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26 Cards in this Set
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Authority
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a person with expertise and power who is able to influence opinion and behavior
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Research
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to search again or to examine carefully
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Integrative review of research
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involves critiquing studies on a selected topic or practice problem, such as safe administration of IM injections; summarizing the study findings; and drawing conclusions about what is known and not known about the selected topic
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Evidence-based practice
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the conscientious integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values and needs in the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective health care
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nursing research
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defined as a scientific process that validates and refines existing knowledge and generates new knowledge that directly and indirectly influences nursing practice
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Description
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invlves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and sometimes the relationships among these phenomena
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Explanation
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clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur
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Prediction
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the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation
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Control
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can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired outcome
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Critique
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research involves careful examination of all aspects of a study to judge its strengths, limitations, meaning, and significance
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case study
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invoves an in-depth analysis and a systematic description of one patient or a group of similar patients to promote understanding of health care interventions
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Knowledge
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essential information acquired in a variety of ways, expected to be an accurate reflection of reality, and incorporated and used to direct a person's actions
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Traditions
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include "truths" or beliefs that are based on customs and trends
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Borrowing
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innursing involves the apprpriation and use of knowledge from other fields or disciplines to guide nursing practice
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Trial and error
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is an approach with unknown outcomes that is used in a situation of uncertainty in which other sources of knowledge are unavailable.
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Personal experience
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involves gaining knowledge by being personally involved in an event, a situation, or a circumstance
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Role modeling
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learning by imitation the behaviors of an expert
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mentorship
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in which the expert nurse serves as a teacher, sponsor, guide and counselor for the novise nurse
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reasoning
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the processing and organizing of ideas in order to reach conclusions
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inductive reasoning
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moves from the specific to the general; particular instances are observed and then combined into a larger whole or a general statement.
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deductive reasoning
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moves from the general to the specific or from a general premise to a paticular situation or conclusion
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premise
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or proposition is a statement of the proposed relationship between two or more concepts
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quantitative research
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is a formal, objective, systematic process in which numerical data are used to obtain information about the world
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qualitative research
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systematic, subjective approach used to describe life experiences and situations and to give them meaning
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outcomes research
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focuses on examining the result of care or determining the changes in health status for the patient
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intuition
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an insight into or understanding of a situation or event as a whole that usually cannot be explained logically
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