Nature of nursing-Ch2: Evidence- Based Practice & Research In Nursing

Question 1

This research entails the systematic collection, statistical analysis, and interpretation of numerical data.

Answer 1

Quantitative research

Question 2

This research is the systematic collection and thematic analysis of narrative data; this research collects and analyzes words rather than numbers.

Answer 2

Qualitative research

Question 3

Process in which decisions are made that result in a detailed plan or proposal for a study, as well as the actual implementation of the plan.

Answer 3

Research process

Question 4

Clinical decision making based on the simultaneous use of the best evidence, clinical expertise, and clients’ values.

• assess the need for a change in practice: identify source that indicates change is needed
• locate the best evidence: gather evidence
• critically analyze the evidence: determine if risks outweigh potential benefits
• design practice change: resources, methods used
• implement and evaluate the change: small test
• integrate and maintain change in practice

Answer 4

Evidence-based practice (EBP)

Question 5

Any information a subject relates will not be made public or available to others without the subjects consent

Answer 5

Confidentiality

Question 6

The behavior, characteristic, or outcome that the researcher wishes to explain or predict

Answer 6

Dependent variable

Question 7

Procedures that summarize large volumes of data; used to describe and synthesize data, showing patterns and trends

Answer 7

Descriptive statistics

Question 8

Research that provides a framework to focus on the culture of a group of people

Answer 8

Ethnography

Question 9

Research to understand social structures and social processes; this method focuses on the generation of categories or hypotheses that explains patterns of behavior of people in the study

Answer 9

Grounded theory

Question 10

A prediction of the relationship among two or more variables

Answer 10

Hypothesis

Question 11

The presumed cause or influence on the dependent variable

Answer 11

Independent variable

Question 12

Measures that describe the center of the distribution of data, denoting where most of the subjects lie; include the mean, median, and mode

Answer 12

Measures of central tendency

Question 13

Measures that indicate the degree of dispersion or spread of the data; include range, variance, and standard deviation

Answer 13

Measures of variability he

Question 14

Research that investigates peoples life experiences and how they interpret those experiences

Answer 14

Phenomenology

Question 15

A predetermined and preprinted plan specifying the procedure to be followed in a particular situation

Answer 15

Protocals

Question 16

The degree to which an instrument produces consistent results on repeated use

Answer 16

Reliability

Question 17

Term applied after data have been analyzed to determine whether the results had a probability less than 0.05, which is considered the acceptable level of significance

Answer 17

Statistically significant

Question 18

The degree to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure

Answer 18

Validity