Definitions
to "integrate best research with clinical expertise and patient values for optimum care and participate in learning and research activities to the extent feasible"
What is Evidence-based practice?
EBP
What is Evidence-based Practice?
The formal statement of the expected relationship or relationships between two or more variables in a specified population, which is the sample.
What is hypothesis?
The clinician's knowledge and experience or what the nurse, physician, and others on the healthcare team contribute to the care process.
What is clinical expertise?
The systematic investigation that includes research study planning, testing and evaluation of a problem, question, issue, or topic to gain new knowledge.
What is research?
AACN
What is the American Association of Colleges of Nursing?
This is used to plan the research and also may be used to apply for research funding.
What is a research proposal?
A patient's assessment includes important evidence that should be considered in treatment decisions.
What is clinical data and history?
Lack of funding, lack of time, lack of research competencies, lack of participants
What are barriers to research?
NINR
What is the National Institute of Nursing Research?
This includes details related to the type of study, the sample and the means by which a sample is selected, the setting for the study, measurement and data collection instruments, the data collection process, data analysis, and the description of potential limitations.
What is the research design?
Involves experiment with control over variables, randomization of the sample, use of a control group and an experimental group, and manipulation of an intervention.
What is a Randomized Controlled Trial?
Neonates, pregnant women, terminally ill patients, patients with mental illness
What are vulnerable populations?
IRB
What is the Institutional Review Board?
The research question focuses on how many or how much.
What is Quantitative Studies?
"The consolidation of research evidence that incorporates a critical assessment and evaluation of the research and addresses a focused clinical question using methods designed to reduce the likelihood of bias"
What is a systematic review?
PICOT
What is patient, intervention, comparison, outcome, time?
ICN
What is the International Council of Nurses?
The research questions focus is on feelings or experiences.
What is a Qualitative Study?
Teamwork, Open communication, Curiosity, Motivation to learn, Resilience
What are some factors that influence the success of quality improvement?