NURS 547: Scientific Inquiry |337 questions with
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5 factors that impact adoptability Ans✓✓✓ 1. relative advantage over the status
quo or other ideas
2. compatibility with existing values/experiences/needs
3. complexity inhibiting an adopter's ability to understand and use the ideas.
4. trialability allowing ideas to be tried on a small scale and reversed if desired
5. observability of the ideas and results in practice
6 skills that require change in QI Ans✓✓✓ 1. supporting change w data
2. developing a change
3. testing a change
4. implementing a change
5. spreading improvements
6. the human side of change
a theory is _________ but a framework is _________ Ans✓✓✓ general; specific
accuracy Ans✓✓✓ -determines closeness of agreement between measured and
true value
-values from new and existing instrument are tested for correlation (anything
<95% is suspect)
-research report contains details of how devices/equipment are used
advantages and disadvantages of systematic reviews Ans✓✓✓ advantages:
,-identifies pertinent research
-compiles published research according to specific areas of study,
historical/chronological evaluation, etc
-uncovers deficient areas of research
disadvantages:
-may be biased
-may not be exhaustive
-lack criteria for selecting research
-may not critique the quality of research
-fails to outline approaches for resolving contradictory evidence
anonymity in research Ans✓✓✓ the subject's identity cannot be linked with their
data, even by the researcher
applied research Ans✓✓✓ scientific investigation conducted to generate
knowledge that is intended to have a direct influence on practice
answer specific questions
appraisal of qualitative research Ans✓✓✓ 1. identify the elements or processes
of the study
2. determine strengths and weaknesses
3. evaluate study's credibility and its meaning for nursing (are findings
transferable)
,appraisal of quantitative research Ans✓✓✓ 1. identify the steps of the research
process in the paper
2. strengths and weaknesses
3. evaluate the study
-are the findings credible, trustworthy, meaningful and useful?
-what's the study's meaning and place in nursing, how does it improve clinical
care, what was its impact, what new knowledge was gained
ARCC model Ans✓✓✓ developed to advance and sustain EBP; based in control
and cognitive behavioral theories.
Controlled Theory
-discrepancy between goals and current state
-organizational and readiness culture
-strengths and barriers
-development and utilization of mentors
-thoughtful implementation
-outcome evaluation (satisfaction, improved outcomes, costs)
are there DV/IV in descriptive studies? Ans✓✓✓ no, because there is no attempt
to establish causality.
no variables are manipulated, no treatment or intervention
associative hypotheses are common in what type of research? Ans✓✓✓
correlational and other non-interventional research
, associative hypothesis Ans✓✓✓ as one variable changes, the other changes
NO cause identified
associative vs causal hypotheses examples Ans✓✓✓ associative: there's a
positive relationship between amount of exercise and weight loss among dieting
women (no cause ID'd)
causal: dieting women participating in a formal exercise regimen will have greater
weight loss than dieting women without an exercise program
attrition Ans✓✓✓ loss of study subjects
limiting this increases a study's rigor
basic research Ans✓✓✓ a scientific investigation directed towards better
understanding withOUT emphasis on application
confirm theoretical ideas
findings can be broadly generalized and can be used to inform clinical decisions or
to generate other applied research
beneficence Ans✓✓✓ do good and do no harm
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5 factors that impact adoptability Ans✓✓✓ 1. relative advantage over the status
quo or other ideas
2. compatibility with existing values/experiences/needs
3. complexity inhibiting an adopter's ability to understand and use the ideas.
4. trialability allowing ideas to be tried on a small scale and reversed if desired
5. observability of the ideas and results in practice
6 skills that require change in QI Ans✓✓✓ 1. supporting change w data
2. developing a change
3. testing a change
4. implementing a change
5. spreading improvements
6. the human side of change
a theory is _________ but a framework is _________ Ans✓✓✓ general; specific
accuracy Ans✓✓✓ -determines closeness of agreement between measured and
true value
-values from new and existing instrument are tested for correlation (anything
<95% is suspect)
-research report contains details of how devices/equipment are used
advantages and disadvantages of systematic reviews Ans✓✓✓ advantages:
,-identifies pertinent research
-compiles published research according to specific areas of study,
historical/chronological evaluation, etc
-uncovers deficient areas of research
disadvantages:
-may be biased
-may not be exhaustive
-lack criteria for selecting research
-may not critique the quality of research
-fails to outline approaches for resolving contradictory evidence
anonymity in research Ans✓✓✓ the subject's identity cannot be linked with their
data, even by the researcher
applied research Ans✓✓✓ scientific investigation conducted to generate
knowledge that is intended to have a direct influence on practice
answer specific questions
appraisal of qualitative research Ans✓✓✓ 1. identify the elements or processes
of the study
2. determine strengths and weaknesses
3. evaluate study's credibility and its meaning for nursing (are findings
transferable)
,appraisal of quantitative research Ans✓✓✓ 1. identify the steps of the research
process in the paper
2. strengths and weaknesses
3. evaluate the study
-are the findings credible, trustworthy, meaningful and useful?
-what's the study's meaning and place in nursing, how does it improve clinical
care, what was its impact, what new knowledge was gained
ARCC model Ans✓✓✓ developed to advance and sustain EBP; based in control
and cognitive behavioral theories.
Controlled Theory
-discrepancy between goals and current state
-organizational and readiness culture
-strengths and barriers
-development and utilization of mentors
-thoughtful implementation
-outcome evaluation (satisfaction, improved outcomes, costs)
are there DV/IV in descriptive studies? Ans✓✓✓ no, because there is no attempt
to establish causality.
no variables are manipulated, no treatment or intervention
associative hypotheses are common in what type of research? Ans✓✓✓
correlational and other non-interventional research
, associative hypothesis Ans✓✓✓ as one variable changes, the other changes
NO cause identified
associative vs causal hypotheses examples Ans✓✓✓ associative: there's a
positive relationship between amount of exercise and weight loss among dieting
women (no cause ID'd)
causal: dieting women participating in a formal exercise regimen will have greater
weight loss than dieting women without an exercise program
attrition Ans✓✓✓ loss of study subjects
limiting this increases a study's rigor
basic research Ans✓✓✓ a scientific investigation directed towards better
understanding withOUT emphasis on application
confirm theoretical ideas
findings can be broadly generalized and can be used to inform clinical decisions or
to generate other applied research
beneficence Ans✓✓✓ do good and do no harm
