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,TEST BANK Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research 9E
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Chapter 01: Discovering the World of Nursing Research
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MULTIPLE CHOICE rd
1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of research i
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nto practice. This means that the BSN nurse:
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a. develops evidence-based guidelines. rd rd
b. designs research studies on which protocols may be based. rd rd rd rd rd rd rd rd
c. evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols. rd rd rd rd
d. reads and critically appraises existing studies. rd rd rd rd rd
ANS: D r d
Nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree have knowledge of the research pr
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ocess and skills in reading and critically appraising studies. They use the best research evidenc
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e in practice with guidance. Nurses with a BSN also assist with problem identification and data
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collection. Nurses with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) critically appraise and synthesize
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findings from studies to revise or develop protocols, algorithms, or policies for use in practice.
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Nurses with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-
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based guidelines. Nurses with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) assume a major role in conducting
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2. A study is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital, in
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order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. This type of study can do whi
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ch of the following?
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a. Control
b. Describe
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es observing and documenting nursing phenomena, providing a snapshot of reality.
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Explanation clarifies the relationships among concepts and variables with the goal of understa
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nding how they work with each other. Prediction involves estimating the probability of a specifi
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3. A researcher wants to know whether children with autism who are hospitalized in a pediatric w
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ard will require more hours of nursing care than the average child, when the parents or caregi
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vers are not present. What type of research outcome does this provide?
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a. Control
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, Prediction involves estimating the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation. Contr
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ol is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description involves
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observing and documenting nursing phenomena, providing a snapshot of reality.
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4. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of a patient in neurol
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ogical intensive care remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the mo
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nitor is on the same level as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the physician, w
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ho comes to the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of reasoning or thinking prompts the nu
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rse to recalibrate, assure proper placement, and check connections?
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a. Abstract thinking rd
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y, and analyze relationships among the parts. Abstract thinking is oriented toward the development
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of an idea without application to, or association with, a particular instance.
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5. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patients i
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6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patients i
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