Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Essentials of Nursing Research 4th Edition (Kevin Woo, 2017) Exam guide
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Research
A systemic inquiry that uses structural methods to answer questions and solve problems
Nursing research
A systemic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence about is...
Test Bank for Polit & Beck
Canadian Essentials of Nursing
Research 4th Edition (Kevin Woo,
2017) Exam guide
Research
A systemic inquiry that uses structural methods to answer questions and solve problems
Nursing research
A systemic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and
their clients
What is EBP?
EBP- evidence based practice. It uses the best evidence in making patient care decisions
What is an example of users or consumers of nursing research?
Nurses who read research reports to keep up-to-date on findings that may affect their practice
What is an example of a producer of nursing research?
Nurses who actively design and undertaker studies
What year and where was the establishment of the first Center for Nursing Research?
Established in 1979 and was located at the McGill University. From there, nursing research was
strengthened largely in the 1980s
,What year was EBP introduced?
1990s
What is the CCNRI and what is their purpose?
The CCNRI is the Canadian Consortium for Nursing Research and Innovation. The purpose was to create
a strong, unified voice to promote nursing research and to develop a framework for building nursing
research capacity in Canada
What is translational research?
Research on how finding from studies can best be translated into practice.
Systemic reviews are the cornerstone for what?
Evidence-Based Practice
What are the 8 future directions for nursing research?
1. continued EBP
2. Stronger evidence through confirmatory strategies
3. Continued emphasis on systemic reviews
4. Expanded local research in health care setting
5. Expanded dissemination of research findings
6. Increased focus on diversity issues and health disparities
7. Clinical significance and patient-orientated research
8. Inter-professional collaboration and health research
, What are the sources of evidence for nursing practice?
1. Tradition and authority (some traditional routines are ineffective, this is considered the leader of EBP)
2. Clinical experience, trial and error (reliable source of knowledge, has limitations as a source of
evidence, nurses experience is too narrow, tends to be disorganized and solutions may be idiosyncratic-
may be done in one’s own way)
3. Assembled information (has some useful information, but provides no mechanism to actually guide
improvements)
4. disciplined research (the best method of acquiring reliable knowledge that humans have developed)
What is a paradigm?
A worldview, a general perspective to explain the world’s complexities
What are the two types of paradigms?
Positivist paradigm and Constructivist paradigm
Positivist Paradigm
- called positivism
- rooted in 19th century
-guided by philosophers Isaac Newton and John Locke
- Logical, rational, and scientific
- Orderly, disciplined procedures with tight controls
Explain what a positivist would think like?
- assume that nature is ordered and regular
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