NU 503 Exam #1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Priority for future nursing research - CORRECT ANSWER - - Promotion of excellence in
nursing science
- Sharpening research skills and using those skills to address emerging issues
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - Orderly, disciplined procedures used to
acquire information
Quantitative use DEDUCTIVE reasoning to generate predictions
Logistic progression through set of steps, NOT a holistic view of a phenomenon
Constructivist researchers emphasize DYNAMIC, HOLISTIC & INDIVIDUAL
Basic feature of EVP as clinical problem-solving strategy - CORRECT ANSWER - De-
emphasizes decisions based on custom, authority or ritual
what is the best research available? - let's integrate this into other factors
5 Steps putting research into practice - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Framing the answerable
clinical question
2. Searching for relevant EVP
3. Appraising & synthesizing the evidence
4. Integrating evidence with other factors
, 5. Assessing effectiveness
Terms for 'people being studied' (quant vs. qual) - CORRECT ANSWER - Quant -
"subjects"
Qual - "informants"
Both can be "study participants"
Definition of "concept" (operational) - CORRECT ANSWER - How a variable will be
defined and measured
Definition of 'cause and effect' or casual relationship - CORRECT ANSWER -
INDEPENDENT variable affects DEPENDENT variable
*In a functional (associative) relationship, variables are related in NONCAUSAL way*
Experimental research researchers ... - CORRECT ANSWER - ... actively intervene
Grounded Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Seeks to describe and understand key social
psychological processes that occur in a social setting
Phenomenology - CORRECT ANSWER - Lived experiences of humans
An approach to learning what the life experiences of people are like and what they mean
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - Provides framework for studying the meanings and
life ways of a culture in a holistic fashion
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Priority for future nursing research - CORRECT ANSWER - - Promotion of excellence in
nursing science
- Sharpening research skills and using those skills to address emerging issues
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - Orderly, disciplined procedures used to
acquire information
Quantitative use DEDUCTIVE reasoning to generate predictions
Logistic progression through set of steps, NOT a holistic view of a phenomenon
Constructivist researchers emphasize DYNAMIC, HOLISTIC & INDIVIDUAL
Basic feature of EVP as clinical problem-solving strategy - CORRECT ANSWER - De-
emphasizes decisions based on custom, authority or ritual
what is the best research available? - let's integrate this into other factors
5 Steps putting research into practice - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Framing the answerable
clinical question
2. Searching for relevant EVP
3. Appraising & synthesizing the evidence
4. Integrating evidence with other factors
, 5. Assessing effectiveness
Terms for 'people being studied' (quant vs. qual) - CORRECT ANSWER - Quant -
"subjects"
Qual - "informants"
Both can be "study participants"
Definition of "concept" (operational) - CORRECT ANSWER - How a variable will be
defined and measured
Definition of 'cause and effect' or casual relationship - CORRECT ANSWER -
INDEPENDENT variable affects DEPENDENT variable
*In a functional (associative) relationship, variables are related in NONCAUSAL way*
Experimental research researchers ... - CORRECT ANSWER - ... actively intervene
Grounded Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Seeks to describe and understand key social
psychological processes that occur in a social setting
Phenomenology - CORRECT ANSWER - Lived experiences of humans
An approach to learning what the life experiences of people are like and what they mean
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - Provides framework for studying the meanings and
life ways of a culture in a holistic fashion
