Test Bank for Polit & Beck's Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for
Nursing Practice 12th Edition
by Cheryl Tatano Beck
|All Chapters (1-31) | Q&As Verified | Grade A+
|ISBN 9781975223809
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice
Environment
What is the highest priority for the
1. importance of research in the nursing
profession?
Research findings provide evidence for
A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Conduct research to better understand
B)
the context of nursing practice.
Document the role that nurses serve in
C)
society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of
study.
Which group would be best served by
2.
clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Healthcare policymakers
In the United States, in what area does
3.
research play an important role in
nursing?
A) Chronic illness
B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities
D) Nurses' education
What is the role of a consumer of nursing
4.
research?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
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Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing
5.
studies in the early 1900s?
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical problems
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
Which topic most closely conforms to the
6. priorities that have been suggested for
future nursing research?
Attitudes of nursing students toward
A)
smoking.
Promotion of excellence in nursing
B)
science.
C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
D)
various clinical specialties.
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What is the process of deductive
7.
reasoning?
Verifying assumptions that are part of
A)
our heritage.
Developing specific predictions from
B)
general principles.
Empirically testing observations that are
C)
made known through our senses.
Forming generalizations from specific
D)
observations.
What is the ontological assumption of
8.
those espousing a naturalistic
paradigm?
Objective reality and those natural
A)
phenomena are regular and orderly.
Phenomena are not haphazard and result
B)
from prior causes.
Reality is multiply constructed and
C)
multiply interpreted by humans.
Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
D)
construction of human minds.
What is the epistemological assumption
9.
of those espousing a positivist
paradigm?
The researcher is objective and
A)
independent of those being studied.
Phenomena are not haphazard, but
B)
rather have antecedent causes.