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.care bundles - ANSWER-set of interventions to treat or prevent specific symptoms (based off
research)
.clinical practice guidelines - ANSWER-provide specific recommendations for clinical decision (EBP
making)
.concepts - ANSWER-an abstraction based on observation of behaviors or characteristics
.conceptual - ANSWER-the abstract or theoretical meaning of a concept being studied
.constructivist method: qualitative research - ANSWER--emergent design
-methodological rigor
-inductive
-saturation
.constructivist paradigms - ANSWER--reality is multiple and subjective
-researcher interacts with those being researched
-subjectivity and values are inevitable and desirable
.constructs - ANSWER-an abstraction or concept hat is invented by researchers based on inferences
form human behavior or human traits
.control - ANSWER-putting conditions on the situation (to reduce bias)
.deductive reasoning - ANSWER-the process of developing specific predictions from general principles
, .EBP challenges - ANSWER--quality and nature of the research
-characteristics of nurses
-organizational factors
.EBP impact - ANSWER--improved patient oucomes
-developing clinical recommendations
-supporting best practices and patient care
-EBP protocols
-quality improvement programs and projects
.EBP is used for - ANSWER--making best patient care decisions
-to improve care outcomes
-to provide quality, cost-effective healthcare
.epiricism - ANSWER-subjective, observable, evidence, grounded in reality
.ethnographic - ANSWER-a framework for studying the patterns and life ways fo a defined cultural
group in a holistic fashion
.evidence-based practice - ANSWER-the integration fo best research evidence with clinical expertise
and patient values
.generalization - ANSWER-more settings & population, the more we are bale to generalize
.grounded theory - ANSWER-seeks to describe and understand key social psychological processes
.how can quality improvement be used in nursing practice - ANSWER-focusing on tradition and
authority, also the research and evidence to improve the quality of nursing