A Pp Fundamentals Ch 05

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abstract

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Short summary of the purpose of a study, the subjects included in the research, the way the study was conducted, and the results obtained in the investigation.(5)

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anonymity

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Nondisclosure of a client's or other person's name or identification; used in research to ensure the privacy of research subjects.(5)

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biomedical research

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Research concerned mainly with discovering the causes and treatments of disease.(5)

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citations

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Reference notations to the source of an idea or quotation.(5)

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clinical nursing problem

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Difference between the way things are and the way they ought to be in a clinical situation or between what one knows and what one needs to know to eliminate the clinical problem.(5, 21)

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confidentiality

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Privacy; a nurse must maintain the confidentiality of information related to a client's health care.(5)

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empirical data

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Information that has been collected with use of the human senses and that can be verified through research.(5)

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evaluation research

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Form of quantitative research that involves finding out how well a program, practice, procedure, or policy is working.(5)

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experimental study

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Study designed to test cause-and-effect relationships between a treatment/intervention (independent variable) and a measured dependent variable.(5)

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hypothesis

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Statement derived from a theory that predicts a relationship among variables representing concepts, constructs, or events.(5)

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nursing research

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Detailed process in which a systematic study of a problem in the field of nursing is performed.(4, 5)

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phenomena

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Data that can be observed in reality.(2, 5)

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primary care

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First contact in a given episode of illness that leads to a decision regarding a course of action to resolve the health problem.(5)

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qualitative nursing research

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Qualitative research involves inductive reasoning used to develop generalizations or theories from specific observations or interviews.(5)

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quantitative nursing research

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Quantitative research focused on numerical data, statistical analysis, and controls to eliminate bias in findings.(5)

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research process

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Systematic collection and analysis of data to obtain new knowledge, add to existing knowledge, or find solutions to problems.(5)

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research utilization

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Systematic process for determining the scientific worth of a group of conceptually related nursing research studies and whether or not the findings can be used to solve a nursing care problem with a particular group of clients in a setting other than the one in which the studies were conducted.(5)

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scientific approach

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Logical, orderly, and objective means of generating research questions and testable hypotheses.(5)

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scientific method

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Codified sequence of steps used in the formulation, testing, evaluation, and reporting of scientific ideas.(5)

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secondary source

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Report that interprets research data written by someone not involved in the original research.(5)

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subjects

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People or events selected for a study to examine a particular variable or condition.(5)

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surveys

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Instruments designed to obtain information from populations.