Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Essentials of Nursing Research 4th Edition (Kevin Woo, 2017) | All Chapters Covered

Polit & Beck Canadian Essentials of Nursing Research 4th Edition Woo Test Bank
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
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What is the highest priority for the importance
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of research in the nursing profession?
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Research findings provide evidence for
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informing nurses' decisions and actions. f f f f




Conduct research to better understand the
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context of nursing practice. f f f




Document the role that nurses serve in
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society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study. f f f f f




Which group would be best served by clinical
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nursing research? f




A) Nursing administrators f




B) Practicing nurses f




C) Nurses' clients f




D) Healthcare policymakers f




In the United States, in what area does
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research play an important role in nursing? f f f f f f




A) Chronic illness f




B) Credentialing and status f f




C) Nurses' personalities f




D) Nurses' education f




What is the role of a consumer of nursing
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research?
A) Read research reports for relevant findings.
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Participate in generating evidence by doing
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research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
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setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
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decisions.


What was the concern of most nursing studies
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in the early 1900s?
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A) Client satisfaction f

,B) Clinical problems f




C) Health promotion f




D) Nursing education f




Which topic most closely conforms to the
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6. priorities that have been suggested for future f f f f f f




nursing research?
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A) Attitudes of nursing students toward smoking. f f f f f




B) Promotion of excellence in nursing science. f f f f f




C) Nursing staff morale and turnover. f f f f




Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
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various clinical specialties. f f




7. What is the process of deductive reasoning?
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Verifying assumptions that are part of our
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heritage.
Developing specific predictions from general
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principles.
Empirically testing observations that are made
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known through our senses. f f f




Forming generalizations from specific
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observations.


What is the ontological assumption of those
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espousing a naturalistic paradigm? f f f




Objective reality and those natural
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phenomena are regular and orderly. f f f f




Phenomena are not haphazard and result from
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prior causes.
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Reality is multiply constructed and multiply
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interpreted by humans. f f




Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
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construction of human minds. f f f




What is the epistemological assumption of
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those espousing a positivist paradigm?
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The researcher is objective and independent
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of those being studied.
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Phenomena are not haphazard, but rather have
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antecedent causes. f

, The researcher instructs those being studied to
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be objective in providing information.
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Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
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construction of human minds. f f f




Which is not a characteristic of traditional
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scientific method? f




A) Control over external factors. f f f




Systematic measurement and observation of
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natural phenomena. f




C) Deductive reasoning. f




Emphasis on a holistic view of a
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phenomenon, studied in a rich context. f f f f f




11. What is empiricism? f f




Making generalizations from specific
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observations.
Deducing specific predictions from
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generalizations.
C) Gathering evidence rooted in reality. f f f f




Verifying the assumptions on which the study
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was based. f




12. What is a hallmark of the scientific method?
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A) Infallible
B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible


Which of the following limits the power of
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13. the scientific method to answer questions about
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human life?
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The necessity of departing from traditional
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beliefs.
The difficulty of accurately measuring
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complex human traits. f f




C) The inability to control potential biases.
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The shortage of theories about human
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behavior.

, 14. What is a criticism of the scientific method?
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A) Deductive
B) Deterministic
C) Empirical
D) Reductionist


What is involved in naturalistic qualitative
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research?
A) Involves deductive processes f f




B) Takes places in the field.
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Focuses on the idiosyncrasies of those being
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studied.
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D) understand the phenomenon being
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studied.


Aresearcher wants to investigate the effect of
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16. patients' body position on blood pressure.
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This is an example of what type of study?
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A) Qualitative
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C) Quantitative
Researcher preference of either quantitative or
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qualitative


Aresearcher is studying the effect of massage on
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17. the alleviation of pain in cancer patients.
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This is an example of what type of study?
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A) Descriptive
B) Exploratory
C) Applied
D) Basic


A researcher wants to study the process by which
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people make decisions about seeking treatment for
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infertility. What is the
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researcher's paradigmatic orientation? f f




A) Positivism
B) Determinism
C) Empiricism
D) Naturalism