Knowing
Evidence Informed Practice
PICOT
Research
5 Steps to Successful Evidence Informed Decision Making
100
Carper's Ways of Knowing
What is empirical, aesthetic, self and ethical knowing
100

A problem-solving approach to clinical decision making using the best available evidence combined with nursing expertise and the patient's unique circumstances and preferences

What is evidence-based practice 

100

Acronym to help formulate questions to assist with the search for evidence

What is P.I.C.O.T

100

With what does research begin?

What is a researchable question

100

Step 1

What is asking a clinical question

200
What does this mean to the person, the use of intuition
What is aesthetic knowing
200
Factors that effect evidence informed practice
What is patient preferences, clinical judgement, expert opinion, scientific research
200

Population or Patient problem

What is P in PICOT

200

Research that poses questions about nursing phenomena that can not be measured

What is Qualitative Research

200

To reflect on the effectiveness and efficiency of the intervention. 

What is Evaluate the practice decision or change

300

Using knowledge from real life experiences to help with our understanding of nursing and connections with patients, families etc

What is personal knowing

300
Provide an example of evidence informed practice
What is leaving IV's in longer, new dressings for wound care, sitting patients up to help with breathing
300

"T" in PICOT

What is the time frame i which you think the change will occur

300

Research that involves analyzing numbers in order to answer the research question

What is Quantitative Research

300

To determine the validity (closeness to the truth) of the studies findings and clinical applicability. Then determine if the findings have strong basis for use in practice.

What is step 3-critically appraise the evidence

400
What does this mean to me? Do I know what I do?
What is self knowing
400

Examples of evidence to use to make an evidence informed Clinical Decision

What is Evidence from research/theories, clinical expertise, evidence from assessment of patient history, physical, information about patient preferences and values

400

The "I" in PICOT stands for this?

Intervention of interest ie) treatment, diagnostic test

400

When research groups are formed and conditions controlled. Subjects are not randomly assigned to a control group or to treatment conditions

What is Quasi-experiment

400

Tracking down the best evidence with which to answer that question

What is step 2 

500
Added to Carper's Ways of Knowing in 1995: The nurses responsibility and knowledge missing, social determinants of health
What is sociopolitical knowing
500
Barriers to implementing research findings in practice (as nurses)
What is nursing culture and attitudes, lack of confidence, lack of leadership and lack of organizational influence
500

There is 5 steps to Successful Evidence Informed Decision making, PICOT is used in step___?

What is step 1

500

What is the purpose of Nursing Research?

To improve nursing practice and raise the professions standards ultimately improving patient care.

500

Step 4

Integrating the critical appraisal (all evidence) with our clinical expertise and with our patient's unique biology, preferences values and circumstances to make a practice design  or change 

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