Nursing Research with Complete
Chapters.
Research - Answer a systemic inquiry that uses structural methods to answer questions and
solve problems
Nursing research - Answer a systemic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence about
issues of importance to nurses and their clients
Clinical nursing research - Answer research designed to guide nursing practice
What is EBP? - Answer EBP- evidence based practice. It uses the best evidence in making
patient care decisions
What is an example of users or consumers of nursing research? - Answer nurses who read
research reports to keep up-to-date on findings that may affect their practice
What is an example of a producer of nursing research? - Answer nurses who actively design nd
undertaker studies
Even if you never conduct a study yourself, you may do one of the five following: - Answer 1.
identify an idea for clinical inquiry
2. assist in collecting research information
3. offer advice to clients about participating in a study
4. search for research evidence
5. discuss implications of a study in a journal club in your practice setting, which involves
meetings to discuss research articles
What year and where was the establishment of the first Center for Nursing Research? - Answer
Established in 1979 and was located at the McGill University. From there, nursing research was
strengthened largely in the 1980s
What year was EBP introduced? - Answer 1990s
, promote nursing research and to develop a framework for building nursing research capacity in
Canada
What is translational research? - Answer research on how finding from studies can best be
translated into practice.
Systemic reviews are the cornerstone for what? - Answer Evidence-Based Practice
What are the 8 future directions for nursing research? - Answer 1. continued EBP
2. stronger evidence through confirmatory strategies
3. continued emphasis on systemic reviews
4. expanded local research in health care setting
5. expanded dissemination of research findings
6. increased focus on diversity issues and health disparities
7. clinical significance and patient-orientated research
8. inter-professional collaboration and health research
What are the sources of evidence for nursing practice? - Answer 1. tradition and authority
(some traditional routines are ineffective, this is considered the leader of EBP)
2. clinical experience, trial and error ( reliable source of knowledge, has limitations as a source
of evidence, nurses experience is too narrow, tends to be disorganized and solutions may be
idiosyncratic- may be done in ones own way)
3. assembled information (has some useful information, but provides no mechanism to actually
guide improvements)
4. disciplined research (the best method of acquiring reliable knowledge that humans have
developed)
What is a paradigm? - Answer a worldview, a general perspective to explain the worlds
complexities
What are the two types of paradigms? - Answer Positivist paradigm and Constructivist
paradigm
Positivist Paradigm - Answer - called positivism