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Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
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What is the highest priority for the import
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1. ance of research in the nursing profession?
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Research findings provide evidence for inf
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orming nurses' decisions and actions.
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Conduct research to better understand the c
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ety.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
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Which group would be best served by clini
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In the United States, in what area does res
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earch play an important role in nursing?
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What is the role of a consumer of nursing r
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esearch?
Read research reports for relevant finding
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s.
Participate in generating evidence by doi
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ng.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
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decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing stud
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ies in the early 1900s?
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Which topic most closely conforms to the
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6. priorities that have been suggested for fut
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ure nursing research?
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Attitudes of nursing students toward smoki
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ng.
Promotion of excellence in nursing scien
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C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
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Number of doctorate prepared nurses in var
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D)
ious clinical specialties.
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, What is the process of deductive reasonin
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g?
Verifying assumptions that are part of our
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C)
ade known through our senses.
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Forming generalizations from specific obse
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rvations.
What is the ontological assumption of t
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8.
hose espousing a naturalistic paradigm?
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mena are regular and orderly.
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om prior causes.
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Reality is multiply constructed and multi
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ply interpreted by humans.
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Reality is not fixed, but is rather a construc
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tion of human minds.
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What is the epistemological assumption of
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9.
those espousing a positivist paradigm?
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The researcher is objective and indepen
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ave antecedent causes.
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The researcher instructs those being
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C) studied to be objective in providi
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ng information.
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