Chapter 2 Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

Question 1

What is the conscientious integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values and needs in the delivery of the quality , cost effective health care

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Evidence-based practice

Question 2

What generates the evidence to support nursing interventions and cannot be separated from nursing practice

Answer 2

Nursing science

Question 3

What is the formal, objective, systematic study process implemented to obtain numerical data to answer a research question

Answer 3

Quantitative research

Question 4

What is a systematic interactive subjective holistic, scholarly approach used to describe life experiences cultures, and social processes from the perspectives of the persons involved in their natural settings

Answer 4

Qualitative reaseach

Question 5

What is the combination of both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies

Answer 5

Mixed methods

Question 6

What is the branch of philosophy that operates on strict rules of logic, truth, laws, axioms, and predictions

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Logical positivism

Question 7

Is logical positivism apart of quantitative or qualitative research methodologies

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Quantitative

Question 8

What is the understanding that truth can be discovered only imperfectly and in a probabilistic sense

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Post positivism

Question 9

What involves breaking the whole into parts

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Reductionism

Question 10

What is the application of trends or general tendencies to the population from which the sample was drawn

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Generalization

Question 11

What are the 4 quantitative research methods

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Descriptive research
Correlational research
Quasi-experimental research
Experimental research

Question 12

What are the 4 Qualitative research methods

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Phenomenological research
Grounded theory research
Ethnographical research
Exploratory-descriptive qualitative research

Question 13

What research provides and accurate portrayal or account of characteristics of a specific individual situation or group

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Descriptive research

Question 14

What research Involves the systematic infestation of relationships between or among two or more variables that have been identified in theories , observed in practice or both

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Correlational research

Question 15

What research identifies casual relationships, to examine the significance of casual relationships, to clarify why certain events happened, or a combinations of these objectives

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Quasi-experimental research

Question 16

What research is an objective, systematic, controlled investigation conducted for the purpose off predicting and controlling phenomena

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Experimental research

Question 17

What research is a humanistic study of phenomena/exploring an experience as it is lived by the study participants and interpreted by the researcher

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Phenomenological research

Question 18

What research is used when little is known about the area to be studied and emphasizes interaction, observations, and development of relationships among concepts

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Grounded Theory Research

Question 19

What is the type of research that attempts to tell the story of peoples daily lives while describing the culture in which they live

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Ethnographical Research

Question 20

What is the type of research conducted to address and issue or problem in need of a solution and/or understanding

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Exploratory-descriptive qualitative research

Question 21

What is the type of research which examines the results of care and measures the changes in health status of patients

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What is outcomes research

Question 22

What is the summary of the highest quality current empirical knowledge in a specific area of health care that is developed from a synthesis of quality studies in that area

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Best research evidence

Question 23

What is a structured comprehensive synthesis of the research literature conducted to determine the best research evidence available to address a healthcare question

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Systematic review

Question 24

What is conducted to statistically pool the results from previous studies into a single quantitative analysis that provided one of the highest levels of evidences about an interventions effectiveness

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Meta analysis

Question 25

What is the systematic compiling and integration of qualitative study results to expand understanding and develop a unique interpretation of study findings in a selected area

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Meta synthesis