1. What is nursing research?
Answer the systemic process of answering questions with the goal of improving client care
2. What are the 4 major concepts of nursing theories
Answer client health
environment
nursing
3. How is nursing research discerned?
Answer - theory and research
- EBP
- Level of evidence (LOE)
- evidence reports
4. What is the hierarchy of evidence?
Answer 1) meta - analysis of multiple quality studies
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,2) one well-designed study
3) well-designed quasi-experimental study
4) well0designed non-experimental study
5) case reports and clinical examples
5. What is the difference between academic and clinical nursing?
Answer academic = criti- cal/creative/research
clinical = application/bediside
6. What are some barriers to adopting research
Answer an isolated skill lack of understanding
entrenched practices
lack of incentive
managerial resistance
7. What are the varying differences of research competency based on educa-
tion?
Answer associates - value and understand relievence
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, BSN - read/interpret/share findings
MSN - problems/expertise investigation/development
advanced degree - practice
translate findings into practice research
develop explanation
8. what are some vulnerable populations in research
Answer children elderly
those with terminal disease
prisoners
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