CNUR 209 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Evidence-informed practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ongoing process | | | | | | |
incorporating evidence from research, clinical expertise, client preference, and
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other available resources to make nursing decisions about clients
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Ontology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of being
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Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--branch of philosophy that examines the
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nature of knowledge, it's presuppositions, foundations, and its extent and validity
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- the theory of knowledge
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Primary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-source whose author generated the
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ideas published |
Secondary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-source whose author summarizes or
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quotes content from primary sources
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Systematic review - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-structured, comprehensive synthesis
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of quantitative and outcomes studies in a particular healthcare area to determine
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the best research evidence available for expert clinicians to use to promote
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evidence-based practice |
, Meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-statistical analysis carried out to integrate
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and synthesize findings from completes studies to determine what is known and
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not known about a particular research area
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Meta-synthesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-synthesis of qualitative research
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involving the critical analysis of primary qualitative studies and synthesis of
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findings into a new theory or framework for the topic of interest
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Integrative review - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-review conducted to identify, analyze,
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and synthesize the results from independent studies to determine the current
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knowledge in a particular area | | | |
Post-positivist paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- a material world exists
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- not all things can be understood, sensed, or placed into a cause-and-effect
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relationship
- researchers are naturally biased
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- objectivity is the ultimate goal
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- encourages triangulation and replication of findings
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- encourages scrutiny of research and the rejection of poorly conducted research
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- explanation, prediction, control
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Critical theory paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- reality is constructed by those
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with the most power
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- reality is plastic and at all times imperfectly understood
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- reality is shaped by numerous forces
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- research is a transaction between the researcher and participant
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Evidence-informed practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ongoing process | | | | | | |
incorporating evidence from research, clinical expertise, client preference, and
| | | | | | | | |
other available resources to make nursing decisions about clients
| | | | | | | |
Ontology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of being
| | | | | |
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--branch of philosophy that examines the
| | | | | | | | |
nature of knowledge, it's presuppositions, foundations, and its extent and validity
| | | | | | | | | |
- the theory of knowledge
| | | |
Primary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-source whose author generated the
| | | | | | | | |
ideas published |
Secondary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-source whose author summarizes or
| | | | | | | | |
quotes content from primary sources
| | | |
Systematic review - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-structured, comprehensive synthesis
| | | | | | |
of quantitative and outcomes studies in a particular healthcare area to determine
| | | | | | | | | | |
the best research evidence available for expert clinicians to use to promote
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
evidence-based practice |
, Meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-statistical analysis carried out to integrate
| | | | | | | | |
and synthesize findings from completes studies to determine what is known and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
not known about a particular research area
| | | | | |
Meta-synthesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-synthesis of qualitative research
| | | | | | |
involving the critical analysis of primary qualitative studies and synthesis of
| | | | | | | | | | |
findings into a new theory or framework for the topic of interest
| | | | | | | | | | |
Integrative review - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-review conducted to identify, analyze,
| | | | | | | | |
and synthesize the results from independent studies to determine the current
| | | | | | | | | | |
knowledge in a particular area | | | |
Post-positivist paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- a material world exists
| | | | | | | |
- not all things can be understood, sensed, or placed into a cause-and-effect
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
relationship
- researchers are naturally biased
| | | |
- objectivity is the ultimate goal
| | | | |
- encourages triangulation and replication of findings
| | | | | |
- encourages scrutiny of research and the rejection of poorly conducted research
| | | | | | | | | | |
- explanation, prediction, control
| | |
Critical theory paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- reality is constructed by those
| | | | | | | | | | |
with the most power
| | |
- reality is plastic and at all times imperfectly understood
| | | | | | | | |
- reality is shaped by numerous forces
| | | | | |
- research is a transaction between the researcher and participant
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