Question

Develop three methods you will use to find knowledge specific to developing practice behaviors as research nurse.

Answer 1

Three methods that i will use to find knowledge specific to developing practice behaviour as research nurse :-

1. Clinical Experience:

-ability to generalize, recognize regularities and make predictions.

-is limited to a knowledge source bcs each nurse experience is too narrow to be generally useful.

-the same event is experienced and perceived different by 2 nurse.

2. Trial and Error:

-alternatives are tried successively until a solution to a problem is found.

-method tends to be irregular and disorganized and solution individual to the person

3. Logical Reasoning:

-combines experience, intellectual faculties and formal system of thought.

-Inductive reasoning: developing generalization from specific observations.

-Deductive reasoning: developing specific predictions from general principles.

-principles are limited bcd validity of of reasoning depends on the accuracy of the premises with which one starts.

4. Assembled Information:

-Local, national and international benchmarking data can facilitate evaluation of clinical practice.

-Cost date can be used as factor in clinical decisions.

-Quality improvement and risk data such as medication error reports can be used to asses the need for practice changes.

-All these diff types of data do not provide a good mechanism for determining whether improvements in pts outcomes result from their use.