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Jennifer Gray, pm pm
TABLE OF CONTENTS pm pm
Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an Evidence-
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2. Introduction to Quantitative Research pm pm pm
3. Introduction to Qualitative Research pm pm pm
4. Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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5. Examining Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses
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6. Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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7. Understanding Theory and Research Frameworks pm pm pm pm
8. Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
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9. Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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10. Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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11. Understanding Statistics in Research pm pm pm
12. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing
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mPractice
13. Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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14. Introduction to Additional Research Methodologies in Nursing: Mixed
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Methods and Outcomes NEW!
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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building a
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n Evidence-Based Practice
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Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE pm
1. Which statement best describes evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs an
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d values of patients
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b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care an
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d delivery of carepm pm pm
c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes
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ANS: A pm
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based practice evolves from the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expe
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rtise and patient needs and values. Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outc
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omes are generally experimental or quasi-
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experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it. EBP is a co
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mbination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values. Quantitative and qualitative s
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tudies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are part of EBP but do not completely
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DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
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2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger
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research study. Which researN
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a. Control USNT pm pm pm O
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the
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relationships among these phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a pr
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escription to produce the desired results. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phen
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omena and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the probability of a spe
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cific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese
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adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used
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in this study?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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, Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situat
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ion. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability
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of predicting this may be calculated. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed interv
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ention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understanding the
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mnature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation c
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larifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application) pm pm pm
4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among
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groups of young adults who received different asthma education. Which research method do
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es this represent?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events
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occur. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired r
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esults. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena
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and the relationships among these phenomena. Through prediction, the probability of a spe
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cific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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5. A nurse manager is int ere s t edNiU
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l eS ThBic.hCaOttiMtudes among staff nurses may indica
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te relative risk of needle-
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stick injuries. To study this, the nurse manager will employ which method of study?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situat
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ion. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired resu
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lts. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and
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mthe relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among ph
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enomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and statistic
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al analysis during the Crimean War?
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a. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public in relation to ca
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re practices pm
b. Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm
c. Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm
d. Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water,
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