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What is Nursing Research

What is Nursing Research. A Brief Review. Research. A planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or the discovery of solutions to problems or questions. Polit & Beck. Possible Designs. Non-experimental – Exploratory/Descriptive Correlational Quasi-experimental

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What is Nursing Research

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  1. What is Nursing Research A Brief Review

  2. Research • A planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or the discovery of solutions to problems or questions. Polit & Beck

  3. Possible Designs • Non-experimental – Exploratory/Descriptive • Correlational • Quasi-experimental • Experimental • Phemenological • Grounded Theory • Ethnography • Historical

  4. What’s in a Research Article • Abstract • Introduction • Review of Literature • Framework • Methodology • Results • Discussion • References

  5. Nursing’s Evolvement as a Science as Well as an Art • Before 1900 – Nightingale and Crimea (1853-1856) • 1900-1929 – Focus on nursing education (AJN 1900, ANA 1912,The Goldmark Report 1923, and Teacher’s College, Columbia University 1924) • 1930-1949 – WWII, The Brown Report • 1950-1959 – Focus on role of nurse and characteristics of nurses, development of nursing theory, Nursing Research 1952, CINL • 1960-69 – Focus on clinical problems and clinical outcomes, testing theory, International Journal of Nursing Research 1963.

  6. Nursing’s Evolvement as a Science as Well as an Art • 1970-1979 – Increased focus on the application of research, Advances in Nursing Science 1978, Research in Nursing and Health 1978, Western Journal of Nursing Research 1979, CINL became CINAHL 1977 • 1980-1989 – Research Utilization CURN Project, DRGs, National Center for Nursing Research 1986, CINAHL became electronic 1984, qualitative methods emerged • 1990-1999 - Goals for Healthy People 2000 stimulated research, NINR 1993, electronic databases, Internet, EBP • 2000-Present – Goals for health People 2010 and 2020.

  7. Nursing Research Priorities • Bioterrorism Chronic Illness • Culture/Ethnicity End of Life Care • Genetics Gerontology • HC Delivery Health Disparities • Health Promotion HIV/AIDS • Pandemics/Disaster Mental Health • Informatics Quality Care/Outcomes • Med. Adm. Safety Sx Management

  8. Types of Research • Descriptive • Explanatory • Predictive • Controlled • Basic/Applied • Quantitative • Qualitative

  9. Evidence • Empirical • Deductive • Inductive

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