Chapter 1

Question 1

What is nursing research?

Answer 1

specifically focused on questions or problems related to nurses or client’s under the care of a nurse.

Question 2

What are 3 Central themes for the future of nursing research?

Answer 2

1) Use of EBP
2) Addressing health & cultural disparities
3) Integration of studies into systematic reviews

Question 3

What is clinical nursing research?

Answer 3

focuses research in the practice setting

Question 4

What is Magnet Status in a hospital setting?

Answer 4

show a propensity to utilize evidence-based practice

Question 5

What is a Systematic review?

Answer 5

Combine the results from several studies on a particular topic.
Review multiple research studies on each intervention for a particular topic and compile the results into one article.

Question 6

Name the sources of Evidence for Nursing Practice. Which are recommended versus require caution?

Answer 6

1) Disciplined research
- recommended
2) Assembled information (bundled-care)
- Important, but use caution
3) Tradition & Authority
- Use caution
4) Trial & Error
- Use caution

Question 7

Sources of Evidence for Nursing Practice:

Tradition, Trial & Error, & Authority

Answer 7

NOT RECOMMENDED AS SOURCES FOR NURSING PRACTICE!

Tradition: personal preferences/Clinical experience
-Clinical experience is subjective and is not generalizable.

Trial and error:

• Involves trying several interventions to see if one worked better.
• Not disciplined enough to determine if an intervention is reliably correlated to its results

Authority:

• when nurses base practice on what a seasoned nurse, textbook, or instructor does or tells them.
• a good starting point for learning a skill, but may not be based on the most recent or accurate evidence

Question 8

Sources of Evidence for Nursing Practice:

Assembled Information

Answer 8

NOT RECOMMENDED AS SOURCES FOR NURSING PRACTICE!

Care Bundles for nursing-quality indicators
-This data is advisable to use to determine if a hospital or a unit needs to change its practice, but by itself, this data does not guide the practice–may not be up-to-date

Question 9

Sources of Evidence for Nursing Practice:

Disciplined Research

Answer 9

RECOMMENDED AS SOURCES FOR NURSING PRACTICE!

Involves searching the literature for methods to improve a problem and analyze the studies.
Then, find a common intervention supported by several studies and proceed to present the findings to your unit practice council.

Question 10

What is a paradigm?

Answer 10

A worldview, or a general perspective on the world’s complexities

Question 11

Paradigm related to Quantitative studies:

Answer 11

Positive paradigm

-Deductive (systematic) process

Question 12

Paradigm related to Qualitative studies:

Answer 12

Constructivist paradigm

-Inductive process (no defined steps)

Question 13

Types of research questions/studies utilized in Quantitative studies:

Answer 13

1) Descriptive
2) Exploratory
3) Prediction & Control
4) Explanatory

Question 14

Types of research questions utilized in Qualitative studies:

Answer 14

1) Descriptive
2) Exploratory
3) Identification
4) Explanatory

Question 15

Identification Study:

Answer 15

Aims to identify a phenomenon that has not been researched before

Exclusively used in Qualitative studies

Question 16

Descriptive Study:

Answer 16

Aims at describing a phenomenon.

Question 17

Exploratory Study:

Answer 17

Aims to explore factors that impact a phenomenon.

Question 18

Explanatory Study:

Answer 18

Aims to understand the underlying cause or nature of the phenomenon.

Question 19

Predication & Control Study:

Answer 19

Aims to predict an outcome based on research evidence w/o explaining WHY the outcome would occur.

Exclusively used in Quantitative studies