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nursing research
nursing research ch 2
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
06/04/2011

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foundational questions about a clinical issue
ex: what is cachexia and what is its physiology
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background question
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represent an effort to distill a body of knowledge into a usable form; often based on systematic reviews and give specific recommendations for evidence-based decision making
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clinical practice guidelines
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this helps providers make good decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions
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cochrane collaboration
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a quick summary of a clinical question an an appraisal of the best evidence and it typically begins with a "clinical bottom line"
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critically appraised topics
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these rank evidence sources according to the strength of the evidence they provide
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evidence hierarchies
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these can be answered based on current best research evidence on diagnosing, assessing, or treating patients, or on understanding the meaning, cause or prognosis of their health problems
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foreground question
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the extent to which an innovation is amenable to implementation in a new setting, an assessment of which is often made in an evidence-based practice project
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implementation potential
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a technique for integrating quantitative research findings statistically. It treats individual studies as one unit of analysis
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meta-analysis
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the grand narratives or interpretive translations produced from the integration or comparison of findings from qualitative studies
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metasynthesis
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a technique for quantitatively integrating the results of multiple studies addressing the same or similar research questions
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meta-analysis
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A small scale version or trial run done in preparation for a major study
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pilot study
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a rigorous and systematic synthesis of research findings on a research question
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systematic review
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