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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 imp
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1. ortance of research in the nursing profess
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ion?
Research findings provide evidence for i
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A)
nforming nurses' decisions and actions.
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Conduct research to better understand the
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B)
context of nursing practice.
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Document the role that nurses serve in s
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C)
ociety.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
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Which group would be best served by cli
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nical nursing research?
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In the United States, in what area does
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research play an important role in nursin
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What is the role of a consumer of nursin
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4.
g research?
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Read research reports for relevant findi
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Participate in generating evidence by d
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oing research.
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Participate in journal club in a practice s
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etting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
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What was the concern of most nursing st
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5.
udies in the early 1900s?
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A) Client satisfaction
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Which topic most closely conforms to t
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6. he priorities that have been suggested f
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or future nursing research?
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Attitudes of nursing students toward smo
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king.
Promotion of excellence in nursing scie
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B)
nce.
C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
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Number of doctorate prepared nurses in v
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D)
arious clinical specialties.
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, What is the process of deductive reaso
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ning?
Verifying assumptions that are part of ou
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made known through our senses.
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Forming generalizations from specific obs
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What is the ontological assumption of
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8.
those espousing a naturalistic paradigm
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Objective reality and those natural phen
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omena are regular and orderly.
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from prior causes.
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Reality is multiply constructed and mul
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tiply interpreted by humans.
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Reality is not fixed, but is rather a const
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What is the epistemological assumption o
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f those espousing a positivist paradigm?
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The researcher is objective and indepe
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The researcher instructs those bei
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C) ng studied to be objective in pro
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