ESSENTIALS FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 9TH EDITION PRACTICE
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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◉ Best served group by clinical nursing research.
Answer: Nurses' clients.
◉ Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US).
Answer: Nurses' education.
◉ Role of a consumer of nursing research.
Answer: Read research reports for relevant findings.
◉ Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s.
Answer: Nursing education.
◉ Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities.
Answer: Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
◉ Process of deductive reasoning.
Answer: Developing specific predictions from general principles.
,◉ Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm.
Answer: Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by
humans.
◉ Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm.
Answer: The researcher is objective and independent of those being
studied.
◉ Characteristic not of traditional scientific method.
Answer: Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich
context.
◉ Definition of empiricism.
Answer: Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
◉ Hallmark of the scientific method.
Answer: Systematic.
◉ Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human life.
Answer: The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits.
◉ Criticism of the scientific method.
Answer: Reductionist.
,◉ Naturalistic qualitative research.
Answer: Takes place in the field.
◉ Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on blood
pressure.
Answer: Quantitative.
◉ Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer
patients.
Answer: Applied.
◉ Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment decisions
for infertility.
Answer: Naturalism.
◉ Continuum of participation in research.
Answer: Consumers to producers.
◉ Goal of explanatory research.
Answer: Understand the underpinnings of natural phenomena and to
explain systematic relationships among them.
◉ Where evidence-based practice begins.
, Answer: Integration of clinical judgments with research evidence.
◉ Desire behind evidence-based practice.
Answer: A desire to abandon decisions based on custom and authority
opinion.
◉ Search for evidence-based practice.
Answer: A search for the best possible information for addressing a
clinical problem.
◉ Changes in nurses' thinking.
Answer: Involves changes in nurses' thinking
◉ Direct use of findings in patient care.
Answer: Involves the direct use of findings in giving patient care
◉ Use of findings to persuade others.
Answer: Involves use of findings to persuade others
◉ Changes in patient thinking toward nurses.
Answer: Involves changes in patient thinking toward nurses
◉ Evidence-based practice introduction statement.
PRACTICE 9TH EDITION PRACTICE
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026 UPDATED VERSION VERIFIED
A+
◉ Best served group by clinical nursing research.
Answer: Nurses' clients.
◉ Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US).
Answer: Nurses' education.
◉ Role of a consumer of nursing research.
Answer: Read research reports for relevant findings.
◉ Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s.
Answer: Nursing education.
◉ Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities.
Answer: Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
◉ Process of deductive reasoning.
Answer: Developing specific predictions from general principles.
,◉ Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm.
Answer: Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by
humans.
◉ Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm.
Answer: The researcher is objective and independent of those being
studied.
◉ Characteristic not of traditional scientific method.
Answer: Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich
context.
◉ Definition of empiricism.
Answer: Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
◉ Hallmark of the scientific method.
Answer: Systematic.
◉ Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human life.
Answer: The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits.
◉ Criticism of the scientific method.
Answer: Reductionist.
,◉ Naturalistic qualitative research.
Answer: Takes place in the field.
◉ Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on blood
pressure.
Answer: Quantitative.
◉ Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer
patients.
Answer: Applied.
◉ Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment decisions
for infertility.
Answer: Naturalism.
◉ Continuum of participation in research.
Answer: Consumers to producers.
◉ Goal of explanatory research.
Answer: Understand the underpinnings of natural phenomena and to
explain systematic relationships among them.
◉ Where evidence-based practice begins.
, Answer: Integration of clinical judgments with research evidence.
◉ Desire behind evidence-based practice.
Answer: A desire to abandon decisions based on custom and authority
opinion.
◉ Search for evidence-based practice.
Answer: A search for the best possible information for addressing a
clinical problem.
◉ Changes in nurses' thinking.
Answer: Involves changes in nurses' thinking
◉ Direct use of findings in patient care.
Answer: Involves the direct use of findings in giving patient care
◉ Use of findings to persuade others.
Answer: Involves use of findings to persuade others
◉ Changes in patient thinking toward nurses.
Answer: Involves changes in patient thinking toward nurses
◉ Evidence-based practice introduction statement.
