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What are the 7 steps to Evidence Based Practice? Correct Answer-1.
Cultivate spirit of inquiry
2. Ask question using PICOT format
3. search for and collect relevant evidence
4. critically appraise evidence
5. integrate best evidence with own clinical expertise & pt preferences
and values
6. evaluate outcomes
7. disseminate outcomes
This is the area of concern with a gap in knowledge that requires a
solution that can be described, explained or predicted to improve nursing
practice Correct Answer-research problem
We can identify research problems through these 5 things. Correct
Answer-- clinical experience (curiosity & desire to improve pt care)
- professional literature (leads to further inquiry)
- previous research (reveals gaps in current knowledge)
- current nursing theories
- national initiatives (ex: healthy people 2020)
This is a formal statement describing the problem addressed in the study.
It is broad and can provide a basis for several studies. Normally includes
, problem identification, background, scope of problem, consequences or
problem, knowledge gaps, and proposed solution. Correct Answer-
Problem Statement
This is the AIM of the study and identifies a specific focus or goal of the
study. It includes the variables, population, and setting of the study.
Words like aim, goal, or objective can be used. Includes the population
of interest and key variable (IV and DV). Correct Answer-Purpose
statement
This us an interrogatory statement describing the variables and
populations of the research study. In some cases, it is the rewording of
the purpose statement but with a (?) question mark behind it. Correct
Answer-Research Question
This is a formal statement of expected or predicted relationships among
2 or more variables and is derived from the problem statement or
research question. Correct Answer-Hypothesis
These types of studies will NOT have a hypothesis. Correct Answer-
Qualitative
This type of hypothesis occurs or exists together in the real world. When
one changes, the other changes too (covary). No cause and effect.
Change in one variable resulting in a change in the other. Correct
Answer-Associative Hypothesis