NURS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Forest Plot, Systematic Review, External Validity
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Considered to be one of the highest quality levels of evidence you can find if conducted properly. ** use this to study for the midterm. The link on slide 5 demonstrates these 8 topics. Look in the methods category, how many people were involved in the studies, etc. An article is internally valid if results were not likely due to chance, bias, or confounding/extraneous variables. Did the authors mention how they chose to include and exclude studies from the systematic reviews: look for a flow chart or diagram that illustrates why/how the included or excluded certain studies. An article is externally valid if it represents the population to which the results will be applied. What risk are you taking extrapolating and generalizing the results to your local nursing environment, Extrapolation and generalizability- estimations or projections of value based on using research conclusions and facts beyond the area that was studied. Environment team cost patient- policy/protocol scope politics - ethics.
