Educator’s Guidefor Use of Research

Chapter Five

Educator’s Guide for Use of Research

ContributorMargaret Lunney

• Identify Reasons for Students to Value and Conduct Nursing Diagnosis (NDx) Research

• Demonstrate Integration of Research Processes into NDx Research

• Select Model Studies as Guides for Various Types of NDx Research

Objectives for Educators

• NDx Concepts Depict the Focus OF THE Discipline

• The Focus of the Discipline Needs to be Research Based

• Research is Needed for Knowledge Development

• Knowledge is Needed for Clinical Practice

• NDx Concepts are Complex and Unique Because They Represent the Experiences and Responses of Human Beings

• An Extensive Amount of Research is Needed to Support Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN)

Reasons for NDx Research

The Unique Focus of Nursing• Experiences and Responses to Health Problems (for Example, Risk of

Infection)

• Experiences and Responses to Life Processes (for Example, Readiness

for Enhanced Knowledge of Child Care

Research and Knowledge Development

Using Knowledge for Clinical Practice

• Use Information About Research in the Language Of Choice (Books, Articles)

• Show Students How To Use Research Methods for NDx Research (for Example, Establishing the Validity and Reliability of Measures)

Integrate Research Processes

• Concept Analyses

• Content Validity

• Nurse Experts

• Clinical Studies of Patients

• Construct and Criterion-Related Validity

• Consensus Validation Method … (cont.)

Explain Research Processes for:

• Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Values

• Identifying Population that is Expected to Have the NDx

• Implementation Studies

• Use of Valid and Reliable Instruments

• Prevalence Studies

• Single or Multiple Settings

Explain Research Processes for:

Published Studies as Guides• Examples given in research chapter

• Search literature:

• US National Library of Medicine (free) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed

• CINAHL, nursing literature

www.ebscohost.com/cinahl/

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