Quiz #2: Knowledge Transition - Scholarship of integration (Evidence informed care/decision making Flashcards
Why do we need evidence informed care?
- Optimize pt, community, populations, outcomes
- improve clinical practice
- achieve coast effective
- accountability
- transparency
What are the types of evidence
- Quantitative
- qualitative
- mega-analysis
- consensus doc.
- commission report
- regulation
- experiential info
What is the role of the nurse in research?
- Needs basic competencies
- read & critique evidence informed literature
- make research Q’s
- participate in or conduct research
- evaluate & promote evidence informed practice
What is the role of the professional/ specialty organization in research?
- Use of evidence to create standards/guidelines
- lobby gov’t for money
- healthy policies and regulations
What is the role of the regulatory authority in research?
- Use evidence to create standards & guidelines
- Suppose nurses
What is the role of the researchers in research?
- Identify knowledge gap
- deliver high quality research
- teach new researchers
- achieve effective knowledge transfer
What is the role of the educators in research?
- Support
- Evidence informed curricula
- promote inquiry
- promote critical thinking
- openness to change
- life-long learners
What is the role of health service organizations in research?
- reduce barriers
- evaluate outcome
- support
- provide continuing education
What is the role of the government in research?
- Support systems
- institutions
- funding
What is the role of health info institutions in research?
- Collect
- Store
- Maintain data
What is decision making influenced by?
- Evidence
- theory
- values
- judgement
- client choice
- ethics
- regulation
- legislation
- resources
- environment
What is a guideline
Systematically developed statements to assist a practitioner in decision making about appropriate care for certain circumstances
What is a guideline based on?
Research, opinions, consensus
What is evidence informed decision making?
Continuous interactive process involving explicit, conscientious and judicious of best evidence
What are quality improvement studies?
Nurse or student investigates outcomes of pt’s in a specific settings
Why is quality improvement not research?
Only applies to one facility
What are best practice guidelines?
- Formalized collection of documents
- Enables organizations & health systems to focus on pt. care & clinical excellence, using the latest research to inform practices
- Helps to advance gov’t priorities & outcomes
- most appropriate course of action based on research and evidence from practice
What is the way to remember how to form a good research Q?
PICOT
What does the P stand for in PICOT
population of interest
What does the I stand for in PICOT
intervention of interest
what does the C stand for in PICOT
comparison of interest
what does the O stand for in PICOT
outcome
What does the T stand for in PICOT
time
What are the 5 steps fo successful evidence informed practice?
1) Ask Q that clearly presents problem
2) Identify & gather most relevant and best practice
3) appraise evidence
4) integrate w/ expertise, preference and pt. values
5) evaluate outcome of practice decision
What is research literacy
being able to locate, understand & evaluate literature
What is research capability
being able to do research
what are the three things you critique for?
1) Value
2) Feasibility
4) Unity
What are the 2 aspects of feasibility
1) Scientific merti & clinical applicability
2) determine if they give strong enough basis
What do theories and research do for nursing…?
Improve the practice & overall profession
The best research designs use…
both qualitative & quantitative
what are some examples of quantitative
Pain severity, rate of wound heal, body temp
*These test theories and use stats to eliminate bias
What are some examples of qualitative
anything that cannot be quantified (emotion)