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Evidence for Nursing Practice 10th Edition by Polit, Beck
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introducing Nursing Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 2 Understanding Key Concepts and Steps in Quantitative
and Qualitative
Research
Chapter 3 Reading and Critically Appraising Research Articles
Chapter 4 Attending to Ethics in Research
Chapter 5 Identifying Research Problems, Research Questions, and
Hypotheses
Chapter 6 Finding and Reviewing Research Evidence in the Litera
ture
Chapter 7 Understanding Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 8 Appraising Quantitative Research Design
Chapter 9 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Quantitative
Studies
Chapter 10 Appraising Qualitative Designs and Approaches
Chapter 11 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Qualitative
Studies
Chapter 12 Understanding Mixed Methods Research, Quality Improve
ment, and Other
Special Types of Research
Chapter 13 Understanding Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data
Chapter 14 Interpreting Quantitative Findings and Evaluating Clinical
Significance
Chapter 15 Understanding the Analysis of Qualitative Data
Chapter 16 Appraising Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative R
esearch
Chapter 17 Learning From Systematic Reviews
Chapter 18 Putting Research Evidence Into Practice: Evidence-
Based Practice and
Practice-Based Evidence
,CHAPTER 1: Introducing Nursing Research For Evidence-Based Practice
Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice 10th Edition
by Polit, Beck
1. Which of the following groups would be best served by th
e development of a scientific base for nursing practice?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Health care policymakers
Ans: C
Feedb
ack:
Nursing research is systematic inquiry designed to develop trust
worthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and thei
r clients. Nurse leaders recognize the need to base specific
nursing decisions on evidence indicating that the decisions are
clinically appropriate, cost-
effective, and result in positive client outcomes. Although all
of the people listed would benefit from the development of
a scientific base for nursing practice, ultimately it is the
clients themselves who would most benefit, as they would th
en receive the most appropriate and most effective care.
2. An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which
of the following?
A) Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B) Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined res
earch
C) Document the role nursing serves in society
D) Establish research priorities
Ans: B
Feedb
ack:
Nurses are increasingly expected to understand and undertake re
search and to base their practice on evidence from research.
Evidence-
based practice is the use of the best evidence in making
patient care decisions and typically comes from research condu
cted by nurses and other health-
care professionals. All of the other answers are possible goals
for the nursing profession, but none is as important as esta
blishing evidence for practice.
3. Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those
who hold to the constructivist paradigm?
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, A) A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B) The nature of reality has changed over time
C) Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D) Reality cannot be studied empirically
Ans: C
Feedb
ack:
In the constructivist paradigm, it is assumed that reality is
not a fixed entity but is rather a construction of human
minds, and thus “truth” is a composite of multiple constructions
of reality. However, constructivists do believe that reality ca
n be studied empirically.
Belief in a fixed reality that exists in nature for humans to understan
d would be an
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Evidence for Nursing Practice 10th Edition by Polit, Beck
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introducing Nursing Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 2 Understanding Key Concepts and Steps in Quantitative
and Qualitative
Research
Chapter 3 Reading and Critically Appraising Research Articles
Chapter 4 Attending to Ethics in Research
Chapter 5 Identifying Research Problems, Research Questions, and
Hypotheses
Chapter 6 Finding and Reviewing Research Evidence in the Litera
ture
Chapter 7 Understanding Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 8 Appraising Quantitative Research Design
Chapter 9 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Quantitative
Studies
Chapter 10 Appraising Qualitative Designs and Approaches
Chapter 11 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Qualitative
Studies
Chapter 12 Understanding Mixed Methods Research, Quality Improve
ment, and Other
Special Types of Research
Chapter 13 Understanding Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data
Chapter 14 Interpreting Quantitative Findings and Evaluating Clinical
Significance
Chapter 15 Understanding the Analysis of Qualitative Data
Chapter 16 Appraising Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative R
esearch
Chapter 17 Learning From Systematic Reviews
Chapter 18 Putting Research Evidence Into Practice: Evidence-
Based Practice and
Practice-Based Evidence
,CHAPTER 1: Introducing Nursing Research For Evidence-Based Practice
Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice 10th Edition
by Polit, Beck
1. Which of the following groups would be best served by th
e development of a scientific base for nursing practice?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Health care policymakers
Ans: C
Feedb
ack:
Nursing research is systematic inquiry designed to develop trust
worthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and thei
r clients. Nurse leaders recognize the need to base specific
nursing decisions on evidence indicating that the decisions are
clinically appropriate, cost-
effective, and result in positive client outcomes. Although all
of the people listed would benefit from the development of
a scientific base for nursing practice, ultimately it is the
clients themselves who would most benefit, as they would th
en receive the most appropriate and most effective care.
2. An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which
of the following?
A) Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B) Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined res
earch
C) Document the role nursing serves in society
D) Establish research priorities
Ans: B
Feedb
ack:
Nurses are increasingly expected to understand and undertake re
search and to base their practice on evidence from research.
Evidence-
based practice is the use of the best evidence in making
patient care decisions and typically comes from research condu
cted by nurses and other health-
care professionals. All of the other answers are possible goals
for the nursing profession, but none is as important as esta
blishing evidence for practice.
3. Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those
who hold to the constructivist paradigm?
Page
, A) A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B) The nature of reality has changed over time
C) Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D) Reality cannot be studied empirically
Ans: C
Feedb
ack:
In the constructivist paradigm, it is assumed that reality is
not a fixed entity but is rather a construction of human
minds, and thus “truth” is a composite of multiple constructions
of reality. However, constructivists do believe that reality ca
n be studied empirically.
Belief in a fixed reality that exists in nature for humans to understan
d would be an
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