NUR 403 Exam #1 with Extra Questions 

Evidence Based Practice - a set of recommended clinical actions for a clinical problem or population that are based to some degree on research evidence. Clinical practice guideline - a generic set of recommendations regarding the management of a clinical condition, problem, or situation. Ideally, the guideline is produced by a panel of experts and is based on rigorous analysis of research evidence Appraise - Make objective, systematic judgements regarding the credibility, clinical significance, and applicability of research evidence to determine if changes in practice should be made based on the evidence Clinical Protocol - An agency standard of care that sets forth care that should be given to patients with a specified health condition, treatment, or circumstances. Protocols take a variety of forms including care maps, decision algorithms, standard order sets, clinical procedures, care bundles, and standardized plans of care; they guide care in combination with clinical judgement and patient preference. research evidence - Findings of individual studies, conclusions of systematic reviews of research, and research-based recommendations of soundly produced clinical practice guidelines Findings - an influence on the outcome that is present at different levels int he groups being compared. the influence either was not recognized before the study or could not be controlled or analyzed Algorithm - A step-by-step instruction for solving a clinical problem; often consists of a series of yes/no questions leading to one of several possible decisions or actions Care Bundle - a group of (e-b) interventions related to a health condition that, when executed together results in better outcomes than when implemented individually Population - A group of persons or entities with an important characteristic or characteristics in common Findings - The interpretation of study results into statements that are slightly more general than the statistics results Applicability - the relevance of research evidence to a particular setting considering the similarity of the settings patients to those in the studies, as well as the safety, feasibility, and expected benefit of implementing the findings Projected Population - Based on the profile of the sample, the population to which the results of a study are believe to apply Evidence - Objective knowledge or information used as the basis for a clinical protocol, clinical decision, or clinical action. Evidence sources include research, agency data regarding system performance and patient outcomes, large healthcare databases, and expert opinion Care Design - The process of using knowledge, information, and data to develop a plan of care for a patient population or for an individual patient Study Plan - A term used in quantitive research to describe how the study will be conducted, including how the sample will be obtained; how the data will be measured, collected, and analyzed; and any control that will be used. There are prototypic designs that researchers use or adapt Quantitative Research - Inquiry that (1) examines pre identified issues; (2) uses designs that control extraneous variables; (3) uses numeric measures to determine levels of various variables; and (4) analyzes data using statistical or graphing methods Relationship - In research, a connection between two variables in which one influences the other, both influence each other, or both are influenced by a third variable Research Design - A framework or general guide regarding how to structure studies conducted to answer a certain type of structure studies conducted to answer a certain type of research question Systematic Review - A comprehensive and systematic identification, analysis, and summary of research evidence related to a specified issue. An SR can use statistics, tabulation, compare-and-contrast methods, or pattern identification to reach conclusions based on the body of studies in the review