Research 1 Flashcards

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Who started nursing research way back

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florence nightengale

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Research that focuses on actual issues related to practice

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clinical nursing research

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paradigm

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world view

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positivist paradigm

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It is assumed that there is an objective reality

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determinism

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an assumption related to the positivist paradigm which says that everything has a cause, it’s not random

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constructivist paradigm

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reality isn’t a fixed thing; rather it’s what we Think it to be

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7
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Quantitative is associated with which paradigm

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positivist

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empirical evidence

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evidence collected with our senses

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What does quaN STRIVE for

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generalizability

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A very important (and broad) distinction that’s within quaN

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studies that describe

studies that identify a cause

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What is level 1 evidence

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systematic review (synthesis and analysis)

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An example of a Single Cross-Sectional Study

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Survey

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Level 3 evidence

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Quasi-Experiment

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Level 4 evidence

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Single Prospective/Cohort study

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15
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Level 2 evidence for Meaning/Process questions

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Single In-depth quaL study

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EBP is the purposeful use of

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current evidence to make clinical decisions

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EBP de-emphasizes

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making decisions based on custom

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18
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EBP overlaps with the concept of

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RU

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19
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EBP and RU both have to do with

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using research as the basis for making clinical decisions

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The difference between EBP and RU is

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RU STARTS with a research-based innovation that gets evaluated for possible use in practice

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One of the major underpinnings of EBP

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Cochrane Collaboration

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Cochrane Collaboration

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a respected group that reviews studies

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23
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Clinical practice guidelines

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combine an appraisal of research evidence with specific recommendation for clinical decisions

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24
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RDS may be treated with ___ ___ for endothelial relaxation in neonates. it’s a Vasodilator

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Nitric Oxide

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Respiratory distress caused by
immature lungs and inadequate levels of surfactant causing lung collapse
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Descriptive phenomenology
describing what see, think, feel, etc.
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Descriptive phenomenology involves 4 things:
bracketing intuiting analyzing describing
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Interpretive phenomenology
Goes beyond just describing, also seeks to Understand
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Hermenuetics means ___ and relates to
Understanding, and relates to Interpretive phenomenology
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What kind of phenomenology involves interpreting poetry etc
Hermeneutics/interpretive
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In an interpretive phenomenologic study ___ does not occur
Bracketing
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Grounded theory
has to do with people's actions
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Ground theory first seeks to understand ___ and then ___
first understand the Problem then understand people's actions in response to that problem
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Core variable
in grounded theory, it's the way that people deal with a problem
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Basic social process
In grounded theory, it's a type of core variable
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In qualitative research, the people being studied are called
participants or subjects
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In qualitative research, the people being studied are called
participants or informants
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The building blocks of theories are
concepts
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Theories
Systematic explanation of something in the real world
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In quaN studies, the concepts are called
variables
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The DV is which part of PICO
the O
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The IV is which part of PICO
the I and the C
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Conceptual Definition
Describes the abstract/theoretical meaning of a concept
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An operational definition specifies
how a variables will be measured
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Theory that seeks to describe and understand key social psychological processes that occur in a social setting
Grounded Theory
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Theory that focuses on the lived experiences of humans and is an approach to gaining insight into what life experiences of people are like and what they mean
phenomenology
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The 4 major sections found in most articles
IMRAD (intro, methods, results, and discussion)
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Inference
A conclusion drawn from study evidence
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Trustworthiness
Pertains to quaL | Includes all the other dimensions like credibility, dependability, etc
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Credibility
Pertains to quaL | It's the extent to which the methods make the findings believable
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Research Control
in quaN studies, its when you have control against extraneous variables
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Reflexivity
Reflecting on your own biases when doing quaL research
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The equivalent to generalizability for a quaL study
Transferability
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One way of improving transferability
richly describing everything so that others can make inferences about it
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3 major principles from the Belmont report
Beneficence Human Dignity Justice
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Beneficence
Do good | Protect from harm
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Human dignity
right to self-determination
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Concealment
Not telling the people you're collecting data about them
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Deception
Withhold info or Giving false info
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Justice
Fair tx | Privacy
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Process Consent
This is in quaL studies when you have to modify the informed consent as the study goes on
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Certificate of confidentiality
means you dont have to turn over information even if its court ordered
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Pregnant or very sick patients are a vulnerable population because
They're easily harmed
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2 examples of research misconduct
Plagiarism | Fabrication
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A problem statement talks about the nature of the problem and
makes an argument for why we need the study
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A statement of purpose identifies
Concepts (or variables) | Population
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Research question
Specific questions about how to address the research problem
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What ultimately happens with the hypothesis
They're not proved or disproved Rather, they are "supported" or "accepted"
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Ancestry Approach
A way of researching literature | Track down studies citied in a reference list
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Concepts are the basic units of conceptual models, but
concepts aren't linked in a logical deductive system
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Schematic models are aka
conceptual maps
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Schematic models/conceptual models
Graphic representation of phenomena
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Framework includes
overall rationale and conceptual definitions of key concepts