Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 Flashcards
Practices that have been passed down from earlier nurses, often taught in nursing programs.
Traditional Practices
Students often look to teachers to share information about clinical practices.
Authority
When managing a clinical problem nurses will sometimes use similar, former experiences to aid their decision-making.
Personal Experience
helps nurses build expertise.
Personal experience
is closely related and is a hunch that people will use to guide their actions.
Intuition
occurs when nurses try several options until one works and solves their problem.
Trial and Error
reasoning requires the use of analytical abilities to think about how to solve a problem.
Inductive reasoning
moves from specific information to general principles.
Inductive reasoning
Moves from general principles to specific situations.
Deductive reasoning
Is a systematic inquiry that uses disciplined methods to answer questions and solve problems.The ultimate goal of research is to gain knowledge that would be useful to others.
Research
Is a systematic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their clients.
Nursing Research
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING RESEARCH (SPIDCO)
Systematic
Research is process
Involves both inductive and deductive reasoning
Research provides confirmation and results in refining knowledge.
Strives to be an objective.
GOALS FOR CONDUCTING NURSING RESEARCH:
- Promote evidence based nursing practice.
- Ensure credibility of the nursing profession.
- Provide accountability for nursing practice
- Document cost effectiveness of nursing care.
Major reason is no further optimum care for clients.
Promote evidence based nursing practice
Nursing profession exists to provide a service to society.
Promote evidence based nursing practice
Should be based on accurate knowledge
Research determined to be the most reliable means of obtaining knowledge.
Promote evidence based nursing practice
Establish own body of knowledge distinct from other disciplines.
Ensure Credibility Of Nursing Profession
Increased independence brings a need for more accountability.
Provide accountability for nursing practice
Goal to help people achieve or maintain health,regardless of cost.
Document cost effectiveness of nursing care.
Nurses must have a sound rationale for their action.
Provide accountability for nursing practice
ROLES OF NURSES IN RESEARCH:
- Principal investigator
- Member of research team
- Identifier of research problems
- Evaluator of research findings
- User of research findings
- Patient/ client advocate during studies
- Subject/participant in studies