COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR
ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH
APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE, 10TH EDITION
BY POLIT COVERED CHAPTER 1-18(WITH ANSWER KEY)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-BASE PRACTICE ............................... 3
CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING KEY CONCEPTS AND STEPS IN QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH.................................................................................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 3: READING AND CRITICALLY APPRAISING RESEARCH ARTICLES ................................................ 22
CHAPTER 4: ATTENDING TO ETHICS IN RESEARCH ..................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 5: IDENTIFYING RESEARCH PROBLEM, RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESIS ..................... 39
CHAPTER 6: FINDING AND REVISING RESEARCH EVIDENCE IN THE LITERATURE ....................................... 46
CHAPTER 7: UNDERSTANDING THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS ..................................... 54
CHAPTER 8: APPRAISING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS ................................................................... 61
CHAPTER 9: APPRAISING SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION IN QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ....................... 69
CHAPTER 10: APPRAISING QUANTITATIVE DESIGNS AND APPROACHES.................................................... 83
CHAPTER 11: APPRAISING SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION IN QUALITATIVE STUDIES ........................ 93
CHAPTER 12: UNDERSTANDING MIXED METHOD RESEARCH, QUALITY, IMPROVEMENT AND OTHER
SPECIAL TYPES OF RESEARCH .................................................................................................................... 102
CHAPTER 13: UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA .................................... 110
CHAPTER 14: INTERPRETING QUANTITATIVE FINDING AND EVALUATING CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE ....... 118
CHAPTER 15: UNDERSTANDING THE ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE DATA .................................................. 132
CHAPTER 16: APPRAISING TRUSTWORTHINESS AND INTEGRITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ................. 137
CHAPTER 17: LEARNING FROM SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS ............................................................................ 145
CHAPTER 18: PUTTING RESEARCH EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE : EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND
PRACTICE-BASED EVIDENCE ...................................................................................................................... 153
,CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-
BASE PRACTICE
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS WOULD BE BEST SERVED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SCIENTIFIC BASE FOR NURSING PRACTICE?
A) NURSING ADMINISTRATORS
B) PRACTICING NURSES
C) NURSES' CLIENTS
D) HEALTH CARE POLICYMAKERS
2. AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT GOAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IS TO:
A) CONDUCT RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF NURSING PRACTICE
B) ESTABLISH A BASE OF EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE THROUGH DISCIPLINED RESEARCH
C) DOCUMENT THE ROLE NURSING SERVES IN SOCIETY
D) ESTABLISH RESEARCH PRIORITIES
3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE A CURRENT PRIORITY FOR CLINICAL NURSING
RESEARCH?
A) PAIN MANAGEMENT
B) HEALTH PROMOTION
C) NURSES' PERSONALITIES
D) PREVENTION OF ILLNESS
4. MOST NURSING STUDIES BEFORE 1950 FOCUSED ON:
A) CLIENT SATISFACTION
B) CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
C) HEALTH PROMOTION
, D) NURSING EDUCATION
5. TO THOSE ESPOUSING A NATURALISTIC PARADIGM, A FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF IS THAT:
A) A FIXED REALITY EXISTS IN NATURE FOR HUMANS TO UNDERSTAND
B) THE NATURE OF REALITY HAS CHANGED OVER TIME
C) REALITY IS MULTIPLY CONSTRUCTED AND MULTIPLY INTERPRETED BY HUMANS
D) REALITY CANNOT BE STUDIED EMPIRICALLY
6. TO THOSE ESPOUSING A POSITIVIST PARADIGM, A FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF IS THAT:
A) THE RESEARCHER IS OBJECTIVE AND INDEPENDENT OF THOSE BEING STUDIED.
B) THE RESEARCHER CANNOT INTERACT WITH THOSE BEING STUDIED.
C) THE RESEARCHER INSTRUCTS THOSE BEING STUDIED TO BE OBJECTIVE IN PROVIDING
INFORMATION.
D) THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RESEARCHER AND THOSE BEING RESEARCHED IS MINIMIZED TO
ENHANCE THE INTERACTIVE PROCESS.
7. THE TRADITIONAL SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS NOT CHARACTERIZED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
ATTRIBUTES?
A) CONTROL OVER EXTERNAL FACTORS
B) SYSTEMATIC MEASUREMENT AND OBSERVATION OF NATURAL PHENOMENA
C) TESTING OF HUNCHES DEDUCED FROM THEORY OR PRIOR RESEARCH
D) EMPHASIS ON A HOLISTIC VIEW OF A PHENOMENON, STUDIED IN A RICH CONTEXT
8. EMPIRICISM REFERS TO:
A) MAKING GENERALIZATIONS FROM SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS
B) DEDUCING SPECIFIC PREDICTIONS FROM