NR 449 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EBP is defined as - correct answer "the conscientious, explicit, & judicious use of theory-derived, research-based information in making decisions about care delivery to individuals or groups of patients & in consideration of individual needs & preferences" most include 3 components (EBP) - correct answer research-based information, clinical expertise, & patient preferences research utilization - correct answer changing a practice based on results of a single research s...

research design - correct answer encompass multiple aspects of research process - refer to a specific plan or blueprint categories of quantitative designs - correct answer identifies what is wrong - includes experimental (cause and effect), nonexpiremental ( describing a phenomenon) and quasi (mixture of both qualitative and quantitative) key concepts and principles in quantitative design - correct answer causality, probability, control, manipulation, extraneous variables, b...

Defects that increase pulmonary blood flow - correct answer L-->R -ASD -VSD -PDA -AV Canal Obstructive defects - correct answer L-->R -Aortic Stenosis -Pulmonary Stenosis -Coarctation Defects that decrease pulmonary blood flow - correct answer R-->L -Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) -Tricuspid Atresia Mixed disorders - correct answer R-->L -Transportation of the great vessels/arteries (TOGV/TOGA) -Trucus Arteriosis -Total anomalus pulmonary venous co...

Sampling bias or the error resulting from taking a non-random sample of a population include. SATA - correct answer Pre-screening Self-selection Selection from specific areas exclusion bias Threats to internal validity include which of the following? - correct answer Instrumentation Consent Treatment Multiple Treatments A Threat to internal validity resulting from loss of subjects during a study. A threat to internal validity because of events or circumstances that oc...

Nursing research focuses... - correct answer the inquiry on nursing questions and problems including practice, edu, and admin focus on what can be done What did florence nightingale discover in her research - correct answer -linked infection to control to hygiene -mortality rates: delivery at home vs hospital -benefit of human touch: anxiety and pain control NIH - correct answer US department of health and human service conducts research NINR - correct ans...

Data Collection methods - correct answer Objective & Systematic (uniform, consistent, Standard way) Define statistical significance - correct answer -Value judgment -Assess probability that results happened by chance a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance Probability / P value - correct answer the likelihood that a result would be achieved by chance alone. (Considered significant if p ≤ .05.) -P value: 0-1 -Weight the...

Guidelines for Conducting ALL Types of Quantitative Analysis - correct answer 1. Select tests a priori 2. Run all the tests identified 3. Report all the tests that were run Goals of the Analysis - correct answer - Evaluate differences between groups (ex. control and experimental group) - Sort data - Aid in data reduction by grouping variables into overall classifications Parametric tests - correct answer Statistical tests that are appropriate for data that are normally d...

the traditional approach to scientific research that assumes events are not random but linked to an assoc cause - correct answer quantitative uses inference to generate findings to a larger group of ppl, analysis uses stats, samples representing an overall population, researcher is objective & detached, objective data is seen and measured - correct answer quantitative a naturalist approach to inquiry that represents a view of reality that's contracted by the individual - correct...

evolution of nursing research - correct answer 1950s - nurses more involved in research 1970s- 1980s - publications increase - info lead to larger groups 1986 - NCRN opened 1993 - NIRN support clinical and basic research Evidence and Nursing Care - correct answer pt management tools: - order sets and algorithms - consistent practice - reduces variability nursing care processes - planning care - assessing conditions - determining diagnoses policies and procedures - a...

Which are the reasons for communicating research findings? Select all that apply. - correct answer 1)Policy changes can be updated based on new evidence. 2)Validate research findings by repeating the research study. 3)Clinical practice can be improved. Which best describes an abstract? - correct answer Summary of purpose, research, and major results Which of the following are reasons a research article may be retracted by a publication? Select all that apply. - correct answer ...