1. What is Nursing Research A Brief Review

2. Research A planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or the discovery of solutions to problems or questions. Polit & Beck

3. Possible Designs Non-experimental – Exploratory/Descriptive Correlational Quasi-experimental Experimental Phemenological Grounded Theory Ethnography Historical

4. What’s in a Research Article Abstract Introduction Review of Literature Framework Methodology Results Discussion References

5. Nursing’s Evolvement as a Science as Well as an Art Before 1900 – Nightingale and Crimea (1853-1856) 1900-1929 – Focus on nursing education (AJN 1900, ANA 1912,The Goldmark Report 1923, and Teacher’s College, Columbia University 1924) 1930-1949 – WWII, The Brown Report 1950-1959 – Focus on role of nurse and characteristics of nurses, development of nursing theory, Nursing Research 1952, CINL 1960-69 – Focus on clinical problems and clinical outcomes, testing theory, International Journal of Nursing Research 1963.

6. Nursing’s Evolvement as a Science as Well as an Art 1970-1979 – Increased focus on the application of research, Advances in Nursing Science 1978, Research in Nursing and Health 1978, Western Journal of Nursing Research 1979, CINL became CINAHL 1977 1980-1989 – Research Utilization CURN Project, DRGs, National Center for Nursing Research 1986, CINAHL became electronic 1984, qualitative methods emerged 1990-1999 - Goals for Healthy People 2000 stimulated research, NINR 1993, electronic databases, Internet, EBP 2000-Present – Goals for health People 2010 and 2020.

7. Nursing Research Priorities BioterrorismChronic Illness Culture/EthnicityEnd of Life Care GeneticsGerontology HC Delivery Health Disparities Health PromotionHIV/AIDS Pandemics/DisasterMental Health InformaticsQuality Care/Outcomes Med. Adm. SafetySx Management

8. Types of Research Descriptive Explanatory Predictive Controlled Basic/Applied Quantitative Qualitative

9. Evidence Empirical Deductive Inductive