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A Call for Replication
Author(s) -
Fahs Pamela Stewart,
Morgan Lindsay Lake,
Kalman Melanie
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 1527-6546
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00067.x
Subject(s) - replication (statistics) , nursing practice , psychology , computer science , nursing , medicine , virology
Purpose: To promote the use of replication as a means for strengthening knowledge for nursing practice. Methods: Examination of two clinical examples of how replication could strengthen nursing practice. Findings: The first example had no research evidence to support the practice and the other was based on the findings of a single medical study. Both led to nursing practices that were not effective or efficient, although not harmful. Replication can be used to overcome design limitations, increase validity of findings, and bring about correction of error. In addition, potential barriers and solutions to increase replication were identified. Conclusions: Replication is a critical step in validating research to build evidence and to promote use of findings in practice.