Nursing Research in Canada Chapters 1
& 2 (6th Edition) Study Guide Practice
Questions Test Bank and Detailed
Solutions 2025/ 2026
Research
is the systematic, rigorous, logical investigation with the aim of answering
questions about nursing phenomena
Four Fundamental Patterns of Knowledge in Nursing
1) Empirical Knowledge
2) Aesthetics (Art of nursing)
3) Personal Knowing
4) Ethics (Moral knowledge)
Evidence-BASED Nursing
The incorporation of evidence from research includes:
The conscious, explicit, & judicious use of the current best available evidence in
the care of patients and the delivery of health care services (CNA,2010)
-Clinical expertise
-Client preferences,
-& other available resources to make decisions about clients
Evidence-INFORMED Practice
Is a continuous, interactive process involving:
, Acknowledging & considering the myriad factors beyond early definitions of
evidence-based practice, this includes:
-local ways of knowing
-Indigenous knowledge
-cultural & religious norms
-clinical judgement
Phenomena
Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that are perceptible by the senses.
Phenomenology
A qualitative research approach with the aim of describing experience as it is lived
through before it is conceptualized
-how things seem to the conscious person
Phenomenological Method
A process of learning & constructing the meaning of human experience through
intensive dialogue with persons who are living the experience
Ontology
E-T-P
Education-Theory-Practice
Trends that influence nursing research
-emphasis on community-based care
-emphasis on reducing disparities in healthcare
-focus on health promotion & risk reduction
-increase in severity of illness in inpatient settings
& 2 (6th Edition) Study Guide Practice
Questions Test Bank and Detailed
Solutions 2025/ 2026
Research
is the systematic, rigorous, logical investigation with the aim of answering
questions about nursing phenomena
Four Fundamental Patterns of Knowledge in Nursing
1) Empirical Knowledge
2) Aesthetics (Art of nursing)
3) Personal Knowing
4) Ethics (Moral knowledge)
Evidence-BASED Nursing
The incorporation of evidence from research includes:
The conscious, explicit, & judicious use of the current best available evidence in
the care of patients and the delivery of health care services (CNA,2010)
-Clinical expertise
-Client preferences,
-& other available resources to make decisions about clients
Evidence-INFORMED Practice
Is a continuous, interactive process involving:
, Acknowledging & considering the myriad factors beyond early definitions of
evidence-based practice, this includes:
-local ways of knowing
-Indigenous knowledge
-cultural & religious norms
-clinical judgement
Phenomena
Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that are perceptible by the senses.
Phenomenology
A qualitative research approach with the aim of describing experience as it is lived
through before it is conceptualized
-how things seem to the conscious person
Phenomenological Method
A process of learning & constructing the meaning of human experience through
intensive dialogue with persons who are living the experience
Ontology
E-T-P
Education-Theory-Practice
Trends that influence nursing research
-emphasis on community-based care
-emphasis on reducing disparities in healthcare
-focus on health promotion & risk reduction
-increase in severity of illness in inpatient settings
