SOLUTION MANUAL FOR FOR
ESSENTIALS OF NURSING
RESEARCH APPRAISING
EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 10TH EDITION BY
DENISE POLIT AND CHERYL
BECK COMPLETE CHAPTER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
STUDY REVIEW GUIDE 2026
2027 EDITION
Chapter 1
1. Which of the following groups would be best
served by the development of a scientific base
for nursing practice?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Health care policymakers
To those espousing a naturalistic paradigm,
5. a fundamental belief is that:
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A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to
A) understand
An especially important goal for the nursing
2. profession is to:
Conduct research to better understand the
A) context of nursing practice
Establish a base of evidence for practice
B) through disciplined research
Document the role nursing serves in
C) society
D) Establish research priorities
3. Which of the following would not be a current
priority for clinical nursing research?
A) Pain management
B) Health promotion
C) Nurses' personalities
D) Prevention of illness
Most nursing studies before 1950 focused on:
4.
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical interventions
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
The nature of reality has changed over
B) time
C) Reality is multiply constructed and
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multiply interpreted by humans
D) Reality cannot be studied empirically
To those espousing a positivist paradigm, a
6. fundamental belief is that:
The researcher is objective and independent
A) of those being studied.
The researcher cannot interact with those
B) being studied.
The researcher instructs those being
C) studied to be objective in providing
information.
The distance between the researcher and
D) those being researched is minimized to
enhance the interactive process.
7. The traditional scientific method is not
characterized by which of the following
attributes?
A) Control over external factors
Systematic measurement and observation of
B) natural phenomena
Testing of hunches deduced from theory or
C) prior research
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon,
D) studied in a rich context
8. Empiricism refers to:
Making generalizations from specific
A) observations
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Deducing specific predictions from
B) generalizations
Gathering evidence about real-world
C) phenomena through the senses
Verifying the assumptions on which the
D) study was based
A hallmark of the scientific method is that it is:
9.
A) Rigorous
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ESSENTIALS OF NURSING
RESEARCH APPRAISING
EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 10TH EDITION BY
DENISE POLIT AND CHERYL
BECK COMPLETE CHAPTER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
STUDY REVIEW GUIDE 2026
2027 EDITION
Chapter 1
1. Which of the following groups would be best
served by the development of a scientific base
for nursing practice?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Health care policymakers
To those espousing a naturalistic paradigm,
5. a fundamental belief is that:
2026
,TESTBANK FOR SSENTIALS OF NURSING
RESEARCH APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR
NURSING PRACTICE 10 EDITION POLIT
COMP
A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to
A) understand
An especially important goal for the nursing
2. profession is to:
Conduct research to better understand the
A) context of nursing practice
Establish a base of evidence for practice
B) through disciplined research
Document the role nursing serves in
C) society
D) Establish research priorities
3. Which of the following would not be a current
priority for clinical nursing research?
A) Pain management
B) Health promotion
C) Nurses' personalities
D) Prevention of illness
Most nursing studies before 1950 focused on:
4.
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical interventions
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
The nature of reality has changed over
B) time
C) Reality is multiply constructed and
2026
, 2026
TESTBANK FOR ESSENTIALS OF NURSING
RESEARCH APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR
NURSING PRACTICE 10TH EDITION POLIT
COMPLETE GUIDE UPDATED 2026
Chapter 1
multiply interpreted by humans
D) Reality cannot be studied empirically
To those espousing a positivist paradigm, a
6. fundamental belief is that:
The researcher is objective and independent
A) of those being studied.
The researcher cannot interact with those
B) being studied.
The researcher instructs those being
C) studied to be objective in providing
information.
The distance between the researcher and
D) those being researched is minimized to
enhance the interactive process.
7. The traditional scientific method is not
characterized by which of the following
attributes?
A) Control over external factors
Systematic measurement and observation of
B) natural phenomena
Testing of hunches deduced from theory or
C) prior research
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon,
D) studied in a rich context
8. Empiricism refers to:
Making generalizations from specific
A) observations
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RESEARCH APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR
NURSING PRACTICE 10TH EDITION POLIT
COMPLETE GUIDE UPDATED 2026
Deducing specific predictions from
B) generalizations
Gathering evidence about real-world
C) phenomena through the senses
Verifying the assumptions on which the
D) study was based
A hallmark of the scientific method is that it is:
9.
A) Rigorous
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