Research & Evidence-Based Practice Flashcards
Nursing research starts with
Asking why/ a question
Nursing Research barriers
- Lack of knowledge of nursing research
- Negative attitudes
- Inadequate forums for sharing research
- Lack of support
- Findings not ready for clinical enviroment
Definition of Nursing research
The systematic, objective process of analyzing phenomena of importance to nursing
Examples of reliable sources
- Google Scholar
- St. Kates Library
- Peer reviewed/ edited
- Journals
Definition of evidence-based practice
The ability to integrate the best available current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for the delivery of optimal healthcare
Primary Source
People that did the study and told what they did and the data
Secondary Source
Synthesized data from someone else study and research
How many steps are in the research process
7 Steps
Introduction
Is it of interest
Purpose
Nursing problem, useful facts, contribute to nursing knowledge
Design
Apply the topic of interest, who is involved and how many participants
Limitations
Weaknesses of the study
Discussion
What was found and how did they draw that conclusion
Implications
How to improve for the future
Content in a study/ article
- Introduction
- Purpose
- Design
- Limitations
- Discussion
- Implications
- References
Types of research
- Quantitative
- Qualitative
- Mixed
Quantitative
- Generalized
- Objective, numerical, statistics
- Numbers
Qualitative
- Not generalized
- Subjective, descriptive, look for themes
- Looks for themes
Steps in the research process
- Define the problem
- Find scholarly sources
- Formulate a research question
- Select a research design
- Collect the data
- Analyze the data
- Report the findings
IRB
- Institutional Revie Board
- Has to approve study first before going through with it
Informed Consent
Participant rights
