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Proposed an Evidence hierarchy for weighing evidence
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What are the roles of Nurses in
1 Florence Nightingale 2
research?
3 Scientific inquiry 4 Archie Cochrane
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Florence Nightingale Woman who developed first nursing school
What is evidence based The use of the best clinical evidence in making patient
practice? care decisions
Knowledge Information we know from research
Having a deep understanding, keen discernment, and
What is wisdom?
sound judgement
, Identifying ways of analytical thinking common to
Scientific inquiry
problem solving and critical thinking in nursing
Informal research Gathering information
Systematic inquiry using disciplined methods to solve
Formal research
problems or answer questions
Systematic inquiry to develop knowledge about issues
Nursing research
of importance to the nursing profession
Clinical nursing research Research designed to guide nursing practice
First journal on research 1950s
(Nursing research) created
in _____?
Clinical research became 1980s
increasingly important
in____?
What year was the National 1986
Center for Nursing
Research established?
Continuum of participation, from producers of research
What are the roles of
to skilled consumers of research findings who use
Nurses in research?
research evidence in their practice.
Deductive Reasoning Research that goes from general to specific.
Example of deductive All men are mortal. Joe is a man. Therefore Joe is mortal
reasoning
Inductive Reasoning Research that goes from specific to general.
This marble from the bag is black. A second marble
Example of inductive
from the bag is black. Therefore all the marbles in the
reasoning
bag black.
Uses numbers, orderly procedure, pre-specified plan,
Quantitative Research
seeks generalizations.
Uses descriptions, dynamic designs, holistic, humans as
Qualitative Research
instruments, seeks patterns.
The use of study findings in a practical application
Research Utilization
unrelated to the original research
Archie Cochrane Proposed an Evidence hierarchy for weighing evidence