Intro. into Nrsg Research & Fundamentals of EBP
An important goal for the nursing profession in research is
What is Establishing a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
A researcher's expectations about the relationships between variables in a quantitative study are generally formulated as
What is a Hypothesis
Discussions with participants after a study to explain various aspects of the study and provide a forum for questioning is called what?
What is debriefing
In conducting a subject search in an electronic database, you would most likely initiate the search by typing in this
What is Topic or Keyword
An important function of a rigorous research design in a quantitative study is to have control over what?
What is confounding variables
A researcher wants to investigate the effect of a patients' body position on blood pressure. They study would most likely be of which type?
What is Quantitative
What is the dependent variable in the research question, "Is quality of life of nursing home residents affected by their functional ability or hearing acuity?"
What is Quality of life
Avoiding the collection of any identifying information in a research study is known as:
What is maintaining confidentiality
What is the most important type of information that should be included in a literature review?
What is Findings from prior studies
If a researcher wanted to describe the relationship between women's age and frequency of performing breast self-examination, the study would be classified as what type?
What is Descriptive correlational
Research utilization is a process that begins with what?
What is A knowledge focused trigger or research finding
What is the independent variable in the research question Is low cognitive functioning associated with reduced instrumental activities of daily living in people with heart failure?
What is Level of Cognitive Functioning
Pediatric patients are known as what type of participants in a research study?
What is Vulnerable study participants
This is the first step in writing a review of literature
What is Determining the question to be addressed
This type of sampling is the weakest in quantitative studies
What is Convenience Sampling
In the following clinical question, what is the outcome: What is the effect of relaxation therapy versus biofeedback on the functional ability of patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
What is Functional Ability
When reviewers make recommendations about a publication are not told who the authors are is called this
What is a blind review
Where is the statement of purpose normally found in a research report?
What is At the end of the introduction
What are the building blocks of theory?
What are concepts
When an observer is not concealed, the findings may be biased because of what?
What is Reactivity
In the following clinical question, what is the population: Do stress and depression affect dyspnea in patients with COPD?
What is Patients with COPD
In which section would the following sentence most likely appear: "The study sample consisted of 135 mother-infant dyads from an inner city neighborhood?"
What is The Method Section
"Women who jog regularly are more likely than those who do not to have amenorrhea" Is what type of hypothesis?
What is Directional Hypothesis
The health promotion model is best described as this type of theory?
What is Middle Range Theory
When interviews are preferred over questionnaires in research
What is The quality of data tends to be higher