Test Bank for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, 11th Edition – Polit & Beck – Complete Q&A

Nursing3Research3Generating3and3Assessing3Evidence3for3Nursing 3Practice311th3Edition
3Polit3Beck 3Test3Bank



Chapter313Introduction3to3Nursing3Research3in3an3Evidence-Based3Practice3Environment


What3is3the3highest3priority3for3the3importa
1. nce3of3research3in3the3nursing3profession?


Research3findings3provide3evidence3for3inf
A)
orming3nurses' 3decisions3and3actions.

Conduct3research3to3better3understand3the3c
B)
ontext3of3nursing3practice.
Document3the3role3that3nurses3serve3in3soci
C)
ety.
D) Establish3nursing3research3areas3of3study.




Which3group3would3be3best3served3by3clini
2.
cal3nursing3research?
A) Nursing3administrators
B) Practicing3nurses
C) Nurses' 3clients
D) Healthcare3policymakers



In3the3United3States,3in3what3area3does3res
3.
earch3play3an3important3role3in3nursing?
A) Chronic3illness
B) Credentialing3and3status
C) Nurses' 3personalities

D) Nurses' 3education

, What3is3the3role3of3a3consumer3of3nursing3r
4.
esearch?
Read3research3reports3for3relevant3finding
A)
s.

Participate3in3generating3evidence3by3doi
B)
ng3research.
Participate3in3journal3club3in3a3practice3setti
C)
ng.

Solve3clinical3problems3and3make3clinical3d
D)
ecisions.



What3was3the3concern3of3most3nursing3stud
5.
ies3in3the3early31900s?
A) Client3satisfaction
B) Clinical3problems

C) Health3promotion
D) Nursing3education



Which3topic3most3closely3conforms3to3th
6. e3priorities3that3have3been3suggested3for3
future3nursing3research?
Attitudes3of3nursing3students3toward3smoki
A)
ng.

Promotion3of3excellence3in3nursing3scien
B)
ce.
C) Nursing3staff3morale3and3turnover.

Number3of3doctorate3prepared3nurses3in3var
D)
ious3clinical3specialties.

, What3is3the3process3of3deductive3reasonin
7.
g?
Verifying3assumptions3that3are3part3of3our3h
A)
eritage.

Developing3specific3predictions3from3gener
B)
al3principles.
Empirically3testing3observations3that3are3m
C)
ade3known3through3our3senses.

Forming3generalizations3from3specific3obse
D)
rvations.



What3is3the3ontological3assumption3of3th
8.
ose3espousing3a3naturalistic3paradigm?

Objective3reality3and3those3natural3phenom
A)
ena3are3regular3and3orderly.
Phenomena3are3not3haphazard3and3result3fr
B)
om3prior3causes.

Reality3is3multiply3constructed3and3multi
C)
ply3interpreted3by3humans.
Reality3is3not3fixed,3but3is3rather3a3construc
D)
tion3of3human3minds.



What3is3the3epistemological3assumption3of3
9.
those3espousing3a3positivist3paradigm?
The3researcher3is3objective3and3independ
A)
ent3of3those3being3studied.

Phenomena3are3not3haphazard,3but3rather3h
B)
ave3antecedent3causes.
The3researcher3instructs3those3being
C) 3studied3to3be3objective 3in3providin

g3information.

, Reality3is3not3fixed,3but3is3rather3a3construc
D)
tion3of3human3minds.



Which3is3not3a3characteristic3of3traditional3
10.
scientific3method?
A) Control3over3external3factors.
Systematic3measurement3and3observation
B)
3of3natural 3phenomena.


C) Deductive3reasoning.
Emphasis3on3a3holistic3view3of3a3phenome
D)
non,3studied3in3a3rich3context.



11. What3is3empiricism?
Making3generalizations3from3specific3obser
A)
vations.

Deducing3specific3predictions3from3generali
B)
zations.
C) Gathering3evidence3rooted3in3reality.

Verifying3the3assumptions3on3which3the3stu
D)
dy3was3based.



What3is3a3hallmark3of3the3scientific3meth
12.
od?
A) Infallible
B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible