5th Edition by Mina Singh
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,TEST BANK FOR NURSING RESEARCH IN CANADA, 5TH EDITION
by Mina Singh, RN, RP, BSc, BScN MEd, PhD, I-FCNEI, Cherylyn Cameron, RN, PhD,Geri
LoBiondo-Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN and Judith Haber, PhD, RN, FAAN
TABLE OF CONTENT
Part I: Research Overview Research Vignette: A Program of Research in Transcultural Nursing
1. The Role of Research in Nursing
2. Theoretical Framework
3. Critical Reading Strategies: Overview of the Research Process
4. Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions
5. Finding and Appraising the Literature
6. Legal and Ethical Issues
Part II: Qualitative Research Research Vignette: Creating Qualitatively Derived Knowledge for a Practice Discipline
7. Introduction to Qualitative Research
8. Qualitative Approaches to Research
Part III: Quantitative Research Research Vignette: Tackling the Prevention of Falls Among Older Adults
9. Introduction to Quantitative Research
10. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs
11. Non-experimental Designs
Part IV: Processes Related to Research Research Vignette: Partnering with parents to reduce newborn pain - evidence and implementation
12. Sampling
13. Data Collection Methods
14. Rigour in Research
15. Qualitative Data Analysis
16. Quantitative Data Analysis
17. Presenting the Findings
Part V: Critiquing Research Research Vignette: A Program of Research
18. Critiquing Qualitative Research
19. Critiquing Quantitative Research
Part VI: Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice Research Vignette: From my Ph.D. to her Post-Doctoral studies: Building a
Survivorship Cancer Care Program
20. Developing an Evidence-Informed Practice Research Vignette: Social Support Needs of Older Adults
,Chapter 01: The Role of Research in Nursing
LoBiondo-Wood: Nursing Research in Canada, 5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A key step to the development of nursing research was
a. the endowment of nursing research chairs.
b. universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs.
c. a baccalaureate degree becoming the entry to practice.
d. the Canadian Nurses Association developing a research mandate.
ANSWER: B
Feedback
A Endowment of nursing research chairs did not occur until the number of
nurseswith PhD degrees increased.
B Universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs provided an introduction
toresearch within the BScN programs and led to further nursing education at
the
MSN and PhD levels.
C Baccalaureate degrees becoming the entry to practice did not occur until
thetwenty-first century.
D The Canadian Nurses Association did not develop a research mandate until the
end of the twentieth century.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion
and Maintenance
2. How is nursing research significant to the profession of nursing?
a. Responsibility is more specifically defined.
b. Liability within the practice of nursing is decreased.
c. A specialized body of knowledge is generated for use in the delivery of health care.
d. The scope of nursing practice is expanded into areas formerly reserved for
otherdisciplines.
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A Research aids in documenting accountability of nurses, but professional
guidelines regarding responsibility already exist.
B Liability is a legal concept. Research does not promote liability.
C Theory-based nursing research provides a foundation for evidence-
informednursing care.
D Nursing research expands the discipline of nursing as it pertains to
nursingpractice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion
and Maintenance
, 3. Why are pnursing ppractice–oriented pscientific pinvestigations
pvaluable?
a. They pvalidate pthe peffectiveness pof pparticular pnursing pinterventions.
b. They pencourage pconsumers pto pquestion pthe pquality pof phealth pcare.
c. They plimit pthe ptheory pbase pfor pclinical pdecision pmaking.
d. They pmandate phealth pcare preform.
ANSWER: p A
Feedback
A Practice-focused presearch psupports pthe peffectiveness pof pnursing
pinterventions pand
reinforces pquality pof pnursing pcare.
B On pthe pcontrary, pthey phelp preassure pconsumers pabout pthe pquality pof
phealth pcare.
C They psupport pthe pdevelopment pof pthe ptheory pbase pfor pclinical pdecision
pmaking.
D They preinforce pthe peffectiveness pof pcurrent pnursing ppractice.
DIF: Cognitive pLevel: pComprehension
MSC: pNCLEX pClient pCare pNeeds pCategory: pSafe pand pEffective pCare pEnvironment; pHealth
pPromotionpand pMaintenance
4. When pa pchange pin pnursing ppractice presults pin pdecreased pcost pof pcare, pwhat
padditional pfactorpmust pbe pconsidered pbefore pgeneral pimplementation pof pthis
pchange?
a. Ensuring pcompliance pof pthe pchange pby pnurses pwith pdiverse
peducationalpbackgrounds
b. Maintaining por pimproving pthe pquality pof pcare presulting pfrom pthe pchange pin ppractice
c. Encouraging ppatients pto pbe pactive ppartners pin ptheir phealth pcare pdecisions
d. Disseminating pthe pchange pbeyond pthe pdiscipline pof pnursing
ANSWER: p B
Feedback
A Not pall pnurses pare presponsible pfor psupervising pcompliance pwith pnew
pmeasures.
B Nurses pare paccountable pto pmaintain pquality ppatient pcare pdespite pcost-
cutting
measures.
C Nurses pshould pencourage ppatient pparticipation pin pcare pdespite pcost-
cuttingpmeasures.
D Nurses pare pnot presponsible pfor preforming pother pdisciplines.
DIF: Cognitive pLevel: pAnalysis
MSC: pNCLEX pClient pCare pNeeds pCategory: pSafe pand pEffective pCare pEnvironment; pHealth
pPromotionpand pMaintenance
5. Why pdo pnurses pwho pdo pnot pconduct presearch pneed pto punderstand pthe pnursing presearch
pprocess?
a. To pidentify ppotential pparticipants pfor pclinical presearch pstudies
b. To passist pin pcollecting paccurate pdata pfor pclinical presearch pstudies
c. To pteach ppatients pand pfamilies pabout pthe pusefulness pof pparticipation pin presearch