined; struggle includes the idea of "with difficulty"; experience and struggle are very similar)

Women’s Perception of Receiving Women-Centered Care During Pregnancy - A Comparison Among Birth-centers, Clinics, and Hospitals in Japan
→Perceptions of Woman-Centered Care During Pregnancy Comparing Japanese Birth Sites
(women's perception of women-centered care is redundant; no need to name all three kinds of birth sites)

The Experience of Having Thought and Sense the Men of Couples Who are Undergoing Infertility Treatment
→Men’s Experiences in Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment
(experiences can include thought and sense)

Meanings of nurse touch in nurse-cognitively impaired elderly interactions
→The Meaning of Touch for Nurses Interacting With Cognitively Impaired Elderly
(confusing; nurse is repeated twice)

Effective coping methods to adapt to life of climacterium
→Coping Methods of Women Adapting to Menopausal Life
(climacterium is too technical; use the normal English when possible)

Factors caused feeling burden to winter driving in home visiting nurses
→Driving in Snow-Cold Districts: Burdens on Visiting Nurses
(this was a creative re-writing of the title, making clear that the burden being studied is connected to driving in cold weather)

Writing Good Titles is Hard Work! Part 1

A title should summarize the main idea of the manuscript simply and, if possible, with style. It should be a concise statement of the main topic and should identify the variables or theoretical issues under investigation and the relationship between them.

A title should be fully explanatory when standing alone.

Get rid of words that are not useful, i.e. "Method", "Results", "A Study of," "An Experimental Investigation of," etc.

The recommended length of a title is NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS

Getting Ready to Write a Review of the Literature

Divide articles you find into three groups:

Group 1: What is the problem?

What problem needs a solution? What question needs to be answered? What theory needs to be tested?

Group 2: What work has been done on “The Problem”?

What work has already been done? (or how has the theory already been tested?)

Group 3: What are the flaws/gaps in the work done on “The Problem”?

In the articles you read, what are the GAPS, the unanswered questions? What questions were NEVER ASKED but should have been?

Don't start with the Introduction (even though it comes first in the report)

（イントロダクションを事前に書くと、出来上がった内容とかなりずれる可能性は大！）

Try starting with your Purpose Statement.

Then work on the Literature Review.

(go back and change Purpose Statement if needed)

Finish the Literature Review while deciding on your Methods...

Only after you finish everything else, write the Introduction