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| What is evidence-based practice (EBP)? |
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| Evidence-based practice is clinical decision making based on the stimultanous use of the best evidence, clinical expertise and client's values. |
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| What is the six step model for changing a practice as a result of evidence? |
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1. Assess the need for a change in practice.
2. Locate the best evidence.
3. Critically analyze the evidence.
4. Design practice change.
5. Implement and evaluate the change.
6. Integrate and maintain in practice. |
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| Research entails using formal and systematic processes to address problems and answer questions. |
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| What is quantitive research? |
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| It entails the systematic collection, statistical analysis and interpetation of numerical data. |
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| What is qualitative research? |
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| It is the systematic collection and thematic analysis of narrative data. |
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| What is the research process? |
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| The research process is a process in which decisions are made that result in a detailed plan or proposal for a study, as well as the actual implementation of the plan. |
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| What is a dependent variable? |
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| It is a behavior, characteristic, or outcome that the researcher wishes to explain or predict. |
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| What is a independent variable? |
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| It is the presumed cause of or influence on the dependent variable. |
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| A hypothesis is a prediction of the relationship among two or more variables. |
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| What is a study's methodology? |
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| It can be thought of as it's logistics or mechanics on how the study is organized. |
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| It refers to the overall structure or blueprint or general layout of a study. |
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| What is a "sample" in research? |
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| The sample or sources of information for a study may be humans, events,behaviors, documents, or biological specimens. |
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| A pilot study is a "dress rehearsal" before the actual study begins. |
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| What are "protocols" in research? |
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| They are the instructions and careful training of research assistants are strategies that can be used to ensure the consistency and integrity of data collection procedures. |
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| the completeness and conceptual accuracy of measures. |
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| If results are statistically significant, it means... |
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| that they are not likely to have occured only by chance. |
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| Scientific validation is... |
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| a thorough critique of a study for its conceptual and methodological integrity. |
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| Comparative analysis involves... |
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| assessing study findings for their implementation potential. |
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| Nurses must be able to critique research reports, what does that mean? |
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| It means that they must be able to critically read and evaluate research articles. |
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| Confidentiality means.... |
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| that any information a patient or participant relates will not be made public or available to others without their consent. |
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