Taylor Ch. 5 \"Theory, Research, Evidence Based Practice\"

Research disigned to directly influence or improve clinical practice

Research designed to generate and refine theory; the findings are often not directly useful in practice

Abstract images (ideas) that are formed as impressions from the environment and organized into symbols of reality

Set of concepts, along with the statements that arrange the concepts into an understandable pattern

Cognitive process in which one examines a general idea and then considers specific actions or ideas

Nursing care provided that is supported by sound scientific rationale

Guidlines written by a panel of experts that synthesize information from multiple studies and recommend best practices to treat patients wtih a disease, a symptom, or a disability

Cognitive process in which one identifies a specific idea or action and then makes conclusions about general ideas

Knowledgeable, voluntary permission obtained from a patient to perform a specific test or procedure

Encompasses both research to improve the care of people in the clinical setting and to study people and the nursing profession, including education, policy development, ethics, and nursing history

Differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities by serving the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices

Study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes we use to develop and construct our perceptions of life

Series of actions, changes, or functions to bring about a result

Method of research conducted to gain insight by discovering meanings

Research involving the concepts of basic and applied research