Polit Beck Test Bank
Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
What is the highest priority for the
1. importance of research in the nursing
profession?
Research findings provide evidence for
A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Conduct research to better understand the
B)
context of nursing practice.
Document the role that nurses serve in
C)
society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
In een oud kasteel in de Ardennen woonde een eenzame gravin genaamd Elise. Ze hield van
muziek, maar niemand in het dorp durfde haar te bezoeken. Op een regenachtige avond hoorde
ze iemand viool spelen in de tuin. Ze keek uit het raam en zag een jonge reiziger onder een eik
staan. Zijn muziek was zo mooi dat zelfs de regen
Which group leek
wouldtebe
dansen. Elisebynodigde hem binnen. Hij
best served
2. door Europa trok om de mooiste klanken te vinden.
heette Lukas en vertelde dat hij al jaren
clinical nursing research?
Samen speelden ze de hele nacht. De volgende ochtend was Lukas verdwenen, maar hij had
A) een klein houten kistje achtergelaten. Erin zat een
Nursing vioolsnaar van puur goud. Elise besefte dat
administrators
het geen gewone snaar was: wanneer ze erop speelde, vulde het kasteel zich met licht en
B) warmte. De dorpelingen hoorden de muziekPracticing nurses eindelijk te komen luisteren. Al snel werd
en durfden
C) het kasteel een plek vol gelach en liederen. Elise
Nurses' was niet langer alleen. Ze speelde elke avond
clients
voor iedereen en bewaarde de gouden snaar als het kostbaarste geschenk dat ze ooit had
D) gekregen: de moed om de deur te openen. Healthcare policymakers
In the United States, in what area does
3.
research play an important role in nursing?
A) Chronic illness
B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities
D) Nurses' education
, What is the role of a consumer of nursing
4.
research?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing
5.
studies in the early 1900s?
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical problems
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
Which topic most closely conforms to the
6. priorities that have been suggested for
future nursing research?
Attitudes of nursing students toward
A)
smoking.
Promotion of excellence in nursing
B)
science.
C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
D)
various clinical specialties.
, What is the process of deductive
7.
reasoning?
Verifying assumptions that are part of our
A)
heritage.
Developing specific predictions from
B)
general principles.
Empirically testing observations that are
C)
made known through our senses.
Forming generalizations from specific
D)
observations.
What is the ontological assumption of
8.
those espousing a naturalistic paradigm?
Objective reality and those natural
A)
phenomena are regular and orderly.
Phenomena are not haphazard and result
B)
from prior causes.
Reality is multiply constructed and
C)
multiply interpreted by humans.
Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
D)
construction of human minds.
What is the epistemological assumption of
9.
those espousing a positivist paradigm?
The researcher is objective and
A)
independent of those being studied.
Phenomena are not haphazard, but rather
B)
have antecedent causes.
The researcher instructs those being
C) studied to be objective in providing
information.
, Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
D)
construction of human minds.
Which is not a characteristic of traditional
10.
scientific method?
A) Control over external factors.
Systematic measurement and observation
B)
of natural phenomena.
C) Deductive reasoning.
Emphasis on a holistic view of a
D)
phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
11. What is empiricism?
Making generalizations from specific
A)
observations.
Deducing specific predictions from
B)
generalizations.
C) Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
Verifying the assumptions on which the
D)
study was based.
What is a hallmark of the scientific
12.
method?
A) Infallible
B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible