NURS 205 Midterm-Final
The year Canada's first nursing research centre was established - answer1964
Research - answer Systematic, rigorous, logical investigation that aims to answer
questions about nursing phenomena.
Phenomena - answer Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that are perceptible by the
senses, i.e. experiences of and expressions of pain.
Significance of research to practice - answer-expands body of scientific knowledge
-contributes to evidence-based practice
-allows practice to evolve
-maintains societal relevance
Evidence-informed nursing - answerThe incorporation of evidence from research clinical
expertise, client preferences, and other available resources to make decisions about
patients.
Evidence-informed practice - answerEvidence-informed decision making is continuous,
interactive process involving the explicit, conscientious, and judicious consideration of
the best available evidence to provide care.
19th century key events in nursing - answer-nursing became a formal discipline
-Florence Nightingale published "Notes on Nursing"
-nursing schools began developing
20th century key events in nursing - answer-emphasis on prepping nurses for practice
-American Nurses Association publishes "Nursing Research"
-first master's program in Canada
-development of many nursing theories
-first federally funded grant for research
-doctoral programs emerge in the US
Canadian Research Priorities - answer1. Nursing practice: context, populations,
interventions.
2. Outcomes: valid measurements, clinical judgments.
3. Research and practice link: develop a body of nursing knowledge.
21st century key events in nursing - answer- Every nurse practicing in the 21st century
has a role to play in the research process.
5 CHSRF/CIHR chair awards are granted to nursing
,-Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing to develop a national position paper on
PhD in nursing for Canada
-PhD programs in nursing are introduced in Canadian universities
Research priorities - answerCIHR - enhanced pt experiences and outcomes through
health innovation ( where I apply for research money)
Consumer of research - answerA nurse who reads research articles and incorporates
research findings into NS practices with ability to discriminate and evaluate information
logically.
Paradigm - answerSet of beliefs and practices, shared by communities of researchers,
that guide the knowledge development process.
describes the way people in a particular discipline think about the world. ( worldview)
Theoretical/empirical knowledge - answer-referred to as scientific knowledge r/t the
practice of nursing ( Patients' experiences
Nurses' experiences
Delivery of nursing care & interventions related to nursing phenomena of interests
Health care policies, nursing policies)
-guide for evidence-informed practice
-concerned with developing and testing theories about how the world operates
-observes reality
Ontology - answerThe science of study of "being."
nature of reality
the science or study of being or existence and its relationships to nonexistence. ( deal
with real)
- Refer to notion of truth
Objective truth - answerwhat I hear and see to believe ( positivism)
Subjective truth - answersomething that the persons will tell me for me to believe
( constructivism )
Methodology - answerDiscipline specific principles, rules, and procedures that guide the
research process.
Epistemology - answerExamined reality ( how individual understnad about the
knowledge)
- refers to theories
Deals with origins, nature and limits of knowledge, why and how we know somethings
and what constitutes our knowledge.
Addresses the issue of "truth."
, Nature of Nursing knowledge - answerTheoretical / Empirical knowledge
Personal knowledge
Ethical knowledge
Aesthetic knowledge
Experiential knowledge
Sociopolitical & Emancipatory knowledge ( environment)
Context - answerPersonal, social, and political environment in which phenomenon of
interest occurs.
Aim of inquiry - answerGoals or specific objectives of the research.
Researcher values - answerPersonal beliefs of the researcher.
Nursing paradigms - answerHow philosophical questions are answered in nursing.
-post-positivist
-critical social
-constructivist
Critical theory aim - answerCritique, change, reconstruction of what we know to be true,
emancipation.
Positivism - answerNaive realism
reality eixsts independently of the human mind ( objective)
phys& anatomy of the pt
- Epistemology leads to seeking truth in so called objective way that cna be ultimately
generalized
- SS
Post-positivism aim - answerExplanation, prediction, control.
I can't see the atom but I know they do exist ( BP)
Qualitative research - answerUsed to explore personal meanings and context of an
experience, culture, human patterns, and processes.
-data consists of words or text.
Constructive aim - answerMultiple and partial truths exists
Understanding, reconstruction of what we know to be true.
Critical social theories - answerCST suggests that reality and our understanding of
reality are constructed by people with the most power at particular point in history
The year Canada's first nursing research centre was established - answer1964
Research - answer Systematic, rigorous, logical investigation that aims to answer
questions about nursing phenomena.
Phenomena - answer Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that are perceptible by the
senses, i.e. experiences of and expressions of pain.
Significance of research to practice - answer-expands body of scientific knowledge
-contributes to evidence-based practice
-allows practice to evolve
-maintains societal relevance
Evidence-informed nursing - answerThe incorporation of evidence from research clinical
expertise, client preferences, and other available resources to make decisions about
patients.
Evidence-informed practice - answerEvidence-informed decision making is continuous,
interactive process involving the explicit, conscientious, and judicious consideration of
the best available evidence to provide care.
19th century key events in nursing - answer-nursing became a formal discipline
-Florence Nightingale published "Notes on Nursing"
-nursing schools began developing
20th century key events in nursing - answer-emphasis on prepping nurses for practice
-American Nurses Association publishes "Nursing Research"
-first master's program in Canada
-development of many nursing theories
-first federally funded grant for research
-doctoral programs emerge in the US
Canadian Research Priorities - answer1. Nursing practice: context, populations,
interventions.
2. Outcomes: valid measurements, clinical judgments.
3. Research and practice link: develop a body of nursing knowledge.
21st century key events in nursing - answer- Every nurse practicing in the 21st century
has a role to play in the research process.
5 CHSRF/CIHR chair awards are granted to nursing
,-Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing to develop a national position paper on
PhD in nursing for Canada
-PhD programs in nursing are introduced in Canadian universities
Research priorities - answerCIHR - enhanced pt experiences and outcomes through
health innovation ( where I apply for research money)
Consumer of research - answerA nurse who reads research articles and incorporates
research findings into NS practices with ability to discriminate and evaluate information
logically.
Paradigm - answerSet of beliefs and practices, shared by communities of researchers,
that guide the knowledge development process.
describes the way people in a particular discipline think about the world. ( worldview)
Theoretical/empirical knowledge - answer-referred to as scientific knowledge r/t the
practice of nursing ( Patients' experiences
Nurses' experiences
Delivery of nursing care & interventions related to nursing phenomena of interests
Health care policies, nursing policies)
-guide for evidence-informed practice
-concerned with developing and testing theories about how the world operates
-observes reality
Ontology - answerThe science of study of "being."
nature of reality
the science or study of being or existence and its relationships to nonexistence. ( deal
with real)
- Refer to notion of truth
Objective truth - answerwhat I hear and see to believe ( positivism)
Subjective truth - answersomething that the persons will tell me for me to believe
( constructivism )
Methodology - answerDiscipline specific principles, rules, and procedures that guide the
research process.
Epistemology - answerExamined reality ( how individual understnad about the
knowledge)
- refers to theories
Deals with origins, nature and limits of knowledge, why and how we know somethings
and what constitutes our knowledge.
Addresses the issue of "truth."
, Nature of Nursing knowledge - answerTheoretical / Empirical knowledge
Personal knowledge
Ethical knowledge
Aesthetic knowledge
Experiential knowledge
Sociopolitical & Emancipatory knowledge ( environment)
Context - answerPersonal, social, and political environment in which phenomenon of
interest occurs.
Aim of inquiry - answerGoals or specific objectives of the research.
Researcher values - answerPersonal beliefs of the researcher.
Nursing paradigms - answerHow philosophical questions are answered in nursing.
-post-positivist
-critical social
-constructivist
Critical theory aim - answerCritique, change, reconstruction of what we know to be true,
emancipation.
Positivism - answerNaive realism
reality eixsts independently of the human mind ( objective)
phys& anatomy of the pt
- Epistemology leads to seeking truth in so called objective way that cna be ultimately
generalized
- SS
Post-positivism aim - answerExplanation, prediction, control.
I can't see the atom but I know they do exist ( BP)
Qualitative research - answerUsed to explore personal meanings and context of an
experience, culture, human patterns, and processes.
-data consists of words or text.
Constructive aim - answerMultiple and partial truths exists
Understanding, reconstruction of what we know to be true.
Critical social theories - answerCST suggests that reality and our understanding of
reality are constructed by people with the most power at particular point in history
