Guidelines for selecting a research question - Answers 1. patients, nurses, the medical
community in general, and society will potentially benefit from the knowledge derived from the
study
2. results will be applicable for nursing practice, education, or administration
3. findings will provide support or lack of support for untested theoretical concepts
4. findings will extend or challenge existing knowledge by filling a gap or clarifying a conflict in
literature
5. findings will potentially provide evidence that supports developing,retaining, or reviewing
nursing practices or policies
Research - Answers systematic, rigorous, critical investigation that aims to answer specific
questions about nursing phenomena
Components of evidence-based practice - Answers 1. collection, evaluation, and integration
2. clinical expertise
3. understanding of patient and family values and preferences
Quality Improvement - Answers Using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use
improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and
safety of health care systems.
Which research roles call for critical appraisal? - Answers Baccalaureate and Masters
Qualitative research - Answers understanding the human experience. words and text.
Where is qualitative research conducted? - Answers in natural settings and collected from a
small number of subjects
Quantitative research - Answers describes phenomena, tests relationships, assesses differences,
seeks to explain cause-and-effect relationships, and to test for intervention effectiveness.
numeric data, uses statistics