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| What are two questions a nurse should ask when assessing the value of an intervention from a research perspective? |
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1. Am I performing this intervention because someone told me to or because this intervention has always ben done?
2. What evidence exists that this is the most effective intervention for this problem?
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| The systematic, objective process of analyzing phenomenon of importance to nursing is the definition of... |
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Nursing research
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| What aspects of nursing studies are included under the umbrella of "nursing research?" |
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Studies concerning nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing administration.
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| What areas of study are under the umbrella of "nursing research?" |
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Studies concerning nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration and studies concerning nurses themselves.
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| Nursing research that involves clients or studies that have the potential for affecting the care of clients, including animal studies and studies on healthy participants is referred to as... |
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Clinical nursing research
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| What is the major difference between nursing research and clinical nursing research? |
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Nursing research involves an impact on a nurse, her environment, or practice.
Nursing clinical research involves impact on a client/patient.
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| How is clinical nursing research different from the medical model of research? |
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Clinical nursing research focuses heavily on prevention, symptom management and client behavior modification.
The medical model is focused on treatment and testing.
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| What have been the four sources of nursing knowledge? |
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Traditional knowledge (passed down), authoritative knowledge (looking to a doctor for answers, or experts in the condition), Trial and Error and Scientific research (the most reliable).
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| Data gathered by the sense organs is referred to as... |
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Empirical data
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| What are the three main traditional characteristics of scientific research? |
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It uses systematic, orderly and objective means of data collection.
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| Attempting to seek a solution for a person or persons in a given setting is the definition of... |
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Problem solving
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| Seeking knowledge that can be generalized to people in many settings is the definition of... |
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Scientific research
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| Determining the best method of teaching a patient how to use an insulin pump is an example of _____________. |
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Problem solving
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| Determining the best approach to teach blind people how to use an insulin pump is an example of the the focus of _____________. |
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Scientific research
(very broad, whereas problem solving is very specific)
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| __________ research is concerned with generating new knowledge. |
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Basic
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| ___________ research is concerned with using knowledge to solve immediate problems. |
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Applied
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| Basic research is also referred to as __________ research. |
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Pure
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| What are the 4 major goals of basic research? |
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To develop, test, and refine theories and generate new knowledge. "Knowledge for knowledge's sake."
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| Basic research often uses _______ as subjects. |
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Laboratory animals
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| What is the major difference between basic and applied research when it comes to the application of the knowledge gained? |
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Knowledge gained from basic research generally takes years to be put into practice.
Knowledge gained from applied research is applied in the near future.
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