Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Nursing Research GET IT
RIGHT AT THE FIRST TIME
Importance of research in nursing -(ANSWER) Research findings provide evidence for
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
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.
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, 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 -(ANSWER) Conscientious integration of
current best evidence with clinical expertise
Best evidence hierarchy -(ANSWER) Most evidence hierarchies put meta-analyses of multiple
clinical trials at the pinnacle
Research utilization start -(ANSWER) Uses findings of a study that are related to the previous
research of the topic
Limiting researchers for evidence-based practice -(ANSWER) Conducting high-quality,
methodologically sound studies
Major barrier to evidence-based practice -(ANSWER) The fact that many clinical nurses are not
academically prepared to critically evaluate nursing research studies
Care bundles -(ANSWER) Set of interventions to treat or prevent a cluster of symptoms
Metasynthesis -(ANSWER) Qualitative, narrative approach to integration of a study
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RIGHT AT THE FIRST TIME
Importance of research in nursing -(ANSWER) Research findings provide evidence for
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
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.
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, 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 -(ANSWER) Conscientious integration of
current best evidence with clinical expertise
Best evidence hierarchy -(ANSWER) Most evidence hierarchies put meta-analyses of multiple
clinical trials at the pinnacle
Research utilization start -(ANSWER) Uses findings of a study that are related to the previous
research of the topic
Limiting researchers for evidence-based practice -(ANSWER) Conducting high-quality,
methodologically sound studies
Major barrier to evidence-based practice -(ANSWER) The fact that many clinical nurses are not
academically prepared to critically evaluate nursing research studies
Care bundles -(ANSWER) Set of interventions to treat or prevent a cluster of symptoms
Metasynthesis -(ANSWER) Qualitative, narrative approach to integration of a study
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