Chapter 5

Question 0

basic research (pure research)

Answer 0

research designed to generate and refine theory; the findings are often not directly useful in practice.

Question 1

Applied research (practical research)

Answer 1

research designed to directly influence or improve clinical practice

Question 2

concept

Answer 2

abstract images (ideas) that are formed as impressions from the environment and organized into symbols of reality.

Question 3

conceptual framework or model

Answer 3

set of concepts, along with the statements that arrange the concepts into an understandable pattern.

Question 4

Data

Answer 4

information

Question 5

Deductive reasoning

Answer 5

cognitive process in which one examines a general idea and then considers specific actions or ideas

Question 6

Evidence-Based practice (EBP)

Answer 6

nursing care provided that is supported by sound scientific rationale

Question 7

Evidence-Based practice guideline

Answer 7

guidelines written by a panel of experts that synthesize information from multiple studies and recommend best practices to treat patients with a disease, a symptom, or a disability.

Question 8

Inductive reasoning

Answer 8

cognitive process in which one identifies a specific idea or action and then makes conclusions about general ideas.

Question 9

Informed consent

Answer 9

Knowledgeable, voluntary permission obtained from a patient to perform a specific test or procedure.

Question 10

Nursing research

Answer 10

Encompasses both research to improve the care of people in the clinical setting and to study people and the nursing profession, including education, policy development, ethics, and nursing history.

Question 11

Nursing Theory

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Differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities by serving the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices.

Question 12

philosophy

Answer 12

study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes we use to develop and construct our perceptions of life.

Question 13

process

Answer 13

series of actions, changes, or functions to bring about a result.

Question 14

qualitative research

Answer 14

method of research conducted to gain insight by discovering meanings.

Question 15

quantitative research

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research involving the concepts of basic and applied research.

Question 16

research

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process that uses observable and verifiable information (data), collected in a systematic manner, to describe, explain, or predict events.

Question 17

science

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a body of knowledge gained by observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining events and occurrences that are perceived in the world.

Question 18

systematic review

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summarized findings from multiple studies of a specific clinical practice question or topic and recommend practice changes and future directions for research; one of the strongest sources of evidence for evidence-based practice.

Question 19

theory

Answer 19

statement based on observed facts that explains or characterizes a process, an occurrence, or an event, but cannot be proved directly or absolutely as a fact.