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Nursing research Ans: Systematic inquiry to develop knowledge about
issues of importance to the nursing profession.
Evidence Based Practice Ans: use of the best evidence in making patient
care decisions
Consumers of nursing practice Ans: Nurses who read research papers to
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keep UTD on findings that may affect their practice.
Producers of nursing practice Ans: Nurses who actively design and
undertake studies.
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Paradigm Ans: a worldview, a general perspective to explain the worlds
complexities
Future directions for nursing research Ans: - EBP
- Translational research
- Replication
- Systematic reviews
- Local research
- Dissemination (spread) of findings
- Diversity issues and health disparities
- Patient-oriented research
- Interprofessional collaboration
4 Sources of evidence for nursing practice Ans: 1. Tradition and
authority
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2. Clinical experience & trial and error
3. assembled information
4. Disciplined research
Sources of evidence for nursing practice (tradition and authority) Ans:
some traditional routines are ineffective yet still continue and some
authorities give wrong info but are not challenged
Sources of evidence for nursing practice (clinical exp & trial and error)
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Ans: - can be disorganized, good source of knowledge but too narrow.
Sources of evidence for nursing practice (assembled information) Ans: -
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ex med error reports- useful but provides no guide on how to make
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changes.
Sources of evidence for nursing practice (Disciplined research) Ans: -
best method for acquiring reliable knowledge. Peer reviewed lit. EBP
requires nurses to base their clinical practice on rigorous research rather
than on tradition, authority or personal experience. Nursing will always
be a rich blend of art and science (when EBP not available).
Positivist Paradigm Ans: Black/white-empirical evidence. Phenomena
don't happen by chance but bc of antecedent cause. Aimed at
understanding underlying causes.
- Quantitative
- Deductive process
- Generalization
Constructivist/naturalistic paradigm Ans: Data isn't numbers its
dialogue with others. Reality is not a fixed entity, many constructions are
possible, no absolute truth
o Qualitative