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