Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

If the audience is nursing students, the focus will be different from a focus for registered nurses who are working on their mas ...

In historical research, the typical voice is the realist because the data are usually obtained from documents. Miller and Alvara ...

Standards for Evaluating Qualitative Data As with quantitative research, certain standard criteria are accepted for evaluat- ing ...

KEY TERMS auditability: When another researcher can clearly follow decisions made by the investigator, arriving at the same or c ...

truth emerged from the data. Peer debriefing provides researchers with another professional’s opinion and views of the data. A p ...

Dependability Dependability in qualitative research is similar to reliability in quantitative research. This means that the stud ...

14.4 Keeping It Ethical Which of the following are criteria for establishing trustworthiness? (Select all that apply.) a. Credi ...

Issue Ask Yourself (Implications for Nursing) Worthiness of the project Is this a worthwhile project to pursue? Does it have val ...

people’s words and thoughts, the potential for inappropri- ate disclosure of personal information is greater than in studies whe ...

» In qualitative research, data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation often occur simultaneously. » Data analysis i ...

Barham, L. (2013). Hearing voices: Engaging with personal narratives obtained in interviews in qualitative research: Methodologi ...

Morse, J. M. (1994). Critical issues in qualitative research methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Patton, M. Q. (1990). Qualitative ...

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES At the end of this chapter, you will be able to: ‹ Describe strategies that individuals use to reduce uncerta ...

At the end of this section, you will be able to: ‹ Describe strategies that individuals use to reduce uncertainty when making de ...

Individuals use different strategies to reduce uncer- tainty during the decision-making process (Rogers, 2003). Sometimes indivi ...

15.2 Appraising the Evidence KEY TERMS active rejection: Purposefully deciding not to adopt an innovation passive rejection: Lac ...

Introduction Does the introduction demonstrate the need for the study? Is the problem clearly and concisely identified? Is the ...

Quantitative Designs By this point, you are familiar with quantitative methods and are ready to learn to apply your knowledge ab ...

case control studies include the potential for confounding variables, bias (recall and selection), and difficulty in selecting t ...

Meta-analysis I Systematic reviews of RCTs Current practice guidelines II Randomized controlled trials Controlled trials with ...