Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Nursing
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(QUAL → quan or qual → QUAN) - Correct Answers-Represents exploratory design in mixed
method designs.
(QUAL + QUAN) - Correct Answers-Represents triangulation in mixed method designs.
(QUAN → qual or quan → QUAL) - Correct Answers-Represents explanatory design in mixed
method designs.
Accessible population - Correct Answers-Aggregate of cases that conform to designated criteria and
that are accessible for a study.
Achieved confidence in the truth of the data - Correct Answers-Is called trustworthiness.
Adaptation Model - Correct Answers-Which model finds humans as adaptive systems that cope with
change through adaptation?
AGREE Instrument scale - Correct Answers-4-point scale
Ancestry approach - Correct Answers-A method of finding studies by tracking earlier studies cited in
a reference list.
Anecdotal and Opinion Articles - Correct Answers-Information from anecdotal and opinion articles is
usually included in research literature.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US) - Correct Answers-Nurses' education.
Background question in evidence-based practice - Correct Answers-General, foundational questions
about a clinical issue
Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory - Correct Answers-Which is an example of a borrowed theory?
Basis for U.S. Research Regulations - Correct Answers-The Belmont Report
Best evidence hierarchy - Correct Answers-Most evidence hierarchies put meta-analyses of multiple
clinical trials at the pinnacle
Best served group by clinical nursing research - Correct Answers-Nurses' clients.
Between-subjects design - Correct Answers-What occurs when different groups of people are
compared?
Bias in a study - Correct Answers-Can be caused by researcher subjectivity.
Bias sampling - Correct Answers-Elements are selected by nonrandom methods.
, Blinding - Correct Answers-The technique used to avoid bias stemming from participants' awareness
of group status or study hypotheses.
Broad goal of purposive sampling - Correct Answers-Find examples that are representative or typical
of a specific group on some dimension of interest.
Care bundles - Correct Answers-Set of interventions to treat or prevent a cluster of symptoms
Case control study - Correct Answers-A type of correlational study that begins with the outcome and
looks back in time for antecedent causes by comparing individuals that have a disease with controls who
do not have the disease.
Causal relationship - Correct Answers-A relationship where one variable directly affects another.
Changes in nurses' thinking - Correct Answers-Involves changes in nurses' thinking
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses - Correct Answers-Involves changes in patient thinking
toward nurses
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method - Correct Answers-Emphasis on a holistic view of a
phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
CINAHL - Correct Answers-A widely recognized electronic database for bibliographic coverage of
the nursing and allied health literature.
Clinical practice guidelines - Correct Answers-Give general recommendations for evidence-based
decision making
Cluster sample - Correct Answers-A multistaged selection of random samples from larger units.
Cohort design - Correct Answers-What type of research design occurs when researchers start with a
presumed cause and then go forward in time to the presumed effect?
Cohort research design - Correct Answers-Occurs when researchers start with a presumed cause and
then go forward in time to the presumed effect.
Cohort study - Correct Answers-A study addressing quality of life of a group of patients who had
undergone various treatments for coronary artery disease was gathered 1 year and 8 years after their
treatment.
Collaborative research example - Correct Answers-A pediatric RN undertakes a study of the effect of
low birth weight on infants' cognitive development
Committee for reviewing research plans - Correct Answers-Institutional Review Board
Comparisons in designs - Correct Answers-Occurs when different groups of people are compared.
Complex hypothesis - Correct Answers-Anticipated relationship between two independent variables
and two dependent variables
Comprehensive reference resource - Correct Answers-Clinical Evidence
Research Latest Update Verified Questions and
Answers Guaranteed Perfect Score
(QUAL → quan or qual → QUAN) - Correct Answers-Represents exploratory design in mixed
method designs.
(QUAL + QUAN) - Correct Answers-Represents triangulation in mixed method designs.
(QUAN → qual or quan → QUAL) - Correct Answers-Represents explanatory design in mixed
method designs.
Accessible population - Correct Answers-Aggregate of cases that conform to designated criteria and
that are accessible for a study.
Achieved confidence in the truth of the data - Correct Answers-Is called trustworthiness.
Adaptation Model - Correct Answers-Which model finds humans as adaptive systems that cope with
change through adaptation?
AGREE Instrument scale - Correct Answers-4-point scale
Ancestry approach - Correct Answers-A method of finding studies by tracking earlier studies cited in
a reference list.
Anecdotal and Opinion Articles - Correct Answers-Information from anecdotal and opinion articles is
usually included in research literature.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US) - Correct Answers-Nurses' education.
Background question in evidence-based practice - Correct Answers-General, foundational questions
about a clinical issue
Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory - Correct Answers-Which is an example of a borrowed theory?
Basis for U.S. Research Regulations - Correct Answers-The Belmont Report
Best evidence hierarchy - Correct Answers-Most evidence hierarchies put meta-analyses of multiple
clinical trials at the pinnacle
Best served group by clinical nursing research - Correct Answers-Nurses' clients.
Between-subjects design - Correct Answers-What occurs when different groups of people are
compared?
Bias in a study - Correct Answers-Can be caused by researcher subjectivity.
Bias sampling - Correct Answers-Elements are selected by nonrandom methods.
, Blinding - Correct Answers-The technique used to avoid bias stemming from participants' awareness
of group status or study hypotheses.
Broad goal of purposive sampling - Correct Answers-Find examples that are representative or typical
of a specific group on some dimension of interest.
Care bundles - Correct Answers-Set of interventions to treat or prevent a cluster of symptoms
Case control study - Correct Answers-A type of correlational study that begins with the outcome and
looks back in time for antecedent causes by comparing individuals that have a disease with controls who
do not have the disease.
Causal relationship - Correct Answers-A relationship where one variable directly affects another.
Changes in nurses' thinking - Correct Answers-Involves changes in nurses' thinking
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses - Correct Answers-Involves changes in patient thinking
toward nurses
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method - Correct Answers-Emphasis on a holistic view of a
phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
CINAHL - Correct Answers-A widely recognized electronic database for bibliographic coverage of
the nursing and allied health literature.
Clinical practice guidelines - Correct Answers-Give general recommendations for evidence-based
decision making
Cluster sample - Correct Answers-A multistaged selection of random samples from larger units.
Cohort design - Correct Answers-What type of research design occurs when researchers start with a
presumed cause and then go forward in time to the presumed effect?
Cohort research design - Correct Answers-Occurs when researchers start with a presumed cause and
then go forward in time to the presumed effect.
Cohort study - Correct Answers-A study addressing quality of life of a group of patients who had
undergone various treatments for coronary artery disease was gathered 1 year and 8 years after their
treatment.
Collaborative research example - Correct Answers-A pediatric RN undertakes a study of the effect of
low birth weight on infants' cognitive development
Committee for reviewing research plans - Correct Answers-Institutional Review Board
Comparisons in designs - Correct Answers-Occurs when different groups of people are compared.
Complex hypothesis - Correct Answers-Anticipated relationship between two independent variables
and two dependent variables
Comprehensive reference resource - Correct Answers-Clinical Evidence
