Qualitative data emphasizes on verbal descriptions that explain human behaviors. In qualitative research, the world is not objective. In addition, the focus is on providing a detailed description of the meaning people give to their experiences. Furthermore, qualitative approaches are associated to inductive reasoning which involves reasoning that moves from the particular to the general (Brown & Schmidt, 2015. p. 15-17).

During my clinical experience, I cared for a 29 year old female patient with history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes, asthma, and cardiomyopathy. The patient presented with shortness of breath, chest pain, fatigue, and weight gain. She was treated and discharged between August 4- 11. After,