NSG 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Logica
16 May 2020
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Unstructured: tradition, authority, we"ve always done it that way; it"s the custom. It"s the traditional way to do it here: the textbook tells us to do it that way. Structured: assembled information, disciplined research, systemic and reliable methods to obtain information. Involves an investigation: build on existing knowledge. Nursing research: systemic inquire to develop knowledge about issues of importance to nurses. Types of research: basic, applied, theoretical extend knowledge, theory development, problem focused, high utility; informs practice. Why is research important in nursing: body of knowledge that identifies nursing as a profession, provides an evidence-base for nurses that promotes improved outcomes, reflects issues important to nurses, nurses knowledge and analytic skills, helps to reduce costs. Research involvement: research consumers, solving clinical problems and making clinical decisions based on research, producers of research, recruiting potential participants, assisting in data collection, pi, co-investigator, collaborator generating research, reviewing a proposed research plan feasibility, coaching nurses.
