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TABLE OF CONTENTS pb pb
Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an Evidence-
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2. Introduction to Quantitative Research
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3. Introduction to Qualitative Researchpb pb pb
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 pb pb pb pb
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 pb pb pb
12. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing
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Practice
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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
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an Evidence-Based Practice
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Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE pb
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 a
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nd values of patients pb pb pb
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nd delivery of care pb pb pb
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 pb
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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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mbination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values. Quantitative and qualitative
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e relationships among these phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a
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prescription to produce the desired results. Explanation clarifies the relationships among ph
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enomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the probability of a s
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pecific 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 obes
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e adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being use
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d in this study?
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tion. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probabilit
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y of predicting this may be calculated. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed inte
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rvention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understanding t
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he nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanatio
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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 d
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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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stick injuries. To study this, the nurse manager will employ which method of study?
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tion. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired res
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ults. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena a
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nd the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among
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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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b. Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation
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c. Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care pb pb pb pb pb pb pb pb pb pb
d. Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water,
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b Jennifer Gray, ISBN: 9780323532051, ISBN: 9780323546515, ISBN: 9780
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323546447
TABLE OF CONTENTS pb pb
Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an Evidence-
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pb Based Practice
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2. Introduction to Quantitative Research
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3. Introduction to Qualitative Researchpb pb pb
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 pb pb pb pb
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 pb pb pb
12. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing
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Practice
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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
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an Evidence-Based Practice
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Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE pb
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 a
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nd values of patients pb pb pb
b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care a
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nd delivery of care pb pb pb
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 pb
Evidence-
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
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studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are part of EBP but do not completel
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y define EBP.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge) pb pb pb
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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dy?
a. Control USNT pb pb pb O
b. Description
c. Explanation
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ANS: B pb
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and th
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e relationships among these phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a
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prescription to produce the desired results. Explanation clarifies the relationships among ph
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enomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the probability of a s
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pecific 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 obes
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e adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being use
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d in this study?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: D pb
, Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situa
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tion. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probabilit
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y of predicting this may be calculated. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed inte
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rvention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understanding t
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he nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanatio
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n clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application) pb pb pb
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 d
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oes this represent?
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a. Control
b. Description
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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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DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application) pb pb pb
5. A nurse manager is int eres 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
ANS: D pb
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tion. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired res
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ults. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena a
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nd the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among
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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 pb
b. Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation
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c. Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care pb pb pb pb pb pb pb pb pb pb
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