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nursing research - correct answer ✔A systematic process that uses rigorous guidelines to
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produce unbiased, trustworthy, answers to questions about nursing practice.
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peer review - correct answer ✔The process of subjecting research to the appraisal of a
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neutral third party. |||||| |||||| ||||||




Ex: electing research for conferences and evaluating research manuscripts for publication.
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blinded - correct answer ✔A type of review in which the peer reviewer is unaware of the
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author's identity, so personal influence is avoided.
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replication - correct answer ✔Repeating a specific study in detail on a different sample.
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magnet status - correct answer ✔A designation for organizations that have characteristics
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that make them attractive to nurses as workplaces.
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National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - correct answer ✔A federal agency
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responsible for the support of nursing research by establishing a national research agenda,
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funding grants and research awards, and providing training.
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journal club - correct answer ✔A formally organized group that meets periodically to share
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and critique contemporary research in nursing, with a goal of both learning about the
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research process and finding evidence for practice.
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,systematic review - correct answer ✔A highly structured and controlled search of the
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available literature that minimizes the potential for bias and produces a practice
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recommendation as an outcome. |||||| |||||| ||||||




evidence-based practice guideline - correct answer ✔A guide for nursing practice that is the |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




outcome of an unbiased, exhaustive review of the research literature, combined with
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clinical expert opinion and evaluation of patient preferences. It is generally developed by a
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team of experts. |||||| ||||||




principal investigator - correct answer ✔The individual who is primarily responsible for a
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research study; responsible for all elements of the study and is the first author listed on
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publications or presentations. |||||| ||||||




quality improvement - correct answer ✔The systematic, data-based monitoring and
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evaluation of organizational processes with the end goal of continuous improvement. The
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goal is internal application rather than external generalization.
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outcomes measurement - correct answer ✔Measurement of the end results of nursing care
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or other interventions; stated in terms of effects on patients' physiological condition,
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satisfaction, or psychosocial health. |||||| |||||| ||||||




nursing process - correct answer ✔A systematic process used by nurses to identify and
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address patient problems; includes the stages of assessment, planning, intervention, and
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evaluation.


evidence-based practice - correct answer ✔The use of the best scientific evidence, |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




integrated with clinical experience and incorporating patient values and preferences in the
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practice of professional nursing care. |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




randomized controlled trial - correct answer ✔An experiment in which subjects are |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




randomly assigned to groups, one of which receives an experimental treatment while
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another serves as a control group. The experiment has high internal validity so the
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researcher can draw conclusions regarding the effects of treatments. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

, external validity - correct answer ✔The ability to generalize the findings from a research
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study to other populations, places, and situations.
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paradigm - correct answer ✔An overall belief system or way of viewing the nature of reality
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and the basis of knowledge.
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quantitative research - correct answer ✔A traditional approach to research in which |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




variables are identified and measured in a reliable and valid way. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




qualitative research - correct answer ✔A naturalistic approach to research in which the |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




focus is on understanding the meaning of an experience from the individual's perspective.
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mixed methods - correct answer ✔A research approach that combines quantitative and
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qualitative elements; it involves the description of the measurable state of a phenomenon |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




and the individual's subjective response to it.
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basic research - correct answer ✔Theoretical, pure, fundamental, or bench research done to
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advance knowledge in a given subject area.
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applied research - correct answer ✔Research conducted to gain knowledge that has a
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practical application and contributes in some way to a modification of practice.
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experimental research - correct answer ✔Highly structured studies of cause and effect, |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




usually applied to determine the effectiveness of an intervention. Subjects are selected and
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randomly assigned to groups to represent the population of interest. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




quasi-experimental studies - correct answer ✔Studies of cause and effect similar to |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




experimental design but using convenience samples or existing groups to test interventions. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

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