Nursing Research

• cerchier


  to seek or search
• re 


  again
• Main purpose of research?

  To answer questions or solve problems
• Research


  A systematic inquiry that use disciplined methods to answer questions or solve problems
• Characteristics of Research

  • Systematic
  • Empirical
  • Critical
  • Objective
  • Original
  • Accurate
• Characteristics of Research

  • Systematic


  Steps
• Characteristics of Research

  • Empirical


  Evidence-based
• Characteristics of Research

  • Critical


  Careful Analysis
• Characteristics of Research

  • Objective


  eliminate biases
• Characteristics of Research

  • original


  novelty
• Characteristics of Research

  • accurate


  truthfulness of data
• Purposes of Research

  • Description
  • Exploration
  • Explanation
  • Prediction
• Purposes of Research

  • Description


  describe the characteristics
• Purposes of Research

  • exploration

  explore factors that contribute to the phenomena
• Purposes of Research

  • Explanation


  causal relationship
• Purposes of Research

  • Prediction


  predict the hypothesis
• Purposes of Research

  Highest level?

  Prediction
• Nursing Research


  a systematic inquiry designed to develop a trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to the nursing profession
• Nursing Research: Areas in Nursing

  1. Nursing Practice
  2. Nursing Education
  3. Nursing Administration
  4. Nursing Informatics
• Purpose of Nursing Research?

  To improve the quality care
• Evidence-Based Practice


  the use of best evidence in making patients care decisions
• Components of EBP

  • Research Evidence
  • Own expertise and experience
  • Client and situations
• Components of EBP: 1

  Research Evidence
• Components of EBP: 2

  Own expertise and experience
• Components of EBP: 3

  Client and the situation
• Sources of Evidence for Nursing Practice

  • 2 Logical Reasoning

  Deductive and Inductive
• Logical Reasoning: Deductive


  General to Specific
• Logical Reasoning: Inductive


  Specific to General
• Assembled information: Benchmarking


  standard vs. standard
• Assembled information: Benchmarking


  comparing
• Importance of Research in Nursing

  1. Knowledge
  2. High-quality care
  3. Personal and professional adjustment
• Ethical Review Board Committee


  group of people who check research paper for ethics
• 5 Basic Human Rights of Participants

  1. Right to informed consent
  2. Right to Refuse from the study
  3. Right to be protected from harm
  4. Right to privacy
  5. Right to confidentiality and anonymity
• Privacy


  Exposing body parts of the individual
• Confidentiality


  information
• Anonymity


  unknown
• Anonymity


  no identifying information
• Belmont Report


  summary of ethical principles
• Belmont Report: Ethical Principles for Research with Human Subjects

  1. Beneficence
  2. Respect for Human Dignity
  3. Justice
• Beneficence

  1. Right to be protected from harm
  2. Right to be protected from exploitation