FUNDAMENTALS

• PICOT - P 


  Patient, population, problem of interest
• PICOT - I 


  Intervention or Therapy to consider for the subject of interest
• PICOT - C 


  Comparison of Interventions
• PICOT - O 


  Outcomes of Interventions
• PICOT - T 


  Time
• variables that could influence the results of the study other than the specific variables being studied

  Extraneous Variables
• reality is relative or contextual & constructed by individuals who are experiencing a phenomenon

  Naturalism (Constructivism)
• The truth is absolute & can be discovered by careful measurement.

  Logical Positivism
• phenomena are best understood by examining their component parts.

  Reductionist perspective
• Philosophical perspective of natural sciences

  Positivism
• Systemic collection & thematic analysis of narrative data

  QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
• Collects & analyzes words rather than numbers

  QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
• Case study, historical, ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory

  QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
• Systematic collection, statistical analysis, & interpretation of numerical data

  QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
• planned & fixed study processes; Intimidating to read

  QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
• Focuses on lived experiences

  Phenomenology
• Follows a reductionistic approach 


  QUANTITATIVE
• Focuses on cultural patterns of thoughts and behaviors

  Ethnography
• Focuses on social processes

  Grounded Theory
• Method which decisions are made that result in a detailed plan or proposal for a study.

  RESEARCH PROCESS
• Behavior, characteristic, or outcome that researcher wishes to explain or predict

  DEPENDENT VARIABLE
• Presumed cause of or influence on the dependent variable

  INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
• Thought of as its logistics or mechanics

  METHODOLOGY
• Overall structure or blueprint; General layout

  RESEARCH DESIGN
• Strategies that can be used to ensure the consistency & integrity of data collection procedures

  DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLS
• Consistency of measures


  Reliability
• Completeness and Conceptual accuracy

  Validity
• Means routinely searching & reading current research literature in order to stay current with new insights

  RESEARCH CONSUMER
• CINAHL


  CUMULATIVE INDEX TO NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH LITERATURE
• Particularly important in hospitals that are seeking to maintain a magnet recognition status

  RESEARCH TEAM MEMBER
• Ensures that all clients are informed of & understand the consequences of consenting to serve as research participants

  INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD / ETHICS REVIEW COMMITEE
• 4 RIGHTS

  RIGHT NOT TO BE HARMED

  RIGHT TO FULL DISCLOSURE

  RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION

  RIGHT TO PRIVACY
• Any information a participant relates will not be made public or available to others without the participants consent

  Confidentiality