MAJOR PHASES OF RESEARCH PROCESS

    Research is a systematic inquiry that uses disciplined methods to answer questions and solve problems. Its ultimate goal is to gain knowledge that would be useful for many people. Nursing research is a systematic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their clients (Polit & Beck,2018). Research is compose of certain phases that serves as a guide for continuous flow of the process. Some claims that the research process has a lot of phases or steps to generate the process but it depends on the researcher and it's subject-matter .

    Someone has said that it seems rational to reduce the number of research phases to five. This five phases outline is simple and effective strategy for conducting effective research. The five phases are the conceptual phase, phase of construction of research design, empiric phase, analytic phase and disseminative phase. Organization of your study is very much important so that your research study will be executed thoroughly. Research should be of excellent quality in order to produce high quality  body of knowledge that helps in the improvement of nursing care in the health care setting. This major phases enriches the research process to have a well-conducted outcome towards the success of improving nursing care.

Reference: 

Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2018). Essentials of nursing research: Appraising evidence for nursing practice (9th ed.) Philadelphia, PA:Wolters Kluwer Health.