BSNC 5060 – Qualitative Exam Questions With
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Research
- a systemic, rigorous, local investigation with the aim of answering questions
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- guides evidence-informed practice
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- empowers nurses to anticipate and resolve complex challenges in health care
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and maintain up-to-date practices
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Uses:
- establish evidence
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- support existing theory
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- link theories
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- develop new theory
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Evidence-informed practice |
- acknowledging and considering the myriad factors beyond such evidence as
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local indigenous knowledge, cultural and religious norms, and clinical judgement
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Scholarship
,-a full range of intellectual and creative activities that include the generation,
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validation, synthesis, and/or application of knowledge to advance science,
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teaching, and practice | |
- enhances nursing practice and education by advancing knowledge in nursing,
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generates new knowledge through the integration and synthesis of existing
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knowledge, and creates knowledge to be applied in nursing practice and
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education.
Evidence
- information given to establish fact
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- scrutinized by comparing it with other information and thus is more credible
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than raw data | |
Lifelong learning |
- the continuous development of new knowledge, skills and attitudes throughout
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a nurse's career
| |
Ethics
- a moral philosophy that encompasses the study or examination of morality and
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moral behaviour |
,Principles of Health Care Ethics
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History of research in nursing
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Nursing Informatics |
Levels of evidence pyramid
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- highest/strongest levels of evidence are near the top, and the weaker levels of
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evidence at the bottom | | |
- e.g., evidence-based summaries of topics and clinical practice guidelines are
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considered the strongest types of evidence; opinions are considered the weakest
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form of evidence
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- provide a further framework for judging the strength of a study's design
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Level 1 (strongest)
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- systemic review or meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RTCs)
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- evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines based on systematic reviews
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, Level 2 |
- a well-designed randomized control trial
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Level 3 |
- controlled trail without randomization (quasiexperimental study)
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Level 4 |
- single nonexperimental study
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Examples:
- case controls
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- correlational
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- cohort studies
| |
Level 5 |
- systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
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Level 6 |
- single descriptive or qualitative study
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Complete Solutions
Research
- a systemic, rigorous, local investigation with the aim of answering questions
| | | | | | | | | | |
- guides evidence-informed practice
| | |
- empowers nurses to anticipate and resolve complex challenges in health care
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and maintain up-to-date practices
| | |
Uses:
- establish evidence
| |
- support existing theory
| | |
- link theories
| |
- develop new theory
| | |
Evidence-informed practice |
- acknowledging and considering the myriad factors beyond such evidence as
| | | | | | | | | | |
local indigenous knowledge, cultural and religious norms, and clinical judgement
| | | | | | | | |
Scholarship
,-a full range of intellectual and creative activities that include the generation,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
validation, synthesis, and/or application of knowledge to advance science,
| | | | | | | | |
teaching, and practice | |
- enhances nursing practice and education by advancing knowledge in nursing,
| | | | | | | | | | |
generates new knowledge through the integration and synthesis of existing
| | | | | | | | | |
knowledge, and creates knowledge to be applied in nursing practice and
| | | | | | | | | | |
education.
Evidence
- information given to establish fact
| | | | |
- scrutinized by comparing it with other information and thus is more credible
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
than raw data | |
Lifelong learning |
- the continuous development of new knowledge, skills and attitudes throughout
| | | | | | | | | | |
a nurse's career
| |
Ethics
- a moral philosophy that encompasses the study or examination of morality and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
moral behaviour |
,Principles of Health Care Ethics
| | | |
History of research in nursing
| | | |
Nursing Informatics |
Levels of evidence pyramid
| | |
- highest/strongest levels of evidence are near the top, and the weaker levels of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
evidence at the bottom | | |
- e.g., evidence-based summaries of topics and clinical practice guidelines are
| | | | | | | | | | |
considered the strongest types of evidence; opinions are considered the weakest
| | | | | | | | | | |
form of evidence
| |
- provide a further framework for judging the strength of a study's design
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Level 1 (strongest)
| |
- systemic review or meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RTCs)
| | | | | | | | |
- evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines based on systematic reviews
| | | | | | | |
, Level 2 |
- a well-designed randomized control trial
| | | | |
Level 3 |
- controlled trail without randomization (quasiexperimental study)
| | | | | |
Level 4 |
- single nonexperimental study
| | |
Examples:
- case controls
| |
- correlational
|
- cohort studies
| |
Level 5 |
- systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
| | | | | | |
Level 6 |
- single descriptive or qualitative study
| | | | |
