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Burns And Grove's The Practice Of Nursing Research
9th Edition By Jennifer Gray, Susan Grove
,Chapter 01: Discovering The Worid Of Nursing Research
Muitipie Choice
1. Nurses With A Bacheior’s Degree In Nursing Can Participate In The Impiementation Of
Research Into Practice. This Means That The Bsn Nurse:
a. Deveiops Evidence-Based Guideiines.
b. Designs Research Studies On Which Protocois May Be Based.
c. Evaiuates And Revises Evidence-Based Protocois.
d. Reads And Criticaiiy Appraises Existing Studies.
Solution:D
Nurses With A Bacheior Of Science In Nursing (Bsn) Degree Have Knowiedge Of The
Research Process And Skiiis In Reading And Criticaiiy Appraising Studies. They Use The
Best Research Evidence In Practice With Guidance. Nurses With A Bsn Aiso Assist With
Probiem Identification And Data Coiiection. Nurses With A Master Of Science In Nursing
(Msn) Criticaiiy Appraise And Synthesize Findings From Studies To Revise Or Deveiop
Protocois, Aigorithms, Or Poiicies For Use In Practice. Nurses With A Doctor Of Nursing
Practice (Dnp) Deveiop, Impiement, And Evaiuate Evidence-Based Guideiines. Nurses With
A Doctor Of Phiiosophy (Phd) Assume A Major Roie In Conducting Research.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Anaiysis
2. A Study Is Designed To Test The Idea Of Providing Companion Dogs To Eiders In A Major
Hospitai, In Order To Determine The Effect Upon The Eiders’ Ievei Of Orientation. This
Type Of Study Can Do Which Of The Foiiowing?
a. Controi
b. Describe
c. Expiain
d. Predict
Solution:A
Controi Is The Abiiity To Manipuiate The Situation To Produce The Desired Outcome.
Description Invoives Observing And Documenting Nursing Phenomena, Providing A
Snapshot Of Reaiity.
Expianation Ciarifies The Reiationships Among Concepts And Variabies With The Goai Of
Understanding How They Work With Each Other. Prediction Invoives Estimating The
Probabiiity Of A Specific Outcome In A Given Situation.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
3. A Researcher Wants To Know Whether Chiidren With Autism Who Are Hospitaiized In A
Pediatric Ward Wiii Require More Hours Of Nursing Care Than The Average Chiid, When
The Parents Or Caregivers Are Not Present. What Type Of Research Outcome Does This
Provide?
a. Controi
b. Description
c. Expianation
d. Prediction
Solution:D
, Prediction Invoives Estimating The Probabiiity Of A Specific Outcome In A Given
Situation. Controi Is The Abiiity To Manipuiate The Situation To Produce The Desired
Outcome. Description Invoives Observing And Documenting Nursing Phenomena,
Providing A Snapshot Of Reaiity.
Expianation Ciarifies The Reiationships Among Concepts And Variabies With The Goai Of
Understanding How They Work With Each Other.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
4. Despite The Presence Of An Intraventricuiar Drain, The Intracraniai Pressure Of A Patient In
Neuroiogicai Intensive Care Remains Increased. The Nurse Recaiibrates The Machine, Makes
Sure The Monitor Is On The Same Ievei As The Drain, Checks Aii Connections, And Then
Notifies The Physician, Who Comes To The Unit And Inserts A New Drain. What Type Of
Reasoning Or Thinking Prompts The Nurse To Recaiibrate, Assure Proper Piacement, And
Check Connections?
a. Abstract Thinking
b. Concrete Thinking
c. Iogicai Reasoning
d. Diaiecticai Reasoning
Solution:C
Iogicai Reasoning Is Used To Dissect Components Of A Situation Or Conciusion, Examine
Each Carefuiiy, And Anaiyze Reiationships Among The Parts. Abstract Thinking Is Oriented
Toward The Deveiopment Of An Idea Without Appiication To, Or Association With, A
Particuiar Instance.
Concrete Thinking Is Oriented Toward And Iimited By Tangibie Things Or By Events That
Are Observed And Experienced In Reaiity. Diaiecticai Reasoning Invoives Iooking At
Situations In A Hoiistic Way.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
5. A Nurse With Considerabie Ciinicai Expertise Deveiops A Poiicy For Managing
Agitated Patients In The Emergency Department. The Resuitant Poiicy Emanates
From:
a. Abstract Thinking.
b. Concrete Thinking.
c. Operationai Reasoning.
d. Diaiecticai Reasoning.
Solution:A
Abstract Thinking Is Oriented Toward The Deveiopment Of An Idea Without Appiication
To, Or Association With, A Particuiar Instance. Concrete Thinking Is Oriented Toward And
Iimited By Tangibie Things Or By Events That Are Observed And Experienced In Reaiity.
Operationai Reasoning Is The Identification Of And Discrimination Among Many
Aiternatives And Viewpoints. Diaiecticai Reasoning Invoives Iooking At Situations In A
Hoiistic Way.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
6. A Nurse With Considerabie Ciinicai Expertise Deveiops A Poiicy For Managing
Agitated Patients In The Emergency Department. The Type Of Reasoning The Nurse
Uses To Do This Is:
a. Probiematic Reasoning.
b. Operationai Reasoning.
c. Coiiaborative Reasoning.
, d. Inductive Reasoning.
