ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH: APPRASING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING PRACTICE 10TH EDITION POLIT TESTBANK

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ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH:
APPRASING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 10TH EDITION POLIT TESTBANK

INCLUSIVE OF CHAPTERS 1-18 WITH
VERIFIED ANSWER KEY

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Which of the following groups would be
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1. best served by the development of a scientif
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ic base for nursing practice?
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A) Nursing administrators WS




B) Practicing nurses WS




C) Nurses' clients WS




D) Health care policymakers
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An especially important goal for the
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nursing profession is to: WS WS WS




Conduct research to better understand the
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context of nursing practice WS WS WS




Establish a base of evidence for practice
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through disciplined research WS WS




Document the role nursing serves in
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society
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Which of the following would not be a curr
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3. ent priority for clinical nursing
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research?
A) Pain management
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B) Health promotion WS




C) Nurses' personalities WS




D) Prevention of illness WS WS




Most nursing studies before 1950 focused
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on:
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B) Clinical interventions WS




C) Health promotion WS




D) Nursing education WS




To those espousing a naturalistic
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paradigm, a fundamental belief is that: WS WS WS WS WS




A fixed reality exists in nature for humans
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to understand
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The nature of reality has changed over
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time
C) Reality is multiply constructed and
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D) Reality cannot be studied empirically
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To those espousing a positivist paradigm,
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a fundamental belief is that:
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The researcher is objective and
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independent of those being studied. WS WS WS WS




The researcher cannot interact with those
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being studied. WS




The researcher instructs those being
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C) studied to be objective in providing inform
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ation.
The distance between the researcher and tho
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D) se being researched is minimized to
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enhance the interactive process.
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The traditional scientific method is not
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7. characterized by which of the following attri WS WS WS WS WS WS




butes?
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Systematic measurement and observation
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of natural phenomena
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Testing of hunches deduced from theory
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or prior research
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Emphasis on a holistic view of a
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phenomenon, studied in a rich context WS WS WS WS WS




8. Empiricism refers to: WS WS




Making generalizations from specific
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observations
Deducing specific predictions from
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generalizations
Gathering evidence about real-world
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phenomena through the senses WS WS WS




Verifying the assumptions on which the
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study was based WS WS




A hallmark of the scientific method is that
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it is:
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A) Rigorous

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B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible


Which of the following limits the power o
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10. f the scientific method to answer
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questions about human life? WS WS WS




The necessity of departing from
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traditional beliefs WS




The difficulty of accurately measuring
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complex human traits WS WS




The difficulty of gaining the cooperation
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of humans as study participants
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The shortage of theories about human
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behavior


The classic scientific method has its
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intellectual roots in: WS WS




A) Positivism
B) Determinism
C) Constructivism
D) Empiricism


One of the criticisms of the scientific
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method is that it is overly: WS WS WS WS WS




A) Logical
B) Deterministic
C) Empirical
D) Reductionist


13. Naturalistic qualitative research typically: WS WS WS




A) Involves deductive processes WS WS




Attempts to control the research context to
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B) better understand the phenomenon being
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studied
Involves gathering narrative, subjective
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materials
Focuses on the idiosyncrasies of those
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being studied WS