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General Nursing Research Guide

Research Steps

Welcome Nursing Students!

This guide has been designed to help you learn how to conduct your own successful research using Linfield Library resources. Please feel free to reach out to me, Pat Love (plove2@linfield.edu), if you have any questions or need additional assistance. Here are the five major steps to conducting research you will be working through in this guide:

Step One: Formulating A Research Topic

Step One: Formulating a Research Topic/Question

Coming up with a research topic can often feel daunting, so try sticking with a subject that you feel passionate about! It's way easier to write or conduct research on a topic that actually matters to you. If you're feeling stuck, try brainstorming for ideas by writing down everything that comes into your mind on a blank piece of paper. This will often generate good ideas for your research topic.