Intro to Evidence Based Practice Nursing

Research isFormal, rigorous process to discover new intimacy or validate/refine lively knowledge Gathering of data, information, and facts for the advancement of knowledge Type of systematic activity (set of planned activities)Systematic process of investigation Formalized method(s) of obtaining information (data/knowledge) Nursing research is a systematic inquiry designed to develop new knowledge or validate/refine existing knowledge about issues related to nursing (e.g., training of patient care administration of nursing and health care services)Nursing Science Body of knowledge unique to the discipline of nursingScientific method is an approach to gaining new knowledge from a systematic collection of empirical dataWhat is the importance of research in nursing?Nurses are responsible for assuming an active role in growth the body of nursing knowledge Nurses are expected to adopt an evidence-based practice (EPB) defined as the use of best clinical evidence in reservation patien t care decisions EBP is EVERY nurses responsibility, whether you are a user (consumer) of nursing research by reading research reports to keep up-to-date or a nurse who designs and conducts researchEvidence Based PracticeEBP is a business solving approach to clinical practice that integrates the conscientious use of best evidence in combination with a clinicians expertise as well as patient preferences and values to make decisions aboutthe type of care that is provided. Resources must be considered in the decision-making process as well. Significance of EBPCollection, interpretation, and integration of valid, important, and applicable patient reported and research derived evidence Knowledge obtained from research evidence is transformed into clinical practice, culminating in nursing practice that it evidence-based Allows nurses to use the best research evidence in making clinical decisionsChapter Two Fain TextbookResearch Process Selecting/ defining the problem Must be significan t to nursing Add to body of existing knowledge Problem areas from practice Review of literature provides background, rationale, and justification for study flummox research questions/hypotheses Selecting a research design Overall plan or structure for planning to answer research questions and/or test hypotheses Identify methods for selecting the sample, testing, and meter Methods Data collection Organizing data for analysis Data Analysis Analyzing and interpreting results arriving at conclusion Utilizing the Research Sharing the findings with colleaguesTypes of researchQualitative datainformation collected in a narrative form such as transcript of an unstructured interviewQuantitative dataorganization and interpretation of narrative data with purpose of discovering important rudimentary themes, categories, patterns and relationships