What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing research?
a) Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners.
b) Become full-fledged partners with other care providers.
c) Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health.
d) Develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care.
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c) Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health.
The ultimate goal of expanding nursing's body of knowledge through
nursing research is to learn improved ways to promote and maintain health.
Ongoing practice-based research reflects the nursing profession's
commitment to meet the ever-changing demands of health care
consumers. While doing research also facilitates the development of
technology, helps produce independent practitioners, and provides
partnerships with other providers of care, those are not the ultimate goals
of nursing research.
,A nursing student is reading a research article from a nursing journal. The student is
aware that the opening paragraph summarizing the article (and the findings of the
research) is a good place to start. What part of the article is the nursing student
reading?
a) Results
b) Abstract
c) Review of the literature
d) Conclusions
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b) Abstract
The abstract is located at the beginning of the article, and it summarizes
the entire article and usually provides the purpose of the study, a
description of the subjects, data collection and data analysis, and a
summary of important findings. The review of literature discusses relevant
studies that have been conducted in the area of this study, and it is
included in the introduction. The results are the findings of the study and
are often presented both in words and charts, tables, or graphs. The
conclusions are the discussions of the results and suggestions for further
study.
Which of the following theories emphasizes the relationships between the whole and
the parts, and describes how parts function and behave?
a) Developmental theory
b) Adaptation theory
c) General systems theory
d) Nursing theory
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c) general systems theory
General systems theory describes how to break whole things into parts and
then learn how the parts work together in "systems." Nursing theory
attempts to describe, explain, predict, and control desired outcomes of
, nursing care practices. Adaptation theory defines adaptation as the
adjustment of living matter to other living things and to environmental
conditions. Developmental theory outlines the process of growth and
development of humans as orderly and predictable
After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a medical
surgical unit rewrites the procedure on assessing placement of a nasogastric tube.
What source of nursing knowledge did the nurse use in this situation?
a) Philosophical knowledge
b) Traditional knowledge
c) Scientific knowledge
d) Authoritative knowledge
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c) scientific knowledge
The clinical nurse specialist utilized scientific knowledge, which is gained
through the research-based scientific method. Philosophical knowledge is
not a source of nursing knowledge, but is a type of general knowledge.
Authoritative knowledge comes from an expert and is accepted as truth
based upon the person's perceived expertise. Traditional knowledge is that
part of nursing practice passed down from generation to generation and is
not based upon scientific inquiry.
A nursing student has been asked to correlate her clinical experiences with two
different theories of nursing. The student will recognize that which of the following
concepts are common to all theories of nursing? Select all that apply.
a) Needs
b) Nursing
c) Illness
d) The client
e) The environment
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a) Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners.
b) Become full-fledged partners with other care providers.
c) Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health.
d) Develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care.
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c) Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health.
The ultimate goal of expanding nursing's body of knowledge through
nursing research is to learn improved ways to promote and maintain health.
Ongoing practice-based research reflects the nursing profession's
commitment to meet the ever-changing demands of health care
consumers. While doing research also facilitates the development of
technology, helps produce independent practitioners, and provides
partnerships with other providers of care, those are not the ultimate goals
of nursing research.
,A nursing student is reading a research article from a nursing journal. The student is
aware that the opening paragraph summarizing the article (and the findings of the
research) is a good place to start. What part of the article is the nursing student
reading?
a) Results
b) Abstract
c) Review of the literature
d) Conclusions
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b) Abstract
The abstract is located at the beginning of the article, and it summarizes
the entire article and usually provides the purpose of the study, a
description of the subjects, data collection and data analysis, and a
summary of important findings. The review of literature discusses relevant
studies that have been conducted in the area of this study, and it is
included in the introduction. The results are the findings of the study and
are often presented both in words and charts, tables, or graphs. The
conclusions are the discussions of the results and suggestions for further
study.
Which of the following theories emphasizes the relationships between the whole and
the parts, and describes how parts function and behave?
a) Developmental theory
b) Adaptation theory
c) General systems theory
d) Nursing theory
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c) general systems theory
General systems theory describes how to break whole things into parts and
then learn how the parts work together in "systems." Nursing theory
attempts to describe, explain, predict, and control desired outcomes of
, nursing care practices. Adaptation theory defines adaptation as the
adjustment of living matter to other living things and to environmental
conditions. Developmental theory outlines the process of growth and
development of humans as orderly and predictable
After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a medical
surgical unit rewrites the procedure on assessing placement of a nasogastric tube.
What source of nursing knowledge did the nurse use in this situation?
a) Philosophical knowledge
b) Traditional knowledge
c) Scientific knowledge
d) Authoritative knowledge
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c) scientific knowledge
The clinical nurse specialist utilized scientific knowledge, which is gained
through the research-based scientific method. Philosophical knowledge is
not a source of nursing knowledge, but is a type of general knowledge.
Authoritative knowledge comes from an expert and is accepted as truth
based upon the person's perceived expertise. Traditional knowledge is that
part of nursing practice passed down from generation to generation and is
not based upon scientific inquiry.
A nursing student has been asked to correlate her clinical experiences with two
different theories of nursing. The student will recognize that which of the following
concepts are common to all theories of nursing? Select all that apply.
a) Needs
b) Nursing
c) Illness
d) The client
e) The environment
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