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Importance of research in nursing Research findings provide evidence for informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing Nurses' education.
(US)
Role of a consumer of nursing research Read research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s Nursing education.
Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
Process of deductive reasoning Developing specific predictions from general principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans.
Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
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Definition of empiricism Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
Hallmark of the scientific method Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits.
human life
Criticism of the scientific method Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research Takes place in the field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body Quantitative.
position on blood pressure
Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in Applied.
cancer patients
Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment Naturalism.
decisions for infertility
Continuum of participation in research Consumers to producers.
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Goal of explanatory research Understand the underpinnings of natural phenomena and to explain systematic
relationships among them.
Where evidence-based practice begins Integration of clinical judgments with research evidence.
Desire behind evidence-based practice A desire to abandon decisions based on custom and authority opinion.
Search for evidence-based practice A search for the best possible information for addressing a clinical problem.
Changes in nurses' thinking Involves changes in nurses' thinking
Direct use of findings in patient care Involves the direct use of findings in giving patient care
Use of findings to persuade others Involves use of findings to persuade others
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses Involves changes in patient thinking toward nurses
Evidence-based practice introduction statement Conscientious integration of current best evidence with clinical expertise
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Importance of research in nursing Research findings provide evidence for informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing Nurses' education.
(US)
Role of a consumer of nursing research Read research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s Nursing education.
Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
Process of deductive reasoning Developing specific predictions from general principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans.
Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
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Definition of empiricism Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
Hallmark of the scientific method Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits.
human life
Criticism of the scientific method Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research Takes place in the field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body Quantitative.
position on blood pressure
Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in Applied.
cancer patients
Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment Naturalism.
decisions for infertility
Continuum of participation in research Consumers to producers.
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Goal of explanatory research Understand the underpinnings of natural phenomena and to explain systematic
relationships among them.
Where evidence-based practice begins Integration of clinical judgments with research evidence.
Desire behind evidence-based practice A desire to abandon decisions based on custom and authority opinion.
Search for evidence-based practice A search for the best possible information for addressing a clinical problem.
Changes in nurses' thinking Involves changes in nurses' thinking
Direct use of findings in patient care Involves the direct use of findings in giving patient care
Use of findings to persuade others Involves use of findings to persuade others
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses Involves changes in patient thinking toward nurses
Evidence-based practice introduction statement Conscientious integration of current best evidence with clinical expertise
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