test 2 Flashcards

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Critical thinking?

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Purposeful, goal directed process of inquiry that utilizes available facts, principles, theories, and abstractions to analyze, make inferences, solve problems, or arrive at decisions.

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Reasoned thought?

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Discriminating and prudent and does not allow emotion, feelings, or prejudices to skew decisions.

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Critical Judgement?

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perceptive understanding of a situation based on knowledge, empirical data, theory and scientific inquiry.

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Cultivated Thinking?

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Is organized, enlightened and educated.

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Deductive Reasoning?

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The process of going from broad information to specific details. (General–>Specific)

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Inductive Reasoning?

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Goes from specific to generalities and infers the likely outcomes based on supporting data.

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Inference?

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The conclusion that results from, or is a summary of the process.

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Rational Thought?

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Fueled by knowledge gained through study and experience.

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Intuitive thought?

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Ones sixth sense, instincts or insight…The ability to see or sense subtle patterns or characteristics.

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Evidence-Based Practice?

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The integrating of the best available evidence, combined with clinical expertise, which enables health practitioners of all varieties to address health care questions with an evaluative and qualitative approach.

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PICO?

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helps gather good clinical questions. Identifies concepts when formulating clinical questions.
P- P/T or problem
I- Intervention
C- Comparison
O- Outcomes
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Harmoretiology?

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Questions what harmful effects or particular treatment are or how harmful effects can be avoided.

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Information literacy?

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The ability to recognize where information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the information.

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Level 1 evidence?

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the most valid reports

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Level 2 Evidence

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Addresses patient-orientated outcomes.

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Level 3 Evidence?

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Not based on scientific analysis of patient-orientated outcomes.

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The strongest level of evidence on which to guide practice?

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Systematic review or Meta-Analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT’s)

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Critical Appraisal?

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To examine its validity, beginning with the overview.

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Quality assurance / Performance improvement?

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Uses data to determine whether patient outcome criteria are being met, charting is complete, or procedures are being done per protocol.

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Concept?

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An abstract idea taken from an observed behavior or characteristic so as to make it unstable or applicable.

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Variable?

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The unique characteristic between one human being and another.

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Active variable?

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What you have or the researcher has control over. (What can be manipulated)

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Attribute variable?

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The researcher has no control over.

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Empirical Data?

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Objective evidence, suggest a relationship between variables.

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Experimental research?

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The researcher actively participates by introducing an intervention.

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Non experimental research

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The researcher observes a situation and collects data without introducing an intervention.

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Experimental design

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Controls the independent variable and randomly assigns the subjects to study groups.

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Quasi-Experimental design

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The researcher does not attempt to randomize the subjects but does attempt to show a relationship between the dependent and independent variable.

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Population?

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Will potentially benefit from the study results; attempts to exclude variables that may influence the outcomes.

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Sample selection?

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A representational model of the entire population on which data can be easily or realistically collected.

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Quantitative study?

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Describes the relationships between one variable and another and is highly structured and controlled.

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Qualitative study?

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Clarifies underlying assumptions that are vague or unclear by asking what perceptions, beliefs, or tenets or within a particular setting (Loosely structured allows subjective input)

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Reliability measures?

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The device or technique, instrument, the researcher uses to collect data.

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Validity measures?

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The degree to which an instrument is measuring what is supposed to measure.

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Direct Research utilization?

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Research knowledge to actually change a practice habit or include a new intervention in your practice.

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Indirect Research utilization

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Te RN has new conceptual understanding of situations or treatments based on knowledge of current research.

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Persuasive research utilization?

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Advocating for a change in policy or procedure, behavioral change of an individual, or in the way things are normally done.