Nursing Research - oa scientific process that validates and refines existing knowledge and generates new knowledge that directly and indirectly influences
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oTheory - oa creative and rigorous structuring of ideas that includes defined concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that are interrelated to present a systematic view of a phenomenon.
oEvidence-based Practice - oevolves from the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
oQuantitative Research - othrough counting or measuring, provides better understanding of one or more of the following three aspects of reality: incidence, connections between two ideas, and cause-and-effect relationships.
oTwo main types of quantitative research - ointerventional-includes experimental and quasi-experimental designs and nonintervention AL-include descriptive and correlational designs.
oSteps in quantitative research process - o1) Choice of problem area and purpose.
2) Review of the literature, identification of research gap.
3) Formulation of a research question, objective, or hypothesis.
4) Selection of research design.
5) Identification of a framework for the study if appropriate.
6) Definition of study variables, both conceptually and operationally.
7) Definition of population and sample.
8) Choice of methods of measurement and data analysis.
9) Formulation of a plan for data collection.
10) Definition of how an intervention will be enacted. .
11) Implementation of a pilot study if one is to be employed.
12) Revision based on the pilot study, if indicated.
13) Implementation of the study itself.
14) Analysis of data.
15) Interpretation of outcomes.
16) Communication of findings.
oResearch problem - oan area in which there is a gap in nursing's knowledge base. Includes: background, a problem statement, and a justification for the significance of research in the area.
oResearch purpose - othe stated reason for conduct of a study. A clear, concise statement of researcher's focus or aim: the reason the study was performed.The purpose usually hints at whether the study will be interventional or noninterventional and sometimes at the study design. Typically it mentions the population and the study's variables or factors of interest.
oReplication - oessential for the development of evidence-based knowledge for practice and consists of four types: exact, approximate, concurrent, and systematic.
oResearch question - oa concise, interrogative statement that is worded in the present tense and includes one or more of the study's principal concepts. Is usually a rewording of the study's purpose.
oResearch problem and purpose - oare abstractly stated. The question is the bridge between the abstract and conceptual levels.
oIn research - oa concept is one focus of a study. [Show Less]