Research Utilization in Nursing Practice

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

related because both processes emphasize research findings

Research utilization and evidence-based nursing practice (EBNP) (correct)

research utilization

evidence-based practice

research

focuses on the implementation of findings from specific research studies

Research utilization and evidence-based nursing practice (EBNP)

research utilization (correct)

evidence-based practice

research

The goal of research utilization is to

see that the findings of research studies are actually put into action in nursing practice (correct)

emphasize research findings

focuses on the implementation of the research process

to enhance the the work through research

is a broader and involves searching for the best evidence to use in nursing practice, which includes searching for the best research evidence available

EBNP Signup and view all the answers

Certain beliefs are accepted as truths and effective simply based on custom and culture ∗ It will be a growing concern that many nursing interventions are based on tradition, customs and “unit culture” rather than on sound evidence.

tradition Signup and view all the answers

can also be a source of knowledge but with limitations

authority Signup and view all the answers

is a familiar and functional source of knowledge but also limited because at times, the nurse’s experience is too narrow and with bias

Clinical/personal experience Signup and view all the answers

may be practical in some cases but is often inefficient

Trial and error Signup and view all the answers

is a type of knowledge that cannot be explained on the basis of reasoning. Policies and practices is difficult to develop on the basis of intuition

Intuition Signup and view all the answers

∗ Combines experience, intellectual faculties and formal systems of thought

logical reasoning Signup and view all the answers

is the process of developing generalizations from specific observations

Inductive Reasoning Signup and view all the answers

is the process of developing specific predictions from general principles

Deductive Reasoning Signup and view all the answers

Information that was gathered for a variety of purpose and can be used in practice but still with limited information

ASSEMBLED INFORMATION Signup and view all the answers

Most sophisticated method

DISCIPLINED RESEARCH Signup and view all the answers

5 ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF EVIDENCE

TRADITION and AUTHORITY CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, TRIAL and ERROR, and INTUITION LOGICAL REASONING ASSEMBLED INFORMATION DISCIPLINED RESEARCH Signup and view all the answers

5 SUBJECTIVE LEVEL DATA

RANDOMIZED CT CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY RETROSPECTIVE/PROSPECTIVE COHORT CASE REPORT/CASE SERIES EXPERT OPINION Signup and view all the answers

2 STUDY LEVEL DATA

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW META-ANALYSIS CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES/HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT Signup and view all the answers

(7) WEAKEST EVIDENCE TO STRONGEST EVIDENCE

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW META-ANALYSIS CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES/HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT RANDOMIZED CT CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY RETROSPECTIVE/PROSPECTIVE COHORT CASE REPORT/CASE SERIES EXPERT OPINION Signup and view all the answers

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE

META-ANALYSIS = A systematic review that uses quantitative methods to summarize the results. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW = An article in which the authors have systematically searched for, appraised, and summarised all of the medical literature for a specific topic. CRITICALLY APPRAISED TOPIC = Authors of critically-appraised topics evaluate and synthesize multiple research studies. CRITICALLY APPRAISED ARTICLES = Authors of critically-appraised individual articles evaluate and synopsize individual research studies. Signup and view all the answers

RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS = include a randomized group of patients in an experimental group and a control group. These groups are followed up for the variables/outcomes of interest. COHORT STUDY = - Identifies two groups (cohorts) of patients, one which did receive the exposure of interest, and one which did not, and following these cohorts forward for the outcome of interest. CASE-CONTROL STUDY = - Involves identifying patients who have the outcome of interest (cases) and control patients without the same outcome and looking to see if they had the exposure of interest BACKGROUND INFORMATION / EXPERT OPINION = Handbooks, encyclopedias, and textbooks often provide a good foundation or introduction and often include generalized information about a condition. It takes about three years for this type of literature to be published Signup and view all the answers

Information begins at the bottom of the pyramid: this is where ideas and laboratory research takes place. Ideas turn into therapies and diagnostic tools, which then are tested with lab models and animals.

ANIMAL RESEARCH / LAB STUDIES Signup and view all the answers

is the traditional “scientific method” which uses a general set of orderly, disciplined procedures to acquire information and moves in an orderly and systematic fashion. Being systematic means that the investigator progresses logically through a series of steps, according to a pre-specified plan of action

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Signup and view all the answers

starts with a few preconceived ideas and stresses the importance of people’s interpretations of events and circumstances. The focus is to capture and understand the entirety of certain phenomena and collect narrative data.

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Signup and view all the answers

Instruments used are informal and unstructured and have no attempts to control. Narrative information is analyzed in an organized, but intuitive, fashion, without using statistical tools and procedures. It uses inductive reasoning and dynamic, individual aspects of the human experiences in a holistic approach (Polit & Beck, 2004)