Week 5 Research And Critical Thinking Flashcards
(33 cards)
Who started the development of research in nursing
Florence Nightingale
What’s the first nursing research journal that was published in Canada on 1969 called?
Nursing Papers
2 types of research
Quantitative
Qualitative
A type of research that studies all use of statistical analysis
can be precisely measured and quantified
Quantitative nursing research
A type of research that is non numerical data such as themes, attitudes, beliefs
cannot be quantified and measured
Qualitative nursing research
A quantitative research design that causes a predictable change in another
variable
Experimental Research
A quantitative research design that used to discover the relationship between variables
Descriptive Designs
A quantitative research design that is in-depth descriptions of populations or variables
Exploratory Descriptive Designs
A qualitative design that study of people in their natural environment
Ethnography
A qualitative design that describes the essence of a phenomenon from the perspective of the person experiencing it
Phenomenology
A qualitative design that understand the meanings of people’s interactions, social actions and experiences
Grounded theory
A qualitative design that researches and participants collaborate to understand social issues
Participatory Action Research
A qualitative design that generate knowledge relevant for the clinical context of applied health disciplines
Interpretive Descriptive Research
A qualitative design that records lived experiences of individuals or groups
Narrative Inquiry
The use of evidence in clinical practice
Evidence based practice
is the identification of a disease condition on the basis of a specific evaluation of physical signs and symptoms , the client’s medical history, and the results of diagnostic tests and procedures.
Medical Diagnosis
An intervention that is prescribed by a doctor or NP order
Dependent Nursing Interventions
An intervention that nurses initiate based on their scope of practice
Independent Nursing Intervention
An ongoing process that incorporates evidence from research findings, clinical expertise, client preferences and other available resources to inform decisions that nurses make about clients
Evidence - informed decision making
Are guiding principles leading to the most appropriate courses of action in certain standard practice situations
Developed by RNAO
Best Practices Guidelines
What Is PICO?
a format to state your practice question
P - patient to population of interest
I - Intervention of interest
C - Comparison of interest
O - Outcome
an essential competency for evidence-informed practice; it is the ability to locate, understand, and critically evaluate empirical literature for application in practice
Research Literacy
Is the primary means by which new knowledge is discovered and brought into practice to improve the care that nurses provide to their patients
Research
A systematic examination of phenomena important to the nursing discipline, as well as to nurses, their patients, and families.
Nursing Research
