NURS 205 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The |year |Canada's |first |nursing |research |centre |was |established |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1964
Research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Systematic, |rigorous, |logical |investigation |that |aims |to |
answer |questions |about |nursing |phenomena.
Phenomena |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Occurrences, |circumstances, |or |facts |that |are |perceptible
|by |the |senses, |i.e. |experiences |of |and |expressions |of |pain.
Significance |of |research |to |practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--expands |body |of |scientific |
knowledge
-contributes |to |evidence-based |practice
-allows |practice |to |evolve
-maintains |societal |relevance
Evidence-informed |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |incorporation |of |evidence |from |
research |clinical |expertise, |client |preferences, |and |other |available |resources |to |make |decisions |
about |patients.
Evidence-informed |practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Evidence-informed |decision |making |is |
continuous, |interactive |process |involving |the |explicit, |conscientious, |and |judicious |
consideration |of |the |best |available |evidence |to |provide |care.
19th |century |key |events |in |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--nursing |became |a |formal |
discipline |
-Florence |Nightingale |published |"Notes |on |Nursing"
,-nursing |schools |began |developing
20th |century |key |events |in |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--emphasis |on |prepping |nurses |for |
practice
-American |Nurses |Association |publishes |"Nursing |Research"
-first |master's |program |in |Canada
-development |of |many |nursing |theories
-first |federally |funded |grant |for |research
-doctoral |programs |emerge |in |the |US
Canadian |Research |Priorities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Nursing |practice: |context, |
populations, |interventions.
2. |Outcomes: |valid |measurements, |clinical |judgments. |
3. |Research |and |practice |link: |develop |a |body |of |nursing |knowledge.
21st |century |key |events |in |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Every |nurse |practicing |in |the |21st
|century |has |a |role |to |play |in |the |research |process. |
5 |CHSRF/CIHR |chair |awards |are |granted |to |nursing
-Canadian |Association |of |Schools |of |Nursing |to |develop |a |national |position |paper |on |PhD |in |
nursing |for |Canada
-PhD |programs |in |nursing |are |introduced |in |Canadian |universities
Research |priorities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-CIHR |- |enhanced |pt |experiences |and |outcomes |
through |health |innovation |( |where |I |apply |for |research |money)
Consumer |of |research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |nurse |who |reads |research |articles |and |
incorporates |research |findings |into |NS |practices |with |ability |to |discriminate |and |evaluate |
information |logically.
,Paradigm |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Set |of |beliefs |and |practices, |shared |by |communities |of |
researchers, |that |guide |the |knowledge |development |process.
describes |the |way |people |in |a |particular |discipline |think |about |the |world. |( |worldview)
Theoretical/empirical |knowledge |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--referred |to |as |scientific |knowledge |
r/t |the |practice |of |nursing |( |Patients' |experiences
Nurses' |experiences
Delivery |of |nursing |care |& |interventions |related |to |nursing |phenomena |of |interests
Health |care |policies, |nursing |policies) |
-guide |for |evidence-informed |practice
-concerned |with |developing |and |testing |theories |about |how |the |world |operates
-observes |reality
Ontology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |science |of |study |of |"being."
nature |of |reality
the |science |or |study |of |being |or |existence |and |its |relationships |to |nonexistence. |( |deal |with |
real) |
- |Refer |to |notion |of |truth
Objective |truth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-what |I |hear |and |see |to |believe |( |positivism)
Subjective |truth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-something |that |the |persons |will |tell |me |for |me |to |
believe |( |constructivism |)
, Methodology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Discipline |specific |principles, |rules, |and |procedures |that
|guide |the |research |process.
Epistemology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Examined |reality |( |how |individual |understnad |about |the
|knowledge) |
- |refers |to |theories |
Deals |with |origins, |nature |and |limits |of |knowledge, |why |and |how |we |know |somethings |and |
what |constitutes |our |knowledge. |
Addresses |the |issue |of |"truth."
Nature |of |Nursing |knowledge |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Theoretical |/ |Empirical |knowledge
Personal |knowledge
Ethical |knowledge
Aesthetic |knowledge
Experiential |knowledge
Sociopolitical |& |Emancipatory |knowledge |( |environment)
Context |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Personal, |social, |and |political |environment |in |which |
phenomenon |of |interest |occurs.
Aim |of |inquiry |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Goals |or |specific |objectives |of |the |research.
Researcher |values |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Personal |beliefs |of |the |researcher.
Nursing |paradigms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-How |philosophical |questions |are |answered |in |
nursing.
