lesson 13 - nursing research

8/6/2019 Lesson 13 - Nursing Research

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Nursing Research:

Data Collection, Processing

and Analysis


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Objectives

Describe nursing research in relation to the

Foundation of Knowledge model.

Explore the acquisition of previous knowledge

through Internet and library holdings. Assess informatics tools for collecting data and

storage of information.

Compare tools for processing and analyzing

quantitative and qualitative data.


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The Foundation of Knowledge Model

suggests that most important in informationdiscovery, retrieval, and delivery is the abilityto acquire, process, generate anddisseminate knowledge in ways that helpthose managing the knowledge re-evaluate

and rethink the way they are understandingand utilizing what they know and havelearned.

Introduction: Nursing Research and the

Foundation of Knowledge Model


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Introduction: Nursing Research and the

Foundation of Knowledge Model

The sheer quantity of information will not by itselfcreate a more informed citizenry without

complementary abilities necessary to use thisinformation effectively.

Most significantly, information literacy forms the basisfor lifelong learning, forming a commonality to all

learning environments, disciplines, and levels ofeducation (Association of College and ResearchLibraries, 2000).


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Knowledge Generation Through

Nursing Research Information literacy is an intellectual framework for

finding, understanding, evaluating, and usinginformation.

Because nursing informatics combines all aspects ofclinical practice, research, administration, andeducation, the ability to recognize the need for aspecific kind of information and locate, evaluate, anduse effectively use it within the nursing informaticsparadigm will catapult nurses ahead of otherhealthcare professionals in applying and engagingvarious facets of technology.


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Acquiring previous knowledge

through Internet/library holdings

In an environment of rapid technological

change coupled with an overwhelmingproliferation of information sources, nursesface an enormous number of options whenchoosing how and from where to acquireinformation for their academic studies, clinicalsituations, and research.


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New Information Venues

Professional online databases - A source of onlineinformation generally invisible to all Internet usersexcept those with professional or academicaffiliations, such as faculty, staff and students.

Search Engines - Search engines allow users to surfthe Web and find information on nearly anything.

Electronic Library Catalogs - Nearly all highereducation institutions have their library catalogsonline.


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Informatics tools for collecting

data and storage of information Nurses are already intimately familiar with

data collection as daily agents of patient care

documentation, patient monitoring, and

interview data (Chang, 2001).

Nurses may generate and record data from

their own observations or with the assistance

of various devices.


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data and storage of information Software designed to collect, sort, organize,

store, retrieve, select and aggregate data are

Database Management Systems (DBMS).

Quantitative data collection tools or

instruments include questionnaires,

interviews, surveys, quizzes, assessments, e-

mail interviews and Web-based surveys.


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data and storage of informationAn innovative electronic data collection is the

system used by the participants in the

Nightingale Tracker System pilot study in

which nursing students traveling to ruralclinical sites submitted information into

handheld devices while miles away from their

preceptor-supervisors.


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Tools for processing data and

data analysis Data analysis is the process by which data

collected during the course of a study is

processed to identify trends and patterns of

relationships. Descriptive statistics allows the researcher to

organize information meaningfully.


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data analysis Quantitative data focuses on numbers and

frequencies rather than experience and meaning.

In quantitative studies, variables represented by

data are collected in numerical form. Qualitative data (in contrast) is more concerned

with describing meaning that in drawing statisticalinferences.


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data analysis Some major types of qualitative data

collection include in-depth interviews, directobservation, and written documents.

Computers can aid greatly in the storage,tabulation and retrieval of qualitative data byacting as the equivalent of an electronic filingcabinet.


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data analysis Qualitative data analysis can also be aided by simple

data management programs, such as Excel, in whicha user can categorize data and link categories with

key words. Quantitative data analysis includes statistical analysis

in which samples and populations are compared, inorder to discern whether the sample is biased orreflective of a true situation.

Another aspect of analysis includes seekingrelationships between variable and events.

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