TEST BANK
, 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 is the process of deductive
7.
reasoning?
Verifying assumptions that are part of our
A)
heritage.
Developing specific predictions from
B)
general principles.
Empirically testing observations that are
C)
made known through our senses.
Forming generalizations from specific
D)
observations.
What is the ontological assumption of
8.
those espousing a naturalistic paradigm?
Objective reality and those natural
A)
phenomena are regular and orderly.
Phenomena are not haphazard and result
B)
from prior causes.
Reality is multiply constructed and
C)
multiply interpreted by humans.
Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
D)
construction of human minds.
What is the epistemological assumption of
9.
those espousing a positivist paradigm?
The researcher is objective and
A)
independent of those being studied.
Phenomena are not haphazard, but rather
B)
have antecedent causes.
The researcher instructs those being
C) studied to be objective in providing
information.
, Reality fis fnot ffixed, fbut fis frather fa
D)
fconstruction fof f human f minds.
Which fis fnot fa fcharacteristic fof ftraditional
10.
fscientific f method?
A) Control fover fexternal ffactors.
Systematic fmeasurement fand fobservation
B)
fof fnatural fphenomena.
C) Deductive freasoning.
Emphasis fon fa fholistic fview fof fa
D)
fphenomenon, fstudied fin fa frich fcontext.
11. What fis fempiricism?
Making fgeneralizations ffrom fspecific
A)
fobservations.
Deducing fspecific fpredictions ffrom
B)
fgeneralizations.
C) Gathering fevidence frooted fin freality.
Verifying fthe fassumptions fon fwhich fthe
D)
fstudy fwas f based.
What fis fa fhallmark fof fthe
12.
fscientific f method?
A) Infallible
B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible
, Which fof fthe ffollowing flimits fthe fpower
13. fof fthe fscientific fmethod fto fanswer
fquestions fabout fhuman f life?
The fnecessity fof fdeparting ffrom
A)
ftraditional f beliefs.
The fdifficulty fof faccurately
B)
fmeasuring f complex f human ftraits.
C) The finability fto fcontrol fpotential fbiases.
The fshortage fof ftheories fabout fhuman
D)
fbehavior.
What fis fa fcriticism fof fthe
14.
fscientific f method?
A) Deductive
B) Deterministic
C) Empirical
D) Reductionist
What fis finvolved fin fnaturalistic
15.
fqualitative fresearch?
A) Involves fdeductive fprocesses
B) Takes fplaces fin fthe ffield.
Focuses fon fthe fidiosyncrasies fof fthose
C)
fbeing f studied.
Attempts fto fcontrol fthe fresearch fcontext
D) fto fbetter funderstand fthe fphenomenon
fbeing fstudied.
, A fresearcher fwants fto finvestigate fthe
feffect fof fpatients' f body fposition fon
16.
fblood fpressure. fThis f is fan fexample fof
fwhat ftype fof f study?
A) Qualitative
B) Constructivist finquiry
C) Quantitative
Researcher fpreference fof feither
D)
fquantitative for fqualitative
A fresearcher fis fstudying fthe feffect
fof f massage fon fthe falleviation fof
17.
fpain f in fcancer fpatients. fThis fis fan
fexample fof fwhat ftype fof fstudy?
A) Descriptive
B) Exploratory
C) Applied
D) Basic
A fresearcher fwants fto fstudy fthe fprocess
fby fwhich fpeople f make fdecisions fabout
18.
fseeking ftreatment ffor f infertility. f What
f is fthe fresearcher's fparadigmatic
forientation?
A) Positivism
B) Determinism
C) Empiricism
D) Naturalism
, 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 is the process of deductive
7.
reasoning?
Verifying assumptions that are part of our
A)
heritage.
Developing specific predictions from
B)
general principles.
Empirically testing observations that are
C)
made known through our senses.
Forming generalizations from specific
D)
observations.
What is the ontological assumption of
8.
those espousing a naturalistic paradigm?
Objective reality and those natural
A)
phenomena are regular and orderly.
Phenomena are not haphazard and result
B)
from prior causes.
Reality is multiply constructed and
C)
multiply interpreted by humans.
Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
D)
construction of human minds.
What is the epistemological assumption of
9.
those espousing a positivist paradigm?
The researcher is objective and
A)
independent of those being studied.
Phenomena are not haphazard, but rather
B)
have antecedent causes.
The researcher instructs those being
C) studied to be objective in providing
information.
, Reality fis fnot ffixed, fbut fis frather fa
D)
fconstruction fof f human f minds.
Which fis fnot fa fcharacteristic fof ftraditional
10.
fscientific f method?
A) Control fover fexternal ffactors.
Systematic fmeasurement fand fobservation
B)
fof fnatural fphenomena.
C) Deductive freasoning.
Emphasis fon fa fholistic fview fof fa
D)
fphenomenon, fstudied fin fa frich fcontext.
11. What fis fempiricism?
Making fgeneralizations ffrom fspecific
A)
fobservations.
Deducing fspecific fpredictions ffrom
B)
fgeneralizations.
C) Gathering fevidence frooted fin freality.
Verifying fthe fassumptions fon fwhich fthe
D)
fstudy fwas f based.
What fis fa fhallmark fof fthe
12.
fscientific f method?
A) Infallible
B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible
, Which fof fthe ffollowing flimits fthe fpower
13. fof fthe fscientific fmethod fto fanswer
fquestions fabout fhuman f life?
The fnecessity fof fdeparting ffrom
A)
ftraditional f beliefs.
The fdifficulty fof faccurately
B)
fmeasuring f complex f human ftraits.
C) The finability fto fcontrol fpotential fbiases.
The fshortage fof ftheories fabout fhuman
D)
fbehavior.
What fis fa fcriticism fof fthe
14.
fscientific f method?
A) Deductive
B) Deterministic
C) Empirical
D) Reductionist
What fis finvolved fin fnaturalistic
15.
fqualitative fresearch?
A) Involves fdeductive fprocesses
B) Takes fplaces fin fthe ffield.
Focuses fon fthe fidiosyncrasies fof fthose
C)
fbeing f studied.
Attempts fto fcontrol fthe fresearch fcontext
D) fto fbetter funderstand fthe fphenomenon
fbeing fstudied.
, A fresearcher fwants fto finvestigate fthe
feffect fof fpatients' f body fposition fon
16.
fblood fpressure. fThis f is fan fexample fof
fwhat ftype fof f study?
A) Qualitative
B) Constructivist finquiry
C) Quantitative
Researcher fpreference fof feither
D)
fquantitative for fqualitative
A fresearcher fis fstudying fthe feffect
fof f massage fon fthe falleviation fof
17.
fpain f in fcancer fpatients. fThis fis fan
fexample fof fwhat ftype fof fstudy?
A) Descriptive
B) Exploratory
C) Applied
D) Basic
A fresearcher fwants fto fstudy fthe fprocess
fby fwhich fpeople f make fdecisions fabout
18.
fseeking ftreatment ffor f infertility. f What
f is fthe fresearcher's fparadigmatic
forientation?
A) Positivism
B) Determinism
C) Empiricism
D) Naturalism
