1. What is my research topic? My topic of inquiry is general nursing.

I am choosing this
discipline, because I am currently pursuing a bachelors degree to become a RN nurse.
2. What is my exigency? I am performing this inquiry in this discipline, because I want to
succeed in life and I cannot see any other path than something related to medicine. Ive
seen people I love suffer from diseases, and it made me feel extremely impotent, which
has forged such devotion towards medicine within me. I really desire to find what it takes
to get to my desired goal; to become a nurse.
3. What is my dissonance? My intended discipline is composed of phases and pre-requisites
before entering nursing school. Therefore, I do not have a clear idea of what is next in
order to achieve my degree.
4. What is my object of study? The discipline of nursing.
5. What is my statement of purpose? I want to inquire what I need to do in order to
become an active and successful nurse.
6. What is my primary research question?
What are the requisites to become a successful member of the nursing community?
7. What categories could I use to base my secondary questions on?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

Time
Moral
Cost
Study
Tools
Relations
Failure

8. What would my secondary questions be for the categories above?

a) How many time will it take me to get a nursing degree?
b) How am I going to handle catastrophes or deaths related to patients?
c) What will be the cost of my nursing education?

d) Will I be able to control all the study I have to go through?

e) What will be the tools I am going to need during nursing school?
f) How will I relate to patients and treat them adequately?
g) What if I do not get accepted into nursing school?

9. What context-specific ideas for each category could I use to focus my inquiry and direct
my research for answering each of my secondary research questions?
Time

Moral/

Cost

Study

Ethics

Tools/

Relations

Failure

Equipmen
t

Intended
years

Guilt
Accidents

How
much(tuitio
n)

Diseases

Materials

Deaths

Exams

Selfconsciousne
ss

Courses

Internships
Summer
classes

Stress

How many

Communicati

StudyLoad

Quality

on

Cost

Misunderstandings

Time
Size
Pressure

Extra
classes
(maymester
,
wintermeste
r,
etc.)
Relaxation
Graduate
school
(Masters,
M.D.)

Expectance
on surgery,
(bizarre
medicine)

Culture

Graduate
school
Extra
expenses

Time
Religion

School
Workstudy
Difficult
y

Contingen
ce Plans
Stress

New/Used
Energy

Application
s

Career
choice

Money
Skills

Work
Real/traini
ng

Possible
family, friend
cases

Continuing
on study/
work