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What is P I C O T ? |
P - Patient, population of interest - Identify patients by age, gender, ethnicity, and disease or health problem I - Intervention of interest - Which intervention is worthwhile to use in practice (i.e. a treatment, diagnostic test, prognostic factor) C - Comparison of interest - What is the usual standard of care or current intervention used now in practice? O - Outcome - What result do you wish to achieve or observe as a result of an intervention (i.e. change in patient behavior, physical finding, patient perception)? T- Time - What amount of time is needed for an intervention to achieve an outcome (i.e. the amount of time needed to change quality of life or patient behavior) pg. 52 |
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What is evidence-based practice? |
Evidence based practice is scientific based literature being researched, and the evidence from studies and professional opinions being used to determine patient care pg. 50 |
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What are the benefits of evidence-based practice? |
When up to date, scientific based research is used as a factor in the care plan, the patient receives higher quality care pg. 50 |
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What is RCT? |
RCT is a Randomized Controlled Trial and is a true experimental study that tightly controls conditions to eliminate bias and ensure that findings can be generalized to similar groups of subjects. pg. 57 |
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What is a Peer Reviewed article? |
A peer-reviewed article is an article that is reviewed by a panel of experts familiar with the topic or subject matter of the article before it was published. pg. 53 |
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What is Qualitative nursing research? |
Qualitative nursing research is the study of phenomena that difficult to quantify or categorize such as a patients perception of illness. pg 59 |
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What section of a research article should be designed to attract a reader to the article? |
The abstract should be designed to attract the reader to the article as the abstract is a brief summary of the article pg. 54 |
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When would a nurse use Medline for guidance? |
Medline would be used for guidance in a medical, nursing, dental, psychiatric, veterinary medicine or allied health setting. pg. 53 |
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When would a nurse use EMBASE for guidance |
EMBASE would be used for guidance in a bio-medical or pharmaceutical study.
pg. 53 |
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When would a nurse use PsyINFO for guidance? |
PsyINFO would be used for guidance in a psychological setting or a related health care setting. pg. 53 |
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When would a nurse use AHRQ for guidance |
AHRQ would be used for guidance when looking for general clinical guidelines and evidence summaries. pg. 53 |
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Where can EBSCO Host be found for research utilization? |
EBSCO Host can be found by accessing the Library from the student portal. |
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What is the most reliable level of evidence when reviewing literature for an evidence-based practice study? |
Medical Journals are the most reliable source to review literature for an evidence-based practice study.
pg. 57 |
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Why is qualitative research valuable to the nursing practice? |
Qualitative research is valuable to the nursing practice because it provides personal insight from the patient's perspective regarding their health problems and is often provided in a descriptive manner. pg. 59 |
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What is Quantitative nursing research? |
Quantitative nursing research is the study of phenomena that offers precise measurement and quantification. pg. 58 |
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When a nurse discovers that an evidence-based practice shows that a procedure should be done in a manner that is not consistent with his/her hospital policy & procedure for performing said task, what should he/she do? |
Performing the procedure could be harmful to the patient so the nurse should report the findings to his/her charge nurse. - Instructor |
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Discuss the concept of confidentiality as it relates to nursing research |
The concept of confidentiality, related to nursing research, guarantees that any information a subject provides will not be accessible to people outside of the research team. pg. 60 |
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What is the relationship between ebp & qi in nursing practice? |
EBP is the use of information from research, professional experts, and patient preferences to determine safe and effective nursing care with the goal of improving patient care and outcomes. QI improves work processes to improve patient outcomes and efficiency of health systems. pg. 61; Table 5-3 |
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What is experimental research? |
Experimental research is the study in which the investigator controls the study variable and randomly assigns subjects to different conditions to test the variable.
pg. 58 |
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What is non-experimental research? |
Non-experimental research is a descriptive study that describes, explains, or predicts phenomenal factors that contribute to different scenarios.
pg. 58 |
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What is a survey? |
A survey is a type of research that gathers a large amount of information from populations regarding the frequency, distribution, and interrelation of variables among subjects in a study.
pg. 58 |
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What is evaluation research? |
Evaluation research is used to determine how well a program, practice, procedure or a policy is working and why some are successful and other are not.
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What is the function of an institutional review board (IRB)? |
The function of an IRB is to review all studies conducted in the institution to ensure that ethical principles, including the rights of human subjects, are followed. ** For research to be approved it must go through the IRB pg. 60 |
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What is P. D. S. A. ? |
P - Plan
D - Do
S - Study
A - Act
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