ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH
CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● nursing research
Answer: systematic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence
about issues of importance to nurses and their clients
●● Evidence Based Practice
Answer: the use of the best evidence in making pt. care decisions
●● clinical nursing research
Answer: research designed to guide nursing practice
●● NCNR
Answer: National Center for Nursing Research at the NIH
●● Systematic reviews
Answer: a cornerstone of EBP, rigorously integrates research
information
●● Clinical significance
, Answer: the practical importance of research results in the terms of
whether they have genuine, palpable effects on the daily lives of patients
or on the health care decision made on their behalf .
●● paradigm
Answer: a general perspective on the world's complexities of the real
world, with certain assumptions about reality
●● assumption
Answer: a principle that is believed to be true without verification
●● positivist paradigm
Answer: reality exist
there is a real world driven by natural causes
●● constructivist/naturalistic paradigm
Answer: reality is multiple and subjective, constructed by individuals
thus "truth" is a composite of multiple constructions of reality
●● research methods
Answer: the techniques researchers use to structure a study and to gather
and analyze relevant information
CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● nursing research
Answer: systematic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence
about issues of importance to nurses and their clients
●● Evidence Based Practice
Answer: the use of the best evidence in making pt. care decisions
●● clinical nursing research
Answer: research designed to guide nursing practice
●● NCNR
Answer: National Center for Nursing Research at the NIH
●● Systematic reviews
Answer: a cornerstone of EBP, rigorously integrates research
information
●● Clinical significance
, Answer: the practical importance of research results in the terms of
whether they have genuine, palpable effects on the daily lives of patients
or on the health care decision made on their behalf .
●● paradigm
Answer: a general perspective on the world's complexities of the real
world, with certain assumptions about reality
●● assumption
Answer: a principle that is believed to be true without verification
●● positivist paradigm
Answer: reality exist
there is a real world driven by natural causes
●● constructivist/naturalistic paradigm
Answer: reality is multiple and subjective, constructed by individuals
thus "truth" is a composite of multiple constructions of reality
●● research methods
Answer: the techniques researchers use to structure a study and to gather
and analyze relevant information
