RESEARCH TERMS
Any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types? (Hint: an experiment usually has 3 of these)
What is a variable?
Describes how the study was done, including subject information, data collection methods, and statistical analysis methods employed
What is design?
Two general categories of research
What is quantitative and qualitative research?
Research Information is available for team members at HMH.
What is HMH Intranet or My HMH?
MYHMH> Clinical>Nursing> Institute of Nursing Leadership and Practice Excellence.
The first two steps you should take when thinking about starting a research project
What is the eResearch profile and CITI training?
achieving the same result from two or more different sources
What is reliability?
Presentation of the findings of the study without interpretation
What are the results?
Information collection is usually via questionnaires or interviews. Data may also be obtained through physical exam
What is a survey?
Publish in an internal nursing research newsletter.
What is "What's Percolating"?
You do this when ready to start a research project after CITI training.
What is the Nursing Research Council Intake Survey?
Subjects are not told if they are in the control group or the intervention group
What is a blind study?
The outline of the purpose of the study contains a profile of the problem followed by a review of the current literature
What is the objective?
Subjects are placed in groups based on whether they have been diagnosed with the disease (cases) or not (controls)
What is a case-control study?
Nursing Research Councils follow specific rules and directions.
What is Nursing Research Bylaws?
Expands current knowledge and enhances the practice of the profession
What is research?
A _______ measure must be reliable, but a reliable measure need not be _______.
What is valid?
Interpretation of the results, explanation of what the findings mean, and comparing them with the findings of others
What is the conclusion?
Go forward in time to examine presumed outcomes or effects; subjects are selected based on factors thought to be associated with the outcome being studied
What is cohort (follow-up) studies?
The modules you complete to learn more about research
What is CITI Training?
The center for nursing research and nurse scientists
What is the Ann May Center for Nursing Research?
Both subjects and researchers are unaware of the treatment arrangement
What is a double blind study?
Description of the applications and implications derived from the findings
What is the application?
Allows for causal relationships to be determined; always consists of a control, randomization, and manipulation
What is experimental design?
Before any research project involving human subjects is initiated, it must first be reviewed and approved by the...
What is HMH IRB?
Network-level Nursing Research Council
What is the New Knowledge and Innovation Council- NKI?