title: Research: doing it right the first time.
abstract: This manuscript presents the beginning portions of a research project as well as a critique of the design and methods. Although it is not a complete proposal, this article may given those readers who are thinking of doing research some idea of how easy it is to make fatal flaws in the design of a project. Suggestions for how a research novice might avoid these classic mistakes are made.
authors.affiliation: Christ Hospital & Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giuffre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Partyka
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing; D011643:Publishing; D012107:Research Design; D014956:Writing