ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH
APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE, 10TH EDITION
BY POLIT COVERED CHAPTER 1-18(WITH ANSWER
KEY)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH FOR
EVIDENCE-BASE PRACTICE .......................................................... 4
CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING KEY CONCEPTS AND STEPS IN
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ......................... 15
CHAPTER 3: READING AND CRITICALLY APPRAISING RESEARCH
ARTICLES ................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 4: ATTENDING TO ETHICS IN RESEARCH ................... 33
CHAPTER 5: IDENTIFYING RESEARCH PROBLEM, RESEARCH
QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESIS .................................................. 40
CHAPTER 6: FINDING AND REVISING RESEARCH EVIDENCE IN
THE LITERATURE ....................................................................... 47
CHAPTER 7: UNDERSTANDING THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORKS .......................................................................... 55
CHAPTER 8: APPRAISING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS . 62
CHAPTER 9: APPRAISING SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION IN
QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ........................................................... 70
CHAPTER 10: APPRAISING QUANTITATIVE DESIGNS AND
APPROACHES ............................................................................ 84
CHAPTER 11: APPRAISING SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION
IN QUALITATIVE STUDIES.......................................................... 94
CHAPTER 12: UNDERSTANDING MIXED METHOD RESEARCH,
QUALITY, IMPROVEMENT AND OTHER SPECIAL TYPES OF
RESEARCH ............................................................................... 103
,CHAPTER 13: UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS ANALYSIS OF
QUANTITATIVE DATA .............................................................. 111
CHAPTER 14: INTERPRETING QUANTITATIVE FINDING AND
EVALUATING CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE .................................... 119
CHAPTER 15: UNDERSTANDING THE ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE
DATA ....................................................................................... 133
CHAPTER 16: APPRAISING TRUSTWORTHINESS AND INTEGRITY
IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH .................................................... 138
CHAPTER 17: LEARNING FROM SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS .......... 146
CHAPTER 18: PUTTING RESEARCH EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE :
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND PRACTICE-BASED EVIDENCE
................................................................................................ 154
, CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-
BASE PRACTICE
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
2. AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT GOAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IS TO:
A) CONDUCT RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF NURSING PRACTICE
B) ESTABLISH A BASE OF EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE THROUGH DISCIPLINED RESEARCH
C) DOCUMENT THE ROLE NURSING SERVES IN SOCIETY
D) ESTABLISH RESEARCH PRIORITIES
3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE A CURRENT PRIORITY FOR CLINICAL NURSING
RESEARCH?
A) PAIN MANAGEMENT
B) HEALTH PROMOTION
C) NURSES' PERSONALITIES
D) PREVENTION OF ILLNESS
4. MOST NURSING STUDIES BEFORE 1950 FOCUSED ON:
A) CLIENT SATISFACTION
B) CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
C) HEALTH PROMOTION