Vocabulary
An evidence-based guide to clinical practice developed by experts in a particular field for direct application in clinical environments.
Clinical practice guideline (CPG)
The assignment of subjects to treatment conditions in a random manner (determined by chance alone).
Randomization
Agency whose strategic goals have centered on supporting improvements in health outcomes, strengthening measurement of health care quality indicators, and fostering access to and cost-effectiveness of health care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Research-based recommendations stated as standards of practice, procedures, or decision algorithms.
Practice guidelines
Study in which the researcher estimates the resource needs of a group.
Needs Assessment
As part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NINR supports research on the biologic and behavioral aspects of critical health problems that confront the nation.
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Conduct of a smaller version of a proposed study that develops or refines methodology prior to use in a larger study.
Pilot
Systematic, subjective approach used to describe life experiences and give them meaning
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Qualitative research
he process of systematically finding, appraising, and using research findings as the basis for clinical practice.
Evidence-Based Practice
Conduct of a smaller version of a proposed study that develops or refines methodology prior to use in a larger study.
Peer Review
Formal, objective, systematic process used to describe and test relationships and examine cause-and-effect interactions among variables.
Quantitative research
It is no longer safe practice to instill normal saline into a tracheostomy tube prior to suctioning
An example of Evidence- Based Practice
Who is a registered nurse with graduate preparation in a specialized area of nursing practice and an expert clinician with additional responsibility for education and research.
Clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
Is a process of systematic inquiry or study to build knowledge in a discipline.
Research
When staff nurses learn to critically evaluate the literature and clinical findings and begin to apply them to their patient care, there is great potential for improved patient outcomes.
Nurses and Utilization of Evidence-Based Practice