Qualitative Methods
The type of analysis used in qualitative research where you work from specific data to a broader, more abstract conclusion.
What is inductive analysis?
In the following research question, smoking is the ______ variable.
DOES SMOKING CAUSE LUNG CANCER?
What is the independent variable?
These are the three concepts that EBP is built on. (name 1)
What are: Best evidence, patient preferences and values, and nurses' clinical expertise?
In the nursing code of ethics, this term refers to the right to freedom from harm or discomfort, and the right to protection from exploitation.
What is beneficence?
In the following PICO question, this is what "fall risk" represents.
IN OLDER ADULTS, DOES TAI CHI COMPARED TO OTHER FORMS OF EXERCISE REDUCE FALL RISK?
What is OUTCOME?
Steps taken to ensure that we can be confident in the results that we report.
What is rigor?
In the following research question, "sleep quality" is the _________ variable.
IS VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH POOR SLEEP QUALITY IN PREGNANT WOMEN?
What is the dependent variable?
This concept is described as a systematic inquiry done by nurses to develop evidence.
What is nursing research?
These are potential risks to participating in any kind of research. (Name 3)
What are physical harm, physical discomfort, fatigue, boredom, emotional distress, social risks, loss of privacy, time commitment, monetary costs?
IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN WITH SUSPECTED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ARE SERIAL 12-LEAD ECGs COMPARED WITH ONE INITIAL ECG MORE ACCURATE IN DIAGNOSING AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION?
What is an intervention?
The type of qualitative methodology where the focus is on the meaning of a person's experiences concerning some phenomenon.
What is phenomenology?
In quantitative studies, this type of analysis is related to how large the sample size is.
What is the power analysis?
This is what NCNR stands for, a division of the NIH that helps support nursing research.
What is the National Center for Nursing Research?
These are potential benefits from participating in any kind of research. (Name 3)
What are: access to potentially beneficial intervention, interaction with research to gain knowledge, satisfaction that their contribution may be helping others, possible stipends or incentives?
What does "during flu season" represent in the following PICOT question?
FOR PATIENTS 65 YEARS AND OLDER, HOW DOES THE USE OF AN INFLUENZA VACCING COMPARED TO NOT RECEIVING THE VACCINE INFLUENCE THE RISK OF DEVELOPING PNEUMONIA DURING FLU SEASON?
What is time?
This type of qualitative research is derived from anthropology.
What is ethnography research?
This type of logical reasoning is used in quantitative analyses, and refers to the process of developing specific predictions from general principles.
What is deductive reasoning?
This person is considered nursing's earliest researcher.
Who is Florence Nightengale?
These are examples of vulnerable groups in research. (Name 3)
What are: children, mentally/emotionally disabled people, severely ill/physically disabled people, institutionalized people, pregnant women?
The phrase "duration of recovery" represents what part of PICOT in the following research question:
WHAT IS THE DURATION OF RECOVERY FOR PATIENTS WITH TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT WHO DEVELOPED A POST-OPERATIVE INFECTION AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WHO DID NOT WITHIN THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF RECOVERY?
What is outcome?
The term used in qualitative analysis to indicate that your sample size is big enough.
What is data saturation?
When you ask someone in a research project what their favorite color is, it is considered a ______________ level of measurement.
What is nominal?
This term refers to when researchers share their findings via publication, conference presentations, and posters.
What is dissemination?
This is the entity that formally reviews research plans prior to research starting to ensure human subjects protections.
What are institutional review boards (IRBs)?
What does "PKU test done on two-week old infants" represent in the following PICOT research question?
IS A PKU TEST DONE ON TWO-WEEK OLD INFANTS MORE ACCURATE IN DIAGNOSING INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM COMPARED WITH A PKU TEST DONE AT 24 HOURS OF AGE?
What is population, intervention, and time?