Week 4 Flashcards
Scholarship
Activities that advance teaching, research, and practice of nursing
What is nursing research
A way to identify new knowledge and improve professional education and practice
Why do we need evidence in nursing?
To prove efficacy
To ensure test outcomes
Who introduced research to nursing?
Florence nightingale
- noticed condition of soldier living was contributing to ill health
Practice is based on (3)
Research
Non research
Client experiences
How is practice based on research?
Gathering info from elsewhere
How is practice based on non research
Your own work
- clinical expertise
- national standards
How is practice based on client experinces?
The client is the expert
- they have lived experiences
Evidence informed practice
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
Evidence informed decision making process (4)
Client experiences
Evidence from assessments
Patient values and beliefs
Evidence from research
What is evidence informed decision making
An ongoing process that enables nurses to make accurate, timely, and appropriate clinical decisions
It builds on evidence based healthcare
Evidence based practice is (2)
The conscious use of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of patients
Not holistic, solely evidence based
As part of their professional accountability, nurses must…
Continually examine the best way to deliver care
Steps for successful EBP/EIP (5)
Ask
- ask a question
Access
- get the best evidence
Appraise
- ensure evidence validity
Apply
- integrate results with clinical expertise
Assess
- evaluate process
What is PICOT for
An acronym to help you formulate a clinical question and guide evidence search
PICOT acronym
Patient population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Time frame
Literature sources (2)
Primary literature
- peer reviewed
- most common
- describes original research
Secondary sources
- reviewed articles
- summarize past research and points out gaps
Peer review is…
The evaluation of work by people of similar competence to the producer of the work
It maintains standards of quality
Types of scholarly articles (3)
Empirical studies
Literature reviews
Theoretical articles
Empirical studies
Empirical = Info gained by experience/experiment
Tests a hypothesis
Can be qualitative or quantitative
Literature reviews
A critical analysis of existing literature
Authors organize, integrate, and evaluate
Summarize the topics
Theoretical articles
Authors draw on existing literature and our theory of a concept or topic
Qualitative research
Means of understanding people’s perceptions and experiences
Utilizes interviews, groups, and observations
Types of qualitative studies (7)
Phenomenology
Grounded theory
Ethnography
Participatory action
Case studies
Historical research
Narrative research
