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The year Canada's first nursing research centre was established Correct
Answer-1964
Research Correct Answer-Systematic, rigorous, logical investigation that
aims to answer questions about nursing phenomena.
Phenomena Correct Answer-Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that
are perceptible by the senses, i.e. experiences of and expressions of pain.
Significance of research to practice Correct Answer--expands body of
scientific knowledge
-contributes to evidence-based practice
-allows practice to evolve
-maintains societal relevance
Evidence-informed nursing Correct Answer-The incorporation of
evidence from research clinical expertise, client preferences, and other
available resources to make decisions about patients.
Evidence-informed practice Correct Answer-Evidence-informed
decision making is continuous, interactive process involving the explicit,
conscientious, and judicious consideration of the best available evidence
to provide care.
,19th century key events in nursing Correct Answer--nursing became a
formal discipline
-Florence Nightingale published "Notes on Nursing"
-nursing schools began developing
20th century key events in nursing Correct Answer--emphasis on
prepping nurses for practice
-American Nurses Association publishes "Nursing Research"
-first master's program in Canada
-development of many nursing theories
-first federally funded grant for research
-doctoral programs emerge in the US
Canadian Research Priorities Correct Answer-1. Nursing practice:
context, populations, interventions.
2. Outcomes: valid measurements, clinical judgments.
3. Research and practice link: develop a body of nursing knowledge.
21st century key events in nursing Correct Answer-- Every nurse
practicing in the 21st century has a role to play in the research process.
5 CHSRF/CIHR chair awards are granted to nursing
-Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing to develop a national
position paper on PhD in nursing for Canada
-PhD programs in nursing are introduced in Canadian universities
,Research priorities Correct Answer-CIHR - enhanced pt experiences and
outcomes through health innovation ( where I apply for research money)
Consumer of research Correct Answer-A nurse who reads research
articles and incorporates research findings into NS practices with ability
to discriminate and evaluate information logically.
Paradigm Correct Answer-Set of beliefs and practices, shared by
communities of researchers, that guide the knowledge development
process.
describes the way people in a particular discipline think about the world.
( worldview)
Theoretical/empirical knowledge Correct Answer--referred to as
scientific knowledge r/t the practice of nursing ( Patients' experiences
Nurses' experiences
Delivery of nursing care & interventions related to nursing phenomena
of interests
Health care policies, nursing policies)
-guide for evidence-informed practice
-concerned with developing and testing theories about how the world
operates
-observes reality
, Ontology Correct Answer-The science of study of "being."
nature of reality
the science or study of being or existence and its relationships to
nonexistence. ( deal with real)
- Refer to notion of truth
Objective truth Correct Answer-what I hear and see to believe
( positivism)
Subjective truth Correct Answer-something that the persons will tell me
for me to believe ( constructivism )
Methodology Correct Answer-Discipline specific principles, rules, and
procedures that guide the research process.
Epistemology Correct Answer-Examined reality ( how individual
understnad about the knowledge)
- refers to theories
Deals with origins, nature and limits of knowledge, why and how we
know somethings and what constitutes our knowledge.
Addresses the issue of "truth."
Nature of Nursing knowledge Correct Answer-Theoretical / Empirical
knowledge
Personal knowledge
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