Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

interrater reliability
defined, 270
high quality of study, assuring, 260
quantitative data collection, 261–262, 271b
reliability, testing for, 269t
interval level of measurement, 261, 262, 270
interventions
in PICOT model, 85
in qualitative research, ethics of, 397t
studies, 212
interviews
data collection, in qualitative research, 224–225
defined, 272
ethnographic research, 238, 239t, 240b
qualitative data, collecting, 273, 276
introduction, research articles, component of, 20
intuition, personal, as source of evidence, 6
inverse relationships of variables, 79, 79f
Iowa Model of EBP
described, 5t
quality care, promoting, 431, 432f
IRBs. See institutional review boards
item to total correlation, 270

J

Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital studies, 35
justice, lacking, 59
respect for persons, lack of, 57–58
unethical research in, 34
Joanna Briggs Institute
evidence, ranking, 411
international collaboration, 33
nursing practice, improving, 54
subject-specific databases, 117t
jobs, personal development on
ladder programs, 457
orientation, 457–459
performance appraisals and reviews, 459–460
journal clubs, 437
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 99
journals, as type of evidence, 99
justice, ethics of, 58–59

K

Kendall’s Tau, 364t, 369
key informants, in qualitative research, 223

keywords

electronic databases, basic searches of, 112–114

information organization system, 106

knowledge, integration of, 131

known group testing, 265t, 267, 268

Kolcaba’s theory, 72–73

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, 364t, 367

Kotter’s model, 439, 440

Kuder-Richardson coefficient, 269t, 270

kurtosis, defined, 343, 344f

L

ladder programs, 457

laggards, defined, 13

layout for posters, 495, 496

leader

defined, 455, 457

team leadership skills, 460–461

levels of evidence, ranking, 410

levels of measurement

defined, 261

interval, 261, 262

nominal, 260, 261, 261f

ordinal, 260, 261, 262f

quantitative data collection, 261–262, 271b

ratio, 261, 262

LexisNexis Academic database, 116

libraries and librarians, consulting, for information, 110

Library of Congress organization system, 105

lifelong learning, 454–456

Likert scales

defined, 258

quantitative research data collection, 258, 259f

line-by-line coding, 380

list of references, citation guidelines for, 21

literature, evaluation and search, systematic review of, 317

lived experience, 230–231

long-term outcomes, described, 472, 473

longitudinal designs, 163–166

Lysaught Report, 26

M

magazines, as evidence type, 99

Magnet Recognition Program, ANCC

healthcare facilities achieving, 33

interdisciplinary teams, 476

INDEX 541