NURS 311 WEEK 1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Basic vs applied research vs quantitative research correct answer Basic:
discovering general principles of human behaviour and biophysiologic processes
Applied: examine how these principles can be used to solve problems in nursing
practice
Quantitative: describe phenomena, cause-probing
Cause probing correct answer Studies designed to illuminate the underlying cause
of the phenomena
Challenges in evidence-based practice correct answer Quality and nature of
research- limited availability of strong research evidence for some practice ares
Characteristics of nurses-some nurses do not value or understand research, resist
change, do not have skills
Organizational factors- unit culture, can undermine research use, administrative
or organizational barriers, insufficient support
Constructivist (naturalist) correct answer Emphasize inherent complexity of
humans, ability to shape and construct their own experiences
Truth is collection of realities
Focus on understanding the human experience as it is lived, careful collection and
analysis of qualitative materials that are narrative and subjective
, Traditional scientific method is reductionist: reduces human experience to only a
few concepts that are defined in advance by the researchers rather than naturally
emerging from experiences of test subjects
Constructivist researchers tend to emphasize and capture the
dynamic, holistic, and individual aspects of human life within the context of those
who are experiencing them.
Flexible, evolving procedures are used to obtain findings that emerge during the
study, which typically is
undertaken in naturalistic settings.
The collection of information and its analysis usually progress concurrently.
Through an inductive reasoning process (going from specifics to the general),
researchers integrate information to develop a theory or description that explains
the phenomena under observation.
Constructivist studies provide rich, in-depth information that can potentially
clarify the varied dimensions (or
themes) of a complicated phenomenon. Findings from qualitative research are
typically grounded in the real-life
experiences of people with first-hand knowledge of a phenomenon.
Human beings are used directly as the instrument for gathering information, and
humans, though highly
intelligent, are fallible.
Another potential limitation is the subjectivity of constructivist inquiry, which
sometimes raises concerns about
the idiosyncratic nature of the conclusions. Would two constructivist researchers
studying the same phenomenon in
similar settings arrive at similar conclusions? The situation is challenged by the
fact that most constructivist studies
involve a
ANSWERS
Basic vs applied research vs quantitative research correct answer Basic:
discovering general principles of human behaviour and biophysiologic processes
Applied: examine how these principles can be used to solve problems in nursing
practice
Quantitative: describe phenomena, cause-probing
Cause probing correct answer Studies designed to illuminate the underlying cause
of the phenomena
Challenges in evidence-based practice correct answer Quality and nature of
research- limited availability of strong research evidence for some practice ares
Characteristics of nurses-some nurses do not value or understand research, resist
change, do not have skills
Organizational factors- unit culture, can undermine research use, administrative
or organizational barriers, insufficient support
Constructivist (naturalist) correct answer Emphasize inherent complexity of
humans, ability to shape and construct their own experiences
Truth is collection of realities
Focus on understanding the human experience as it is lived, careful collection and
analysis of qualitative materials that are narrative and subjective
, Traditional scientific method is reductionist: reduces human experience to only a
few concepts that are defined in advance by the researchers rather than naturally
emerging from experiences of test subjects
Constructivist researchers tend to emphasize and capture the
dynamic, holistic, and individual aspects of human life within the context of those
who are experiencing them.
Flexible, evolving procedures are used to obtain findings that emerge during the
study, which typically is
undertaken in naturalistic settings.
The collection of information and its analysis usually progress concurrently.
Through an inductive reasoning process (going from specifics to the general),
researchers integrate information to develop a theory or description that explains
the phenomena under observation.
Constructivist studies provide rich, in-depth information that can potentially
clarify the varied dimensions (or
themes) of a complicated phenomenon. Findings from qualitative research are
typically grounded in the real-life
experiences of people with first-hand knowledge of a phenomenon.
Human beings are used directly as the instrument for gathering information, and
humans, though highly
intelligent, are fallible.
Another potential limitation is the subjectivity of constructivist inquiry, which
sometimes raises concerns about
the idiosyncratic nature of the conclusions. Would two constructivist researchers
studying the same phenomenon in
similar settings arrive at similar conclusions? The situation is challenged by the
fact that most constructivist studies
involve a
