Nurs 434 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers 2026
Provist
quantitative
Constructionist
Qualitative
Nursing Research
to develop knowledge about issues important to nursing
Profession Research
clinical research designed to guide nursing practice
Evidence Based Practice
Used to make patient care decision
clinical practice can change by use of EBP
Example of EBP
Heparin V. Saline lock.
Nursing role to EBP:
focus on area you are in (ER, OR) stay up to date via journals etc.
T/F: Research must increasingly meet the test of being significant, medical
practitioners have center stage in efforts to define clinical significance
FALSE: The patient is taken Center stage, the meet the test being significant
is correct.
NINR Strategic Plan (National institute of Nursing Research)
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1.Promoting health and disease prevention
2.symptom management
3.End of life care and palliative care
Sources of evidence:
Tradition and authority,
Clinical experience and trial and error, assembled information, disciplined
research
What sources of evidence are the strongest to weakest:
Traditional and authority
clinical experience and trial and error
assembled information
disciplined research:
Tradition and authority: WEAKEST
Clinical and trial: Kinda Weak
Assembled: stronger
Disciplined: STRONGEST
positive paradigm view
Quantitative
Naturalistic
Qualitative
t/f: Quantitative believes that reality is real world driven my natural causes?
T
T/F: Quantitative research is deductive
T
T;F: Quantitative does not maintain values and biases?
F, uses a method to keep values in check
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