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, Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 11th Edition
Polit Beck Test Bank
Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
What is the highest priority for the
1. importance of research in the nursing
profession?
Research findings provide evidence for
A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Conduct research to better understand the
B)
context of nursing practice.
Document the role that nurses serve in
C)
society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
Which group would be best served by
2.
clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Healthcare policymakers
In the United States, in what area does
3.
research play an important role in nursing?
A) Chronic illness
B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities
,D) Nurses' education
What is the role of a consumer of nursing
4.
research?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing
5.
studies in the early 1900s?
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical problems
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
Which topic most closely conforms to the
6. priorities that have been suggested for
future nursing research?
Attitudes of nursing students toward
A)
smoking.
Promotion of excellence in nursing
B)
science.
C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
D)
various clinical specialties.
, What lis lthe lprocess lof ldeductive
7.
lreasoning?
Verifying lassumptions lthat lare lpart lof lour
A)
lheritage.
Developing lspecific lpredictions lfrom
B)
lgeneral lprinciples.
Empirically ltesting lobservations lthat
C)
lare lmade lknown lthrough lour lsenses.
Forming lgeneralizations lfrom lspecific
D)
lobservations.
What lis lthe lontological lassumption lof
8.
lthose lespousing la lnaturalistic
lparadigm?
Objective lreality land lthose lnatural
A)
lphenomena lare lregular land lorderly.
Phenomena lare lnot lhaphazard land lresult
B)
lfrom lprior lcauses.
Reality lis lmultiply lconstructed
C)
land lmultiply linterpreted lby
lhumans.
Reality lis lnot lfixed, lbut lis lrather la
D)
lconstruction lof lhuman lminds.
What lis lthe lepistemological lassumption lof
9.
lthose lespousing la lpositivist lparadigm?
The lresearcher lis lobjective land
A)
lindependent lof lthose lbeing
lstudied.
Phenomena lare lnot lhaphazard, lbut lrather
B)
lhave lantecedent lcauses.
, Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 11th Edition
Polit Beck Test Bank
Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
What is the highest priority for the
1. importance of research in the nursing
profession?
Research findings provide evidence for
A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Conduct research to better understand the
B)
context of nursing practice.
Document the role that nurses serve in
C)
society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
Which group would be best served by
2.
clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Healthcare policymakers
In the United States, in what area does
3.
research play an important role in nursing?
A) Chronic illness
B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities
,D) Nurses' education
What is the role of a consumer of nursing
4.
research?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing
5.
studies in the early 1900s?
A) Client satisfaction
B) Clinical problems
C) Health promotion
D) Nursing education
Which topic most closely conforms to the
6. priorities that have been suggested for
future nursing research?
Attitudes of nursing students toward
A)
smoking.
Promotion of excellence in nursing
B)
science.
C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
D)
various clinical specialties.
, What lis lthe lprocess lof ldeductive
7.
lreasoning?
Verifying lassumptions lthat lare lpart lof lour
A)
lheritage.
Developing lspecific lpredictions lfrom
B)
lgeneral lprinciples.
Empirically ltesting lobservations lthat
C)
lare lmade lknown lthrough lour lsenses.
Forming lgeneralizations lfrom lspecific
D)
lobservations.
What lis lthe lontological lassumption lof
8.
lthose lespousing la lnaturalistic
lparadigm?
Objective lreality land lthose lnatural
A)
lphenomena lare lregular land lorderly.
Phenomena lare lnot lhaphazard land lresult
B)
lfrom lprior lcauses.
Reality lis lmultiply lconstructed
C)
land lmultiply linterpreted lby
lhumans.
Reality lis lnot lfixed, lbut lis lrather la
D)
lconstruction lof lhuman lminds.
What lis lthe lepistemological lassumption lof
9.
lthose lespousing la lpositivist lparadigm?
The lresearcher lis lobjective land
A)
lindependent lof lthose lbeing
lstudied.
Phenomena lare lnot lhaphazard, lbut lrather
B)
lhave lantecedent lcauses.
