Appraisal and Application of Research
5th Edition by Schmidt ,Brown Chapters 1 - 19
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Table of Contents:
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Chapter7b17bWhat7bIs7bEvidence-Based7bPractice?
Chapter7b27bUsing7bEvidence7bThrough7bCollaboration7bTo7bPromote7bExcellence7bIn7bNursing7bPractic
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Chapter7b37bIdentifying7bResearch7bQuestions
Chapter7b47bFinding7bSources7bOf7bEvidence
Chapter7b57bLinking7bTheory,7bResearch,7bAnd7bPractice
Chapter7b67bKey7bPrinciples7bOf7bQuantitative7bDesigns
Chapter7b77bQuantitative7bDesigns:7bUsing7bNumbers7bTo7bProvide7bEvidence
Chapter7b87bEpidemiologic7bDesigns:7bUsing7bData7bTo7bUnderstand7bPopulations
Chapter7b97bQualitative7bDesigns:7bUsing7bWords7bTo7bProvide7bEvidence
Chapter7b107bCollecting7bEvidence
Chapter7b117bUsing7bSamples7bTo7bProvide7bEvidence
Chapter7b127bOther7bSources7bOf7bEvidence
Chapter7b137bWhat7bDo7bThe7bQuantitative7bData7bMean?
Chapter7b147bWhat7bDo7bThe7bQualitative7bData7bMean?
Chapter7b157bWeighing7bIn7bOn7bThe7bEvidence
Chapter7b167bTransitioning7bEvidence7bTo7bPractice
Chapter7b177bDeveloping7bOneself7bAs7bAn7bInnovator
Chapter7b187bEvaluating7bOutcomes7bOf7bInnovations
Chapter7b197bSharing7bThe7bInsights7bWith7bOthers
,CHAPTER7b1:7bWHAT7bIS7bEVIDENCE7bBASED7bPRACTICE?
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Multiple7bChoice
Definition7bof7bresearch7b(p.7b14)
1. Which7bof7bthe7bfollowing7bis7bthe7bbest7bdefinition7bof7bresearch?
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b. Information7bthat7bis7bbased7bon7bpersonal7bexperience7bor7btradition.
c. Planned7band7bsystematic7bactivity7bthat7bleads7bto7bnew7bknowledge7band/
or7bthe7bdiscovery7bof7bsolutions7bto7bproblems7bor7bquestions.
d. Trying7ba7bvariety7bof7bapproaches7bto7ba7bclinical7bproblem7band7bsettling7bon7bthe7b
approach7bthat7bis7beffective7bmore7boften7bthan7bnot.
Definition7bof7bresearch7butilization7b(p.7b4)
2. Which7bof7bthe7bfollowing7bis7bthe7bbest7bdefinition7bof7bresearch7butilization?
a. Applying7bresearch7bfindings7bfrom7bindividual7bstudies7bto7bpractice.
b. Analyzing7bmultiple7bresearch7bstudies7bto7bsynthesize7bfindings.
c. Appreciating7bthe7bimportance7bof7bclinical7bdecision7bmaking.
d. Using7bprevious7bpersonal7bexperience7bto7bbuild7bconfidence.
Definition7bof7bEBP7b(pp.7b4-5)
3. Which7bof7bthe7bfollowing7bis7bthe7bbest7bdefinition7bof7bevidence-based7bpractice7b(EBP)?
a. Application7bof7bresearch7bfindings7bbased7bon7bscientific7btheories7bin7ba7bclinical7bsetting.
b. Research7bstudies7bthat7bcorrespond7bto7bnationally7bestablished7bpriorities7bfor7bhealt
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c. Use7bof7btheory-derived,7bresearch-
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onsideration7bof7bindividual7bneeds7band7bpreferences7band7bthe7bclinical7bexpertis
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d. Using7bthe7bindividual7bhealth7bcare7bprovider’s7bperception7bof7btruth7bwithout7bcons
cious7battention7bor7breasoning.
Difference7bbetween7bresearch7butilization7band7bEBP7b(pp.7b4-5)
4. Which7bof7bthe7bfollowing7bbest7bdescribes7bthe7bdifference7bbetween7bresearch7butilizati
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a. Research7butilization7bis7ba7bprocess7bof7bevaluating7bmultiple7bstudies7bfor7bthe
7bmost7bgeneralizable7bfindings;7bEBP7bis7buse7bof7bthe7bmost7brecent7bstudy7bon7b
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single7bresearch7bstudy;7bEBP7bis7bthe7bsyntheses7bof7bfindings7bfrom7bmultiple7bstu
dies7bto7bincorporate7bwith7bpractitioner7bskills7band7bclient7bpreference7bto7bdeter
mine7bbest7bcare.
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actice;7bEBP7bis7bconsidered7bin7bselecting7bmedication7boptions.
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the7bhealthcare7bprovider’s7bperception7bof7bwhat7bcare7bwould7bbe7bbest7bi
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Evidence7bfrom7bother7bdisciplines7b(p.7b6)
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a. Theory7bbased7bnon-
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b. Non-
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d. All7bevidence7bis7bequally7bimportant7bto7bthe7bpractice7bof7bnursing.
Identification7bof7bsources7bof7bevidence7b(p.7b6)
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b. Intuition
c. Borrowed7bevidence
d. Tradition
Identification7bof7bsources7bof7bevidence7b(p.7b6)
7. You7bare7ba7bnew7bnurse7bworking7bat7bXYZ7bhospital.7bYour7bpreceptor7btells7byou7bto7bdangl
e7bMs.7bJones’7blegs7bon7bthe7bside7bof7bthe7bbed7bbefore7byou7battempt7bto7bassist7bher7bto7ba7b
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Identification7bof7bsources7bof7bevidence7b(p.7b6)
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a. it7bis7bnot7bbased7bon7bsystematic7bscientific7bapproaches.
b. it7bis7bnot7ba7bsanctioned7bmethod7bby7bthe7bAmerican7bNurses7bAssociation.
c. it7bis7bbased7bonly7bon7bintuition7band7btherefore7bnot7bscientifically7bbased.
d. patient7boutcomes7bare7balways7bbased7bonly7bon7blevel7b17bevidence.