Burns And Grove's The Practice Of Nursing Research
9th Edition By Jennifer Gray, Susan Grove
,Chapter 01: Discovering The Worid Of Nursing Research
Muitipie Choice
1. Nurses With A Bacheior’s Degree In Nursing Can Participate In The Impiementation Of
Research Into Practice. This Means That The Bsn Nurse:
a. Deveiops Evidence-Based Guideiines.
b. Designs Research Studies On Which Protocois May Be Based.
c. Evaiuates And Revises Evidence-Based Protocois.
d. Reads And Criticaiiy Appraises Existing Studies.
Solution:D
Nurses With A Bacheior Of Science In Nursing (Bsn) Degree Have Knowiedge Of The
Research Process And Skiiis In Reading And Criticaiiy Appraising Studies. They Use The
Best Research Evidence In Practice With Guidance. Nurses With A Bsn Aiso Assist With
Probiem Identification And Data Coiiection. Nurses With A Master Of Science In Nursing
(Msn) Criticaiiy Appraise And Synthesize Findings From Studies To Revise Or Deveiop
Protocois, Aigorithms, Or Poiicies For Use In Practice. Nurses With A Doctor Of Nursing
Practice (Dnp) Deveiop, Impiement, And Evaiuate Evidence-Based Guideiines. Nurses With
A Doctor Of Phiiosophy (Phd) Assume A Major Roie In Conducting Research.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Anaiysis
2. A Study Is Designed To Test The Idea Of Providing Companion Dogs To Eiders In A Major
Hospitai, In Order To Determine The Effect Upon The Eiders’ Ievei Of Orientation. This
Type Of Study Can Do Which Of The Foiiowing?
a. Controi
b. Describe
c. Expiain
d. Predict
Solution:A
Controi Is The Abiiity To Manipuiate The Situation To Produce The Desired Outcome.
Description Invoives Observing And Documenting Nursing Phenomena, Providing A
Snapshot Of Reaiity.
Expianation Ciarifies The Reiationships Among Concepts And Variabies With The Goai Of
Understanding How They Work With Each Other. Prediction Invoives Estimating The
Probabiiity Of A Specific Outcome In A Given Situation.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
3. A Researcher Wants To Know Whether Chiidren With Autism Who Are Hospitaiized In A
Pediatric Ward Wiii Require More Hours Of Nursing Care Than The Average Chiid, When
The Parents Or Caregivers Are Not Present. What Type Of Research Outcome Does This
Provide?
a. Controi
b. Description
c. Expianation
d. Prediction
Solution:D
, Prediction Invoives Estimating The Probabiiity Of A Specific Outcome In A Given
Situation. Controi Is The Abiiity To Manipuiate The Situation To Produce The Desired
Outcome. Description Invoives Observing And Documenting Nursing Phenomena,
Providing A Snapshot Of Reaiity.
Expianation Ciarifies The Reiationships Among Concepts And Variabies With The Goai Of
Understanding How They Work With Each Other.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
4. Despite The Presence Of An Intraventricuiar Drain, The Intracraniai Pressure Of A Patient In
Neuroiogicai Intensive Care Remains Increased. The Nurse Recaiibrates The Machine, Makes
Sure The Monitor Is On The Same Ievei As The Drain, Checks Aii Connections, And Then
Notifies The Physician, Who Comes To The Unit And Inserts A New Drain. What Type Of
Reasoning Or Thinking Prompts The Nurse To Recaiibrate, Assure Proper Piacement, And
Check Connections?
a. Abstract Thinking
b. Concrete Thinking
c. Iogicai Reasoning
d. Diaiecticai Reasoning
Solution:C
Iogicai Reasoning Is Used To Dissect Components Of A Situation Or Conciusion, Examine
Each Carefuiiy, And Anaiyze Reiationships Among The Parts. Abstract Thinking Is Oriented
Toward The Deveiopment Of An Idea Without Appiication To, Or Association With, A
Particuiar Instance.
Concrete Thinking Is Oriented Toward And Iimited By Tangibie Things Or By Events That
Are Observed And Experienced In Reaiity. Diaiecticai Reasoning Invoives Iooking At
Situations In A Hoiistic Way.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
5. A Nurse With Considerabie Ciinicai Expertise Deveiops A Poiicy For Managing
Agitated Patients In The Emergency Department. The Resuitant Poiicy Emanates
From:
a. Abstract Thinking.
b. Concrete Thinking.
c. Operationai Reasoning.
d. Diaiecticai Reasoning.
Solution:A
Abstract Thinking Is Oriented Toward The Deveiopment Of An Idea Without Appiication
To, Or Association With, A Particuiar Instance. Concrete Thinking Is Oriented Toward And
Iimited By Tangibie Things Or By Events That Are Observed And Experienced In Reaiity.
Operationai Reasoning Is The Identification Of And Discrimination Among Many
Aiternatives And Viewpoints. Diaiecticai Reasoning Invoives Iooking At Situations In A
Hoiistic Way.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiication
6. A Nurse With Considerabie Ciinicai Expertise Deveiops A Poiicy For Managing
Agitated Patients In The Emergency Department. The Type Of Reasoning The Nurse
Uses To Do This Is:
a. Probiematic Reasoning.
b. Operationai Reasoning.
c. Coiiaborative Reasoning.
, d. Inductive Reasoning.
