Polit/Beck Ch. 1&2

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Across
  1. 3. Type of research most closely associated with positivism
  2. 4. Put nursing science in the mainstream when promoted to full institute status at NIH
  3. 6. Yield the strongest possible evidence according to the 7-level evidence pyramid
  4. 9. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012.
  5. 14. Integrating the best research evidence available with clinical expertise and patient values
  6. 15. Purpose is to expand knowledge within a discipline
  7. 16. Narrative and subjective data focusing on the human experience
  8. 17. A set of interventions to treat or prevent a specific cluster of symptoms
  9. 18. Developing specific predictions from general principles
Down
  1. 1. Analyzing qualitative research findings
  2. 2. Applying research findings to real-world situations, not necessarily to solve a clinical problem
  3. 5. Method of statistically analyzing quantitative findings on the same topic from multiple studies
  4. 7. Set of conditions imposed on the research situation to minimize bias
  5. 8. Performed in a lab to study the cellular mechanisms underlying a disease
  6. 9. Paradigm assumes there is no ultimate truth; reality is relative
  7. 10. Framework for EBP projects that begin with asking either a problem-focused or knowledge-focused question
  8. 11. test Trial run
  9. 12. Study designs and findings should be reflective of the real-world environment
  10. 13. Ranks study findings according to the strength of evidence
  11. 19. Objective evidence gathered through the five senses (i.e. smell, sight)