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Nursing research is a systematic inquiry that uses rigorous guidelines to produce unbiased answers to questions about nursing practice. The goal of nursing research is to generate new knowledge to inform nursing practice. Evidence-based nursing practice integrates the best scientific evidence with clinical experience and patient values and preferences. Research is appraised based on the author's credentials, conflicts of interest, peer review, timeliness, and level of evidence. Research paradigms include quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, while the types of research are basic, applied, retrospective, and prospective.

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Astignurse Notes Research 3

Nursing research is a systematic inquiry that uses rigorous guidelines to produce unbiased answers to questions about nursing practice. The goal of nursing research is to generate new knowledge to inform nursing practice. Evidence-based nursing practice integrates the best scientific evidence with clinical experience and patient values and preferences. Research is appraised based on the author's credentials, conflicts of interest, peer review, timeliness, and level of evidence. Research paradigms include quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, while the types of research are basic, applied, retrospective, and prospective.

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What is nursing research?

Nursing research is a systematic inquiry that uses rigorous guidelines to produce bias-free,
trustworthy answers to questions about nursing practice.
Nurses use research to...
Synthesize findings into practice guidelines
Explore and describe health phenomena
Find solutions to existing or new health problems
Test traditional approaches for relevance and effectiveness
The Goal of Nursing Research
To generate new knowledge to inform the practice of nursing
Evidence-Based
Nursing Practice
The use of best scientific evidence integrated with clinical experience, and incorporating patient
values and preferences, in the practice of professional nursing care
Triad of evidence-based nursing practice
1. patient preference/vaules
2. clinical experience
3. best scientific evidence
Appraising Research
Author's credentials are appropriate
No conflict of interest for author or journal
Journal is unbiased
Study is peer reviewed
Study is timely
Levels of Evidence I
Multiple randomized controlled trials
Randomized trials with large sample sizes / large effect sizes
Levels of Evidence II
Evidence from well-designed controlled studies
Randomized or non-randomized
Levels of Evidence III
Studies of intact groups or case/control
Time series studies
Single- or quasi-experimental
Levels of Evidence IV
Evidence from integrative reviews
Qualitative synthesis
Descriptive studies
Theory-based evidence and expert opinion
Peer reviewed professional organization standards
Paradigms in Research
An overall belief system or way of viewing the nature of reality and the basis of knowledge.
Quantitative Study
A traditional approach to research where variables are identified and measured in a reliable and
valid way
Qualitative Study
A natural approach to research where the focus is understanding the meaning of an experience
from the individual's perspective
Mixed Methods
Research approach that combines quantitative and qualitative elements; involves the measurable
state of a phenomenon and the individual's subjective response to it
Basic research
Theoretical, pure, fundamental, or bench research done to advance knowledge in a given subject
area
Applied research
Research to gain knowledge that has a practical application and contributes in some way to a
modification of practice
Retrospective study
Studies that use secondary data that have already been collected about events that have already
happened
Prospective study
Studies planned by the researcher for collection of primary data for the specific research study;
implemented in the future

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