Foundations of nursing research
This U.S. institute funds nursing research at the federal level.
What is the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)?
In qualitative studies, participants are often called _______.
What are informants?
Most research articles follow this structure: Intro, Methods, Results, Discussion.
What is IMRAD?
: The group available to be studied.
What is the accessible population?
A broad nursing conceptual model emphasizing adaptation.
What is Roy’s Adaptation Model?
This paradigm assumes reality is objective, ordered, and measurable.
What is positivism?
This term describes a deliberately invented abstraction like “self-efficacy.”
What is a construct?
In quantitative studies, the results section includes these numerical outcomes.
What are statistical test results/p-values?
A nonprobability sampling method that fills quotas.
What is quota sampling?
This theory focuses on traumatic childbirth
What is Beck’s Theory of Traumatic Childbirth?
The three components of EBP include research evidence, clinical expertise, and _______.
What are patient preferences/values?
This type of variable is presumed to be the cause of an outcome.
What is the independent variable?
The criterion emphasized in qualitative research.
What is trustworthiness?
The gold standard for sampling in quantitative research.
What is probability sampling?
Grounded theory research generates this type of theory.
What is a substantive theory?
: This is the strongest type of individual study on the evidence hierarchy.
What is a randomized controlled trial (RCT)?
The qualitative tradition focused on lived experiences.
What is phenomenology?
This bias is reduced by blinding.
What is observer bias?
A statistical method used to determine sample size.
What is power analysis?
A middle-range theory example used in health promotion.
What is Pender’s Health Promotion Model?
A PICO question includes: Patient, Intervention, Comparison, and _______.
What is Outcome?
The phase of research where data is collected.
What is the empirical phase?
Four criteria of trustworthiness in qualitative research.
What are credibility, dependability, confirmability, and transferability?
This type of validity assesses whether a measure appears to measure its construct.
What is face validity?
The four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm.
What are person, health, environment, and nursing?