Nursing Research Exam #1

MD consult {Ans: a database that provides full-text access to textbooks, journal articles, practice guidelines, patient education handouts, and drug awareness}Basic research {Ans: A type of study designed to develop the knowledge base and extend theory without direct focus on clinical application}Grand theories {Ans: theories that are complex and broad in scope. Grand theories attempt to explain broad areas and include numerous concepts that are not well defined and that have ambiguous and unclear relationships.}Replication {Ans: The ability of researchers to repeat a study using the same variables and methods or slight variations of them.}Evidence-based nursing (EBN) {Ans: The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of theory-derived, research-based information in making decisions about care delivery to individuals or groups of patients and in consideration of individual needs and preferences.}Problem-focused triggers {Ans: emerge from staff in the context of clinical experience by examining quality improvement data, risk surveillance data, benchmarking data, or a recurrence of a clinical problem}Literature review {Ans: a critical summary of the most important scholarly literature on a particular topic. Scholarly literature can refer to research-based publications and conceptual or theoretical literature}Practice theories {Ans: theories that are more specific than middle-range