Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

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complex hypothesis
associative and causal relationships, 78–79, 78b, 79 f
defined, 79
research question, example for, 81t
simple vs, 79
Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software
(CAQDAS), 384
computer software, for data management,
383–385, 383b
concept analyses
defined, 310
studies, in pyramid of evidence, 311–313
in theories, 132, 133
conceptual definitions, 136
conclusions, drawing and verifying, 332, 340, 362, 370
concurrent validity, 266
Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing Project
(CURN), 27, 426, 427
conferences
attending, 510
insights, disseminating, 507–508
taking advantage of, 507–508
confessionist tales, 388, 389–390
confidence intervals, 352
confidentiality
IRB area of concern, 60t
qualitative research, ethical issue in, 397t
samples, ethics of, 303
confirmability
defined, 392
qualitative research, evaluation of, 228
trustworthiness, establishing, 393b, 395
conflicts in qualitative research, ethics of, 397t
confounding variables, 82–83, 83f, 159
construct, defined, 133
construct validity
defined, 264
external validity, 158–160
testing for, 265t, 266–268
content validity
defined, 264
testing for, 265t, 266
contingency coefficients, 364t, 369
continuing education credits, 455
continuing review, as IRB area of concern, 60t
continuous data, definition of, 262
continuous quality improvement (CQI), 476
control
experimental designs, 160, 161
quantitative design, 152


controlled vocabularies, 114–115
convenience sampling, 295, 296t
convergent testing, 266, 267
correlated t test, 364t, 366
correlation coefficients
defined, 268, 351
reliability, estimate of, 268
variables, relationship between, 268, 351, 351f
correlational designs
causality, not proving, 182
defined, 182
descriptive correlational designs, 182
model-testing correlational designs, 184–185, 184f
predictive correlational designs, 183–184
cost-benefit ratio, ethics of, 443
costs of qualitative research, ethics of, 397t
count data, 197
covary
correlations, 182
defined, 178
CPGs. See clinical practice guidelines
CQI. See continuous quality improvement
credibility, 392–394
defined, 392
qualitative research, evaluation of, 228
trustworthiness, establishing, 393–394, 393b
criterion-related validity
defined, 264
testing for, 265t, 266
Critical-Care Nurses, 430
critical thinking, by innovators, 450
critical values in statistical tests, 355, 360f
Cronbach’s alpha, 269t, 270
cross-sectional designs, 162–163
cross-sectional studies, 206–208
crossover designs
longitudinal design, 165
true experimental design, 165
CTFPHC. See Canadian Task Force on Preventive
Health Care
culture in decision-making process, 404
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
Literature, 106
establishment of, 26
information organization system, 106
Internet access to, 28
literature search, 315
subject-specific databases, 117t
synopses, 319
Cumulative Index to Nursing Literature (CINL), 26

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