, Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 11th Edition
Polit Beck Test Bank
Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
What is the highest priority for the
1. importance of research in the nursing
profession?
Research findings provide evidence for
A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Conduct research to better understand the
B)
context of nursing practice.
Document the role that nurses serve in
C)
society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
Which group would be best served by
2.
clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Healthcare policymakers
In the United States, in what area does
3.
research play an important role in nursing?
A) Chronic illness
B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities
D) Nurses' education
, What is the role of a consumer of nursing
4.
research?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing
5.
studies in the early 1900s?
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical problems
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
Which topic most closely conforms to the
6. priorities that have been suggested for
future nursing research?
Attitudes of nursing students toward
A)
smoking.
Promotion of excellence in nursing
B)
science.
C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
D)
various clinical specialties.
, What nis nthe nprocess nof ndeductive
7.
nreasoning?
Verifying nassumptions nthat nare npart nof nour
A)
nheritage.
Developing nspecific npredictions nfrom
B)
ngeneral nprinciples.
Empirically ntesting nobservations nthat nare
C)
nmade nknown nthrough nour nsenses.
Forming ngeneralizations nfrom nspecific
D)
nobservations.
What nis nthe nontological nassumption nof
8.
nthose nespousing na nnaturalistic nparadigm?
Objective nreality nand nthose nnatural
A)
nphenomena nare nregular nand norderly.
Phenomena nare nnot nhaphazard nand nresult
B)
nfrom nprior ncauses.
Reality nis nmultiply nconstructed nand
C)
nmultiply ninterpreted nby nhumans.
Reality nis nnot nfixed, nbut nis nrather na
D)
nconstruction nof nhuman nminds.
What nis nthe nepistemological nassumption nof
9.
nthose nespousing na npositivist nparadigm?
The nresearcher nis nobjective nand
A)
nindependent nof nthose nbeing nstudied.
Phenomena nare nnot nhaphazard, nbut nrather
B)
nhave nantecedent ncauses.
The nresearcher ninstructs nthose nbeing
C) nstudied nto nbe nobjective nin
nproviding ninformation.
Polit Beck Test Bank
Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
What is the highest priority for the
1. importance of research in the nursing
profession?
Research findings provide evidence for
A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Conduct research to better understand the
B)
context of nursing practice.
Document the role that nurses serve in
C)
society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
Which group would be best served by
2.
clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Healthcare policymakers
In the United States, in what area does
3.
research play an important role in nursing?
A) Chronic illness
B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities
D) Nurses' education
, What is the role of a consumer of nursing
4.
research?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing
5.
studies in the early 1900s?
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical problems
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
Which topic most closely conforms to the
6. priorities that have been suggested for
future nursing research?
Attitudes of nursing students toward
A)
smoking.
Promotion of excellence in nursing
B)
science.
C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
D)
various clinical specialties.
, What nis nthe nprocess nof ndeductive
7.
nreasoning?
Verifying nassumptions nthat nare npart nof nour
A)
nheritage.
Developing nspecific npredictions nfrom
B)
ngeneral nprinciples.
Empirically ntesting nobservations nthat nare
C)
nmade nknown nthrough nour nsenses.
Forming ngeneralizations nfrom nspecific
D)
nobservations.
What nis nthe nontological nassumption nof
8.
nthose nespousing na nnaturalistic nparadigm?
Objective nreality nand nthose nnatural
A)
nphenomena nare nregular nand norderly.
Phenomena nare nnot nhaphazard nand nresult
B)
nfrom nprior ncauses.
Reality nis nmultiply nconstructed nand
C)
nmultiply ninterpreted nby nhumans.
Reality nis nnot nfixed, nbut nis nrather na
D)
nconstruction nof nhuman nminds.
What nis nthe nepistemological nassumption nof
9.
nthose nespousing na npositivist nparadigm?
The nresearcher nis nobjective nand
A)
nindependent nof nthose nbeing nstudied.
Phenomena nare nnot nhaphazard, nbut nrather
B)
nhave nantecedent ncauses.
The nresearcher ninstructs nthose nbeing
C) nstudied nto nbe nobjective nin
nproviding ninformation.
