Qualitative research includes methods that allow the researcher to explore a problem with the aim of gathering unknown data to contribute to scientific theory. Furthermore, this research approach allows the researcher to thoroughly investigate the basis related to the research problem. Data collection for this research method includes in-depth interviews and observations in natural environments. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to analyze two qualitative research articles and further refine the relevant areas of my research topic. Section One Article One Analysis This work assumes that medical professionals, i.e., nurses, often find themselves with patients dealing with life regrets and unresolved relationship conflicts. To this end, Ferrell, Green, and Garcia (2013) hypothesize that healthcare workers may find themselves providing care to terminally ill or dying patients. Developmental theorists argue that it is not uncommon for older adults to contemplate and struggle with dispositional, interpersonal, and self-forgiveness issues. Without formal training in pain interventions, nurses and doctors may feel lost because they are not equipped to address patient trepidations about forgiveness. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and identify the contextual settings in which medical professionals observe patients expressing life regrets and/or need for forgiveness. Therefore, participants n=389 were recruited while attending a continuing medical education seminar sponsored by the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC). The primary means of data collection was via a survey that included demographic data and a single open-ended question. For a... half of the paper... the challenge of participant abandonment was addressed. One third of participants did not participate in the second data collection. It could be argued that this high percentage has skewed the data results, although scholars have emigrated because of this disparity. The results of this study suggested that the predictors of mortality rate were related to those who accept God's unconditional forgiveness but are unwilling or unable to give the same unconditional forgiveness to others. Furthermore, conditional forgiveness of others remained a significant predictor of mortality even when religiosity, social demographics, and health were controlled for. This appears to contribute to human biopsychosocial theory because it is a good starting point for investigating the longitudinal effects of forgiveness. Such knowledge also makes forgiveness interventions for older adults a feasible area of study.
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