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Chp 2. Nursing Education, Research, & Evidence-Based Pract
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Nursing
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01/11/2010

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Confidentiality
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any information a subject relates will not be made public or available to others without the subject's consent
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Continuing Education (CE)
Definition
formalized experiences designed to enlarge the knowledge or skills of practitioners
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Dependent Variable
Definition
the behavior, characteristic, or outcome that the researcher wishes to explain or predict
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Descriptive Statistics
Definition
procedures that summarize large volumes of data; used to describe and synthesize data, showing patterns and trends
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Empirical Data
Definition
information collected from the observable world
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Ethnography
Definition
research that provides a framework to focus on the culture of a group of people
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Feasibility
Definition
the availability of time as well as the material and human resources needed to investigate a research problem or question
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Full Disclosure
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a basic right, which means that deception, either by withholding information about a client's participation in a study or by giving the client false or misleading information about what participating in the study will involve, must not occur
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Grounded Theory
Definition
research to understand social structures and social processes; this method focuses on generation of categories or hypotheses that explain patterns of behavior of people in the study
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Independent Variable
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the presumed cause or influence on the dependent variable
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In-Service Education
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education that is designed to upgrade the knowledge or skills of employees
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Mean
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a measure of central tendency, computed by summing all scores and dividing by the number of subjects; commonly symbolized as X or M
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Measures of Central Tendency
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measures that describe the center of a distribution of data, denoting where most of the subjects lie; include the mean, median, and mode
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Measures of Variability
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measures that indicate the degree of dispersion or spread of the data; include range, variance, and standard deviation
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Median
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a measure of central tendency, representing the exact middle score or value in a distribution of scores; the median is the value above and below which 50% of the scores lie
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Mode
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the score or value that occurs most frequently in a distribution of scores
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Operational Definitions
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definitions that specify the instruments or procedures by which concepts will be measured
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Phenomenology
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research that investigates people's life experiences and who they interpret those experiences
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Population
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includes all possible members of the group who meet the criteria for the study
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Range
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a measure of variability, consisting of the difference between the highest and lowest values in a distribution of scores
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Reliability
Definition
the degree to which an instrument produces consistent results on repeated use
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Researchability
Definition
the problem can be subjected to scientific investigation
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Right of Self Determination
Definition
subjects feel free from constraints, coercion, or any undue influence to participate in a study
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Risk of Harm
Definition
exposure to the possibility of injury going beyond everyday situations
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Sample
Definition
segment of the population from whom the data will actually be collected
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Significance
Definition
the potential to contribute to nursing science by enhancing client care, testing or generating a theory, or resolving a day-to-day clinical problem
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Standard Deviation
Definition
the most frequently used measure of variability, indicating the average to which scores deviate from the mean; commonly symbolized as SD or S
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Statistically Significant
Definition
after data has been analyzed to determine whether the results were a probability less than 0.05, which is considered the acceptable level of significance
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Validity
Definition
the degree to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure
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Variance
Definition
a variation or deviation from a critical pathway; goals not met or interventions not performed according to the time frame
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