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Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an Evidence-
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Based Practice
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2. Introduction to Quantitative Research io io io
3. Introduction to Qualitative Research io io io
4. Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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5. Examining Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses
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6. Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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7. Understanding Theory and Research Frameworks io io io io
8. Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
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9. Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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10. Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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11. Understanding Statistics in Research io io io
12. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing
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Practice
13. Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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14. Introduction to Additional Research Methodologies in Nursing: Mixed
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Methods and Outcomes NEW!
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an
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Evidence-Based Practice io
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE io
1. Which statement best describes evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and
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b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care and
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c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes
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ANS: A i o
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se and patient needs and values. Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes
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are generally experimental or quasi-
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experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it. EBP is a comb
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ination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values. Quantitative and qualitative studie
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s applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are part of EBP but do not completely define
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EBP.
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2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger rese
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b. Description
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elationships among these phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a prescr
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iption to produce the desired results. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomen
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a and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the probability of a specific ou
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tcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese a
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dults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used in t
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a. Control
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d. Prediction
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Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situatio
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n. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability of p
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redicting this may be calculated. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention
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to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature o
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f nursing phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the
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4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among gr
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oups of young adults who received different asthma education. Which research method does th
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is represent?
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ts. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and t
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he relationships among these phenomena. Through prediction, the probability of a specific ou
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a. Control
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n. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired results.
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Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the r
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elationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenome
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na and identifies why certain events occur.
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6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and statistical
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d. Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water,
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Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an Evidence-
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Based Practice
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2. Introduction to Quantitative Research io io io
3. Introduction to Qualitative Research io io io
4. Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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5. Examining Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses
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6. Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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7. Understanding Theory and Research Frameworks io io io io
8. Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
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9. Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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10. Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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11. Understanding Statistics in Research io io io
12. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing
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Practice
13. Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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14. Introduction to Additional Research Methodologies in Nursing: Mixed
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Methods and Outcomes NEW!
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an
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Evidence-Based Practice io
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE io
1. Which statement best describes evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and
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values of patients io io
b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care and
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delivery of care io io
c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes
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ANS: A i o
Evidence-
based practice evolves from the integration of the best research evidence with clinical experti
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se and patient needs and values. Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes
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are generally experimental or quasi-
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experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it. EBP is a comb
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ination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values. Quantitative and qualitative studie
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s applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are part of EBP but do not completely define
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EBP.
DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge) io io io
2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger rese
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arch study. Which researN
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a. Control USNT O io io io
b. Description
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elationships among these phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a prescr
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iption to produce the desired results. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomen
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a and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the probability of a specific ou
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3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese a
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dults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used in t
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Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situatio
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n. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability of p
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redicting this may be calculated. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention
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to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature o
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4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among gr
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oups of young adults who received different asthma education. Which research method does th
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a. Control
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ccur. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired resul
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ts. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and t
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relative risk of needle-
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a. Control
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d. Prediction
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n. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired results.
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Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the r
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elationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenome
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na and identifies why certain events occur.
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6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and statistical
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d. Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water,
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