NUR 302 - Chapter 1 Questions with Verified Answers (Correct
Update)
Question 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
Answer: C. Nurses' clients
Question 2: An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following?
A. Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
C. Document the role nursing serves in society
D. Establish research priorities
Answer: B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
Question 3: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the constructivist
paradigm?
A. A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B. The nature of reality has changed over time
C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D. Reality cannot be studied empirically
Answer: C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
Question 4: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist
paradigm?
A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
B. The researcher cannot interact with those being studied
C. The researcher instructs those being studied to be objective in providing information
D. The distance between the researcher and those being researched is minimized to enhance the
interactive process
Answer: A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
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, Question 5: Which of the following attributes is least characteristic of the traditional scientific
method?
A. Control over external factors
B. Systematic measurement and observation of natural phenomena
C. Testing of hunches deduced from theory or prior research
D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Answer: D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Question 6: Empiricism refers to which of the following?
A. Making generalizations from specific observations
B. Articulating a study purpose in terms of an appropriate classification system
C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
D. Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based
Answer: C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
Question 7: Which of the following is a hallmark of the scientific method?
A. Rigorous
B. Holistic
C. Systematic
D. Flexible
Answer: D. Flexible
Question 8: Which of the following limits the capacity of the scientific method to answer questions
about humans?
A. The necessity of departing from traditional beliefs
B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
C. The lack of funding for research
D. The shortage of theories about human behavior
Answer: B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
Question 9: The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in which of the following?
A. Positivism
B. Determinism
C. Constructivism
D. Empiricism
Answer: A. Positivism
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Update)
Question 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
Answer: C. Nurses' clients
Question 2: An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following?
A. Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
C. Document the role nursing serves in society
D. Establish research priorities
Answer: B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
Question 3: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the constructivist
paradigm?
A. A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B. The nature of reality has changed over time
C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D. Reality cannot be studied empirically
Answer: C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
Question 4: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist
paradigm?
A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
B. The researcher cannot interact with those being studied
C. The researcher instructs those being studied to be objective in providing information
D. The distance between the researcher and those being researched is minimized to enhance the
interactive process
Answer: A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
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, Question 5: Which of the following attributes is least characteristic of the traditional scientific
method?
A. Control over external factors
B. Systematic measurement and observation of natural phenomena
C. Testing of hunches deduced from theory or prior research
D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Answer: D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Question 6: Empiricism refers to which of the following?
A. Making generalizations from specific observations
B. Articulating a study purpose in terms of an appropriate classification system
C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
D. Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based
Answer: C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
Question 7: Which of the following is a hallmark of the scientific method?
A. Rigorous
B. Holistic
C. Systematic
D. Flexible
Answer: D. Flexible
Question 8: Which of the following limits the capacity of the scientific method to answer questions
about humans?
A. The necessity of departing from traditional beliefs
B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
C. The lack of funding for research
D. The shortage of theories about human behavior
Answer: B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
Question 9: The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in which of the following?
A. Positivism
B. Determinism
C. Constructivism
D. Empiricism
Answer: A. Positivism
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