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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 gg gg gg gg gg gg




1. best served by the development of a scientific
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base for nursing practice?
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A) Nursing administrators gg




B) Practicing nurses gg




C) Nurses' clients gg




D) Health care policymakers gg gg




An especially important goal for the
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nursing profession is to: gg gg gg




Conduct research to better understand the
A)
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context of nursing practice gg gg gg




Establish a base of evidence for practice
B)
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through disciplined research gg gg




Document the role nursing serves in
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society
D) Establish research priorities gg gg




Which of the following would not be a curren
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3. t priority for clinical nursing
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research?
A) Pain management gg




B) Health promotion gg




C) Nurses' personalities gg




D) Prevention of illness gg gg




Most nursing studies before 1950 focused
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on:
A) Client satisfaction gg




B) Clinical interventions gg




C) Health promotion gg




D) Nursing education gg




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




A fixed reality exists in nature for humans
A)
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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 gg gg gg gg

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multiply interpreted by humans gg gg gg




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
A)
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independent of those being studied. gg gg gg gg




The researcher cannot interact with those
B)
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being studied. gg




The researcher instructs those being
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C) studied to be objective in providing informat
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ion.
The distance between the researcher and thos
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D) e being researched is minimized to
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enhance the interactive process. gg gg gg




The traditional scientific method is not
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7. characterized by which of the following attrib gg gg gg gg gg gg




utes?
A) Control over external factors gg gg gg




Systematic measurement and observation
B)
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of natural phenomena
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Testing of hunches deduced from theory
C)
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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 gg gg gg gg gg




8. Empiricismrefers to: gg gg




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




Verifying the assumptions on which the
D)
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study was based gg gg




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 of
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10. the scientific method to answer
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questions about human life? gg gg gg




The necessity of departing from
A)
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traditional beliefs gg




The difficulty of accurately measuring
B)
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complex human traits gg gg




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
D)
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behavior


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




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: gg gg gg gg gg




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


13. Naturalistic qualitative research typically: gg gg gg




A) Involves deductive processes gg gg




Attempts to control the research context to begg gg gg gg gg gg gg




B) tter understand the phenomenon being
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studied
Involves gathering narrative, subjective
C)
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materials
Focuses on the idiosyncrasies of those
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being studied gg