Index 319
Conduct and Utilization of Research in
Nursing Project (CURN), 8
Conference on Guideline Standardization,
146
confidence intervals (CI), 128–129
consensus/position statements (CSs), 146
construct validity measurements, 127
consumer/patient experiences, 159–161
content validity measurements, 126–127
“Core Competencies for Interprofessional
Collaborative Practice,” 209
cost-effectiveness analysis, 155
CPGs (clinical practice guidelines), 146–149
critical interpretive synthesis meta-synthesis
method, 103
critical thinking
attitudes of critical thinkers, 21–22
cognitive skills, 21
definition of, 15–16, 19–20
education for critical thinking, 22–23
evidence
appraising, 25–27
translating, 27
types of, 18–19
habits of minds, 21–22
intellectual virtues, 21–22
judgment, 19–20
nursing process, 16–19
Delphi study, 17
recommendation for leaders, 27–28
PET process, 23–27
PICO (Patient, Population or Problem;
Intervention; Comparison;
Outcome), 24–25
Question Development Tool, 24–25
reasoning, 19–20
reflection, 19–20
cross-cultural validity measurements, 127
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health
System for the 21st Century, 188
CSs (consensus/position statements), 146
Cumulative Index to Nursing, 80
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied
Health Literature (CINAHL), 10, 80–81,
84, 87–89
CURN (Conduct and Utilization of
Research in Nursing Project), 8
D
Delphi study, 17
descriptive designs for research studies, 105,
108–112
diagnosis, ANA standard of practice, 38
discussion, classic research format, 136,
138–139
Dissemination Tool, 56–57, 258–259,
313–315
DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice), 209–210
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 210
E
early career registered nurses (ECRNs), 120
EBM (Evidence-Based Medicine), 90
EBP (evidence-based practice)
accountability, 9–10
critical thinking, 15–16
definition of, 4–5
history of, 7–8
knowing versus using, 10–11
nursing process, 11
outcomes, 9
practice question development, 47–49, 72
background or foreground questions,
48, 72–74, 76
PICO process, 48–49, 74–76
presentation of EBP projects, conference
websites, 181
problems, defining, 47, 65–66