Week 4

Question 1

Scholarship

Answer 1

Activities that advance teaching, research, and practice of nursing

Question 2

What is nursing research

Answer 2

A way to identify new knowledge and improve professional education and practice

Question 3

Why do we need evidence in nursing?

Answer 3

To prove efficacy

To ensure test outcomes

Question 4

Who introduced research to nursing?

Answer 4

Florence nightingale
- noticed condition of soldier living was contributing to ill health

Question 5

Practice is based on (3)

Answer 5

Research
Non research
Client experiences

Question 6

How is practice based on research?

Answer 6

Gathering info from elsewhere

Question 7

How is practice based on non research

Answer 7

Your own work
- clinical expertise
- national standards

Question 8

How is practice based on client experinces?

Answer 8

The client is the expert
- they have lived experiences

Question 9

Evidence informed practice

Answer 9

The integration of the most informative research evidence + evidence form expert clinical practice, client preferences, professional judgement, and other sources to produce the best possible care for clients

Question 10

Evidence informed decision making process (4)

Answer 10

Client experiences
Evidence from assessments
Patient values and beliefs
Evidence from research

Question 11

What is evidence informed decision making

Answer 11

An ongoing process that enables nurses to make accurate, timely, and appropriate clinical decisions

It builds on evidence based healthcare

Question 12

Evidence based practice is (2)

Answer 12

The conscious use of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of patients

Not holistic, solely evidence based

Question 13

As part of their professional accountability, nurses must…

Answer 13

Continually examine the best way to deliver care

Question 14

Steps for successful EBP/EIP (5)

Answer 14

Ask
- ask a question
Access
- get the best evidence
Appraise
- ensure evidence validity
Apply
- integrate results with clinical expertise
Assess
- evaluate process

Question 15

What is PICOT for

Answer 15

An acronym to help you formulate a clinical question and guide evidence search

Question 16

PICOT acronym

Answer 16

Patient population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Time frame

Question 17

Literature sources (2)

Answer 17

Primary literature
- peer reviewed
- most common
- describes original research
Secondary sources
- reviewed articles
- summarize past research and points out gaps

Question 18

Peer review is…

Answer 18

The evaluation of work by people of similar competence to the producer of the work

It maintains standards of quality

Question 19

Types of scholarly articles (3)

Answer 19

Empirical studies
Literature reviews
Theoretical articles

Question 20

Empirical studies

Answer 20

Empirical = Info gained by experience/experiment

Tests a hypothesis

Can be qualitative or quantitative

Question 21

Literature reviews

Answer 21

A critical analysis of existing literature

Authors organize, integrate, and evaluate

Summarize the topics

Question 22

Theoretical articles

Answer 22

Authors draw on existing literature and our theory of a concept or topic

Question 23

Qualitative research

Answer 23

Means of understanding people’s perceptions and experiences

Utilizes interviews, groups, and observations

Question 24

Types of qualitative studies (7)

Answer 24

Phenomenology
Grounded theory
Ethnography
Participatory action
Case studies
Historical research
Narrative research

Question 25

Phenomenology

Answer 25

Describes the lived experiences

Question 26

Grounded theory

Answer 26

Develops a theory based on data

Question 27

Ethnography

Answer 27

Examination of cultures. Researcher is immersed in culture for a time period to get a description

Question 28

Participatory action

Answer 28

Empowers subjects in the research study to solve problems

Question 29

Case studies

Answer 29

Examine the social phenomenon in specific contexts

Question 30

Historical research

Answer 30

Looks for the patterns and trends among past events and their relevancy

Question 31

Narrative research

Answer 31

Examines and explains a theory that describes a series of events that took place over time

Question 32

Quantitative research uses a….

Answer 32

Deductive approach to prove a theory
- also uses math techniques
- can involve variables
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Question 33

Types of quantitative research (7)

Answer 33

Experimental / randomized control trial
Quasi experimental
Non experimental
Surveys
Correlational
Case control
Cohort

Question 34

Experimental / randomized control trial

Answer 34

Test cause and effect

Variables re manipulated

Question 35

Quasi experimental

Answer 35

Controlled clinical trials

Not randomized

Question 36

Non experimental

Answer 36

Observational

Question 37

Surveys obtain…

Answer 37

Information from a group or population

Question 38

Correlation research

Answer 38

Investigation of the nature of relationships

Question 39

Case control

Answer 39

Compares case and control groups

Question 40

Cohort research

Answer 40

Follows the same subjects over and over period of time

Question 41

Parts of a research article

Answer 41

Abstract
Introduction
Literature review
Purpose statement
Methods/design
Results
Conclusion/discussion
References

Question 42

Parts of a research article - abstract

Answer 42

Summarizes the article

Question 43

Parts of a research article - intro

Answer 43

Why the research was done

Question 44

Parts of a research article - literature review

Answer 44

Gives existing levels of science and where the gaps are

Question 45

Parts of a research article - Purpose statement

Answer 45

Explains focus and intent

Question 46

Parts of a research article - methods/design

Answer 46

Defines key terms, describes procedures used to conduct the experiment

Question 47

Parts of a research article - results

Answer 47

Summarize the findings

Question 48

Parts of a research article - conclusion/ discussion

Answer 48

Explains clinical importance of the study, discusses results, may point towards future research or address limitations in the study