Research Chapter 1

Question 1

What is research?

Answer 1

Diligent, systematic inquiry or study

Question 2

Research validates and refines ___________ and develops______________

Answer 2

Existing knowledge; new knowledge

Question 3

Nursing research is different from typical research in that it?

Answer 3

Directly or indirectly influences nursing practice

Question 4

What is evidence-based practice (EBP) ?

Answer 4

Using the best current evidence to make decisions about patient care

Question 5

What is the goal of EBP?

Answer 5

to promote quality, safe, and cost-effective healthcare

Question 6

Evidence-based practice model consists of ?

Answer 6

Best research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient needs & values

Question 7

4 Purposes of nursing research:

Answer 7

Description, Explanation, Prediction, Control

Question 8

What is description?

Answer 8

Describe and identify nursing phenomena and relationships among them

Question 9

What is explanation?

Answer 9

Clarifies the relationship among phenomena and identify causes

Question 10

What is prediction?

Answer 10

Probability of a specific outcome

Question 11

What is control?

Answer 11

Manipulate a situation to produce the desired outcome

Question 12

Who is recognized as the 1st nurse researcher?

Answer 12

Florence Nightingale

Question 13

An initiative focused on developing the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitude statements for nursing competencies

Answer 13

QSEN; quality and safety education for nurses

Question 14

Acquired knowledge (8) comes from?

Answer 14

Tradition, authority, borrowing, trial & error, personal experience, role modeling, intuition, and reasoning

Question 15

Specific to general

Answer 15

Inductive reasoning

Question 16

A headache is an altered level of health that is stressful.

A terminal illness is an altered level of health that is stressful.

Answer 16

Example of inductive reasoning

Question 17

Deductive reasoning

Answer 17

General to specific

Question 18

All humans experience loss.

All adolescents are humans.

Answer 18

Deductive reasoning

Question 19

Most studies conducted in nursing use which research method?

Answer 19

Quantitative research

Question 20

Quantitative research is a systematic process that obtains _______________

Answer 20

Numerical data; statistical

Question 21

Classification of quantitative research include:

Answer 21

Descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental, experimental

Question 22

A systematic, subjective approach used to describe life experiences and giving them meaning; narrative

Answer 22

Qualitative research

Question 23

Quasi-experimental and experimental

Answer 23

Cause and effect

Question 24

Systematic review

Answer 24

Use of specific, systematic to identify, critically appraise, and synthesize research evidence

Question 25

Meta-analysis

Answer 25

Pooling of results from several previous studies using statistical analysis to determine the effect of an intervention

Question 26

RCT

Answer 26

Random controlled studies; type of experimental studies & provide the strongest research evidence

Question 27

Critical-appraisal of research

Answer 27

Careful examination of all aspects of a study to judge strengths, limitations, meaning, and significance