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/
ReferencesHorner-Johnson W, Weaver A. (2011) Healthy Lifestyles for People with Disabilities: Making Opportunities for Healthy Lifestyles. Oregon Health and Science University. www.aahd.us/site/static/pdfs/pp/HealthyLifestyles.pptLunney M. (2008) The need for international nursing diagnosis research anda theoretical framework. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications 19(1): 28-34.