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Burns and Groves The Practice
of Nursing Research
9th Edition by Gray All chapters 1 to 29 covered
,Unit One: Introduction to Nursing Research
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1. Discovering the World of Nursing Research
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2. Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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3. Introduction to Quantitative Research
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4. Introduction to Qualitative Research
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Unit Two: The Research Process
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5. Research Problem and Purpose
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6. Objectives, Questions, Variables, and Hypotheses
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7. Review of Relevant Literature
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8. Frameworks
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9. Ethics in Research
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10. Quantitative Methodology: Noninterventional Designs and Methods
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11. Quantitative Methodology: Interventional Designs and Methods
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12. Qualitative Research Methods
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13. Outcomes Research
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14. Mixed Methods Research
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15. Sampling
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16. Measurement Concepts
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17. Measurement Methods Used in Developing Evidence-Based Practice
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Unit Three: Putting It All Together for Evidence-Based Health Care
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18. Critical Appraisal of Nursing Studies
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19. Evidence Synthesis and Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
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Unit Four: Analyzing Data, Determining Outcomes, and Disseminating Research
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20. Collecting and Managing Data
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21. Introduction to Statistical Analysis
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22. Using Statistics to Describe Variables
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23. Using Statistics to Examine Relationships
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24. Using Statistics to Predict
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25 Using Statistics to Determine Differences
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26. Interpreting Research Outcomes
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27. Disseminating Research Findings
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Unit Five: Proposing and Seeking Funding for Research
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28. Writing Research Proposals
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29. Seeking Funding for Research
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Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Nursing Researc
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1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence
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-based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
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b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based
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e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
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Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge of the research process and skills in reading andc
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, ritically appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-
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based guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and policies in practice. This implies that nurses pro
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vide their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new protocols are being put into
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practice, and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and negative aspects of t
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2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospit
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al, in order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ levelof ori
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entation will not be a focus of the research.) This type of study can do which of the followin
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a. Control
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
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Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descriptio
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ninvolves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, th
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erelationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and id
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entifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a spe
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cific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The researcher
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’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a pedia
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tric ward will require more hours of nursing care than average children when the parentsor ca
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regivers are not present. What type of research outcome does this provide?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction
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Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descriptio
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erelationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and id
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entifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a spe
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cific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The researcher
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’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-
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effect relationship between requiring that all children under the age of 8 will ride in special
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care harnesses and the subsequent rateof children’s spinal cord injury will consequently util
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ize which form of nursing research?
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a. Descriptive research KJ
b. Outcomes research KJ
c. Qualitative research KJ
d. Quantitative research KJ
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Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective, systematic m
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ethodology to describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-
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effect interactions. Quantitative research includes experimental research, which is the metho
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d for testing cause-and-
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effect relationships between and among specific variables. Qualitative research methods are
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used for explaining meanings and describing experiences in context. Descriptive research in
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volves identifying and understanding the nature of phenomena and, sometimes, the relations
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hips among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of carein huge populations, m
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ost often retrospectively, using a database.
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5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU neuro pa
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tient remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the monitor is on the
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same level as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the physician, who comesto
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the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of reasoning prompts the nurse to recalibrate, ens
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ure proper placement, and check connections?
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a. Abstract reasoning KJ
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d. Reality testing KJ
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Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined. Concr
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ete thinking is oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are observed
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and experienced in reality. Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development ofan idea
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without application to, or association with, a particular instance. Reality testing is usedto vali
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date what is observed in the empirical world.
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6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patient
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sin the emergency department. The resultant policy emanates from
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