Excelsior College NUR 209 Midterm Exam With Correct Answers

What is a primary source - research done by the authors What is a secondary source - A source looking at someone else's research (lit review) - researchers are compiling their research based off of others research Why isn't evidence-based practice not used - - time consuming - staff may not be aware of how to read or may not understand what it is saying How do you narrow down your results for a literature search? - - Publication date (w/in 5 yrs) - Type of article (magazine, peer review) - Narrow words down - English language - Don't limit to full text Key items that make it EBP - - multiple research studies - clinical expertise - Patients preferences and values are taken into consideration - Non-biased authors - Don't put your own values in BSN need to know research/EBP - best research, clinical expertise, cost effective, patient values and needs - Read research reports, - ID effective interventions - Implement to promote positive outcomes What are the different types of quantitative research - - True experimental - Descriptive - Correlational - Quasi-experimental - Experimental What is true experimental - randomized, manipulated and control - lab/research unit What is quantitative research - large sample size What is descriptive research - describe the current status of a variable What is correlational research - - relationship between variables, does not look for cause and effect (non-experimental) - Natural What is Quasi-experimental research - partially controlled - establish a cause effect relations