Class 1 Flashcards
Why is nursing research important
3
What does it focus on
- It is the foundation of your professional practice
- It is integral to meet the challenge of providing quality care (e.g., improve patient outcomes)
- National and provincial expectations to provide safe, competent, evidence-informed care
Pt outcomes / Issues
When was evidence based practice introduced and its importance
What is it
Evidence based NURSING Refers to incorporation of? 4
Acknowledges what factors beyond evidence 5
Nurses role 5
- Formally introduced as EBM in 1992
- Moving away from reliance on “the way it was always done” which can be found in almost every profession
A problem-solving approach to practice that incorporates a systemic search for and critical appraisal of the most relevant evidence to answer a clinical question
- Research findings,
- Clinical expertise,
- Client preferences
- Any resource to make an informed decision about client
- Indigenous knowledge
- Cultural norms
- Clinical judgment/expertise (front line workers)
- Expert opinion
- Patient preferences
- Acquire EIP competencies
- Read and critique evidence-informed literature
- Generate and explore researchable questions
- Participate in the conduct of research and dissemination
- Attend to ethical principles of research
Promoting depth in nursing research
-How do you promote depth and how do you build more evidence 2
Replication of studies is necessary to build more empirical evidence
Replication promotes generalizability of study findings to incorporate into practice
Is there evidence for a genetic link between stress and depression?
Caspi paper is on what?
How many times was it cited
What was discovered when trying to replicate the data
Culverhouse says what about true findings
Caspi et al., (2003) Influence of life stress on depression: Moderation by a polymorphism in the 5-HTT gene
Cited more than 4000 times since 2003
98 research groups analyzed data to try and replicate the finding
* could not find a link between the serotonin genes, depression and stress *
Culverhouse “That’s why it’s so important to have true replication studies. Findings that are true will be replicated.”
Historical Development
-1850 to the present on nursing research 4
- Promotion of health, prevention of disease, care of the sick
- Publications showcasing nursing research
- Growth of advanced nursing education programs (Master’s, PhD across Canada)
- Initiatives to support/fund nursing studies
Canadian Research Priorities (CIHR) 5
Enhanced Pt experiences/outcomes through health innovation
Health of Indigenous peoples
Preventive action toward a healthier future
Improved QOL (quality of life) for those with chronic illness
Reducing health disparities in underserviced communities or populations (e.g., rural/remote)
International Research Priorities (WHO)
- focused on?
- 5 examples
some of the current priorities globally
Prevent malaria deaths Eradicate polio Reduce measles mortality Mobile health for development Innovation of health finance
5 steps and describe
Knowledge gap
- ask questions that require answers from experts
- Lack of theoretical/empirical knowledge
Knowledge generation
- questions are devised about phenomenon
- quantitative/qualitative methods used to answer questions
Knowledge distribution
5 steps and describe
Knowledge gap
- ask questions that require answers from experts
- Lack of theoretical/empirical knowledge
Knowledge generation
- questions are devised about phenomenon
- quantitative/qualitative methods used to answer questions
Knowledge distribution
-Knowledge is shared with profession through formal or informal reporting (papers vs internet and media)
Knowledge Adoption
- new knowledge used to alter practice
- used to develop policies and protocols
Knowledge Review and revision
- New health issues lead to new questions
- old knowledge revised or excluded
- New questions need new research
Research Article 2 vs. Clinical or Scholarly Article 5
Clinical or Scholarly Article
- “How-to” guide
- Overview of a process or concept
- Summary of guidelines or implications
- Case report
- Information about a new process, technique, standard, or review
Research Article
- Follows the steps of the research process
- Not a “how to” but answers a question with all the components of research clearly presented
What is Ontology
what is Epistemology and 3 questions it asks
The study of being or existence and its relationship to nonexistence.
Branch of philosophy that deal with what is known to be “truth”
“What is knowledge?”
“How is knowledge acquired?”
“How do we know what we know?”
Research Paradigms
What is a Paradigms
Name 3 sets of beliefs and practices
how does it help the researcher
Paradigm comes from “pattern”
Sets of beliefs and practices (Table 2.1 p. 27)
- Post-positivism
- Critical Social Theory
- Constructivism
Guide researcher’s choice of Methodology
-i.e., Our values influence the choices we make in our aim to develop new knowledge
Post-Positivism
- what basis of research is it
- describes what
- values what
- What Ontology , what Epistemology
- Acknowledges?
Is the basis of most quantitative research
Assumption that a material world exists and can be sensed (e.g., seen, touched, heard) and measured
Values objectivity
Objectivist epistemology, Realist ontology
Acknowledges the potential for fallible observation and error… theory is revisable
Constructivism
- what basis of research is it
- describes what
- values what
- What Ontology , what Epistemology
- Acknowledges?
Is the basis for most qualitative research
Assumption that phenomenon can only be explored through the eyes of the people who live it
Values subjectivity
Subjectivist epistemology, Relativist ontology
The main assumption is that reality is and the way in which we understand our world is dependent on our perceptions
Critical Social Theory
- what basis of research is it
- describes what
- What Ontology , what Epistemology
- Acknowledges?
Basis for both quantitative and qualitative research (e.g., participatory action research)
Assumes that reality is constructed by those with the most power throughout history
Contextual epistemology and ontology
Understanding health and illness within the context of social, historical, political, economical, cultural factors, and social justice