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Research Process
Evidence
PICO
EBP
QI/PI
100
Research is a _______ process that asks and answers questions that generate knowledge, which provides a scientific basis for nursing practice
What is systematic?
100
A study randomly assigns 100 patients who smoke and attend a wellness clinic into 2 groups. One group receives smoking cessation handouts. The other group takes part in an educational program along with a support group. Comparisons of the effectiveness of the standard treatment and the educational groups are made. This is a level _____ of evidence.
What is Level 2, randomized controlled trial
100
Once you have formed the question using the ____ structure, you can think about what type of question it is you are asking, and therefore what type of research would provide the best answer.
What is PICOT
100
EBP is an acronym for
What is evidence-based practice
100
QI and PI are acronyms for
What are Performance & Quality Improvement
200
Care delivery outcomes are the _____ or _____ effects of some intervention or action
What are observable or measurable?
200
The Cochrane Library and the Joanna Briggs Institute have many of these collections of data from synthesis from relevant randomized, controlled trials. These are called __ and are level ___ evidence.
What are metaanalyses/systematic reviews and Level 1
200
the 1st & 2nd step of the PICO process
What is patient population of interest and intervention of interest
200
While in ______, you will need an up-to-date textbook, articles from peer-reviewed nursing journals, and nursing research.
What is practice?
200
The Joint Commission defines _______ as an approach to the continuous study and improvement of the processes of providing health care services to meet the needs of patients and others. We often look at fall prevention, medication delivery, decreases in hospital-acquired infection, and pressure ulcers as indicators of overall quality of care.
What is QI
300
When recruiting new subjects to participate in a study, researchers provide full and complete information about the purposes of the study and gives participants the choice to participate. This is called
What is informed consent?
300
A nurse interviews parents of children with DM and asks them to describe how they deal with their child's illness. The analysis of the interviews yields common themes, describing coping strategies. This is an example of what kind and level of study?
What is qualitative, 6
300
the 3 & 4th step of the PICO process
What are comparison of interest and outcome
300
A group of nurses have implemented an EBP change and evaluated the change. Their next step is to
What is share their findings with others
300
In ____, an organization analyzes and evaluates current performance, using the results to develop focused improvement actions. Remember that evidence-based practice and quality improvement go hand in hand. Combined, they provide the foundation for patient care and outcomes.
What is PI or Performance Improvement
400
A group of nurse educators are reading a research study together at a journal club. While reviewing the study, one of the nurses states that if evaluates if newly graduated nurses progress through orientation more effectively when they participate in patient simulation exercises. Which part of the research process is reflected in this nurse's statement?
What is purpose statement?
400
Level 3 type of evidence
What is an experiment with a non-randomized assignment to a treatment or control group
400
the 5th step of the PICOT process
What is time
400
This includes determining the value, feasibility and usefulness of evidence in making a practice change
What is critique or evaluation of evidence
400
PDSA, a component of QI, is an acronym for what?
What is Plan, Do, Study, Act
500
A research nurse is investigating the following research question: What is the effect of the diagnosis of breast cancer on the roles of the family? In this study "the diagnosis of breast cancer" and "the family" are examples of
What are variables
500
______ the evidence oftentimes presents the most difficult step in the evidence gathering process. You want to be able to answer the following questions: Do the articles obtained offer evidence to explain the clinical question? Is the evidence reliable and true? Can the evidence be used in practice?
What is critiquing?
500
PICOT is used
What is a consistent, systematic way to identify the components of a clinical issue. Using the PICOT format to structure the clinical question helps to clarify these components, which will guide the search for the evidence. A well-built PICOT question increases the likelihood that the best evidence to inform practice will be found quickly and efficiently.
500
Name the 6 steps involved in rational clinical decision making
What are 1. Ask the clinical ? 2. Collect the best evidence 3. Critique the evidence 4. Critique the evidence 5. Evaluate the practice decision or change 6. Share the outcomes of EBP changes with others
500
A group of nurses notice an increased incidence of med errors on their unit. Investigation shows that nurses are not properly identifying patients consistently. Change is needed quickly. What type of QI method would be most appropriate in this situation?
What is rapid-improvement event?