Evidence-based Practice correct answers Integration of best research and clinical expertise
Research Evidence correct answers Empirical knowledge from studies
Quality Improvement correct answers Initiatives with a goal for patient improvement
Qualitative research correct answers No variables, humanistic, does NOT test theories, creates
theories, NO hypothesis, NO variables.
Quantitative research correct answers Formal, objective, systematic process with numerical data.
Has a hypothesis, variables. Is an experimental process. If little is known about a topic, often
start with Qual then move to Quant.
BSN role in research correct answers Read and critically appraise studies. Use best research
evidence in practice with guidance. Assist with research problem identification and data
collection
Nightingale's type of research correct answers Quantitative
Beneficence correct answers Above all do no harm
Justice correct answers Treat fairly re: risks and benefits of research
Informed Consent correct answers Disclosure, comprehension, competence to consent, voluntary
consent
Comprehension correct answers Understand purpose, risks, etc.
, Self-Determination correct answers Respect of persons
Research misconduct correct answers Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism
Competence correct answers Capable of understanding--no mental incompetence
Institutional Review Board correct answers A committee that reviews research to ensure that the
investigator is conduction it ethically.
Conceptual Definition correct answers More comprehensive than a dictionary. Includes feelings,
moods, provides the basis for Operational Definition. Found in Background and Literature
Review. "How Others Define it" and "How It's Applied". Has a theoretical meaning.
Operational Definition correct answers Defining the terms in order to determine the nature of an
item. "How you measure it"
Confounding Variables correct answers Variables that aren't recognized until the study is in
process. Unexpected.
Dependent Variables correct answers The outcome DEPENDS on this. This is what is predicted
or explained.
Independent Variables correct answers Manipulated or varied to create an effect on the dependent
variable. I=Intervention
Problem statment correct answers Identifies specific gap in knowledge
Research purpose correct answers Clear, concise, specific goal