-post-positivist
-critical |social
Correct Answers
The |year |Canada's |first |nursing |research |centre |was |established |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1964
Research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Systematic, |rigorous, |logical |investigation |that |aims |to |
answer |questions |about |nursing |phenomena.
Phenomena |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Occurrences, |circumstances, |or |facts |that |are |perceptible
|by |the |senses, |i.e. |experiences |of |and |expressions |of |pain.
Significance |of |research |to |practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--expands |body |of |scientific |
knowledge
-contributes |to |evidence-based |practice
-allows |practice |to |evolve
-maintains |societal |relevance
Evidence-informed |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |incorporation |of |evidence |from |
research |clinical |expertise, |client |preferences, |and |other |available |resources |to |make |decisions |
about |patients.
Evidence-informed |practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Evidence-informed |decision |making |is |
continuous, |interactive |process |involving |the |explicit, |conscientious, |and |judicious |
consideration |of |the |best |available |evidence |to |provide |care.
19th |century |key |events |in |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--nursing |became |a |formal |
discipline |
-Florence |Nightingale |published |"Notes |on |Nursing"
,-nursing |schools |began |developing
20th |century |key |events |in |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--emphasis |on |prepping |nurses |for |
practice
-American |Nurses |Association |publishes |"Nursing |Research"
-first |master's |program |in |Canada
-development |of |many |nursing |theories
-first |federally |funded |grant |for |research
-doctoral |programs |emerge |in |the |US
Canadian |Research |Priorities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Nursing |practice: |context, |
populations, |interventions.
2. |Outcomes: |valid |measurements, |clinical |judgments. |
3. |Research |and |practice |link: |develop |a |body |of |nursing |knowledge.
21st |century |key |events |in |nursing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Every |nurse |practicing |in |the |21st
|century |has |a |role |to |play |in |the |research |process. |
5 |CHSRF/CIHR |chair |awards |are |granted |to |nursing
-Canadian |Association |of |Schools |of |Nursing |to |develop |a |national |position |paper |on |PhD |in |
nursing |for |Canada
-PhD |programs |in |nursing |are |introduced |in |Canadian |universities
Research |priorities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-CIHR |- |enhanced |pt |experiences |and |outcomes |
through |health |innovation |( |where |I |apply |for |research |money)
Consumer |of |research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |nurse |who |reads |research |articles |and |
incorporates |research |findings |into |NS |practices |with |ability |to |discriminate |and |evaluate |
information |logically.
,Paradigm |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Set |of |beliefs |and |practices, |shared |by |communities |of |
researchers, |that |guide |the |knowledge |development |process.
describes |the |way |people |in |a |particular |discipline |think |about |the |world. |( |worldview)
Theoretical/empirical |knowledge |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--referred |to |as |scientific |knowledge |
r/t |the |practice |of |nursing |( |Patients' |experiences
Nurses' |experiences
Delivery |of |nursing |care |& |interventions |related |to |nursing |phenomena |of |interests
Health |care |policies, |nursing |policies) |
-guide |for |evidence-informed |practice
-concerned |with |developing |and |testing |theories |about |how |the |world |operates
-observes |reality
Ontology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |science |of |study |of |"being."
nature |of |reality
the |science |or |study |of |being |or |existence |and |its |relationships |to |nonexistence. |( |deal |with |
real) |
- |Refer |to |notion |of |truth
Objective |truth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-what |I |hear |and |see |to |believe |( |positivism)
Subjective |truth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-something |that |the |persons |will |tell |me |for |me |to |
believe |( |constructivism |)
, Methodology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Discipline |specific |principles, |rules, |and |procedures |that
|guide |the |research |process.
Epistemology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Examined |reality |( |how |individual |understnad |about |the
|knowledge) |
- |refers |to |theories |
Deals |with |origins, |nature |and |limits |of |knowledge, |why |and |how |we |know |somethings |and |
what |constitutes |our |knowledge. |
Addresses |the |issue |of |"truth."
Nature |of |Nursing |knowledge |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Theoretical |/ |Empirical |knowledge
Personal |knowledge
Ethical |knowledge
Aesthetic |knowledge
Experiential |knowledge
Sociopolitical |& |Emancipatory |knowledge |( |environment)
Context |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Personal, |social, |and |political |environment |in |which |
phenomenon |of |interest |occurs.
Aim |of |inquiry |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Goals |or |specific |objectives |of |the |research.
Researcher |values |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Personal |beliefs |of |the |researcher.
Nursing |paradigms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-How |philosophical |questions |are |answered |in |
nursing.
-post-positivist
-critical |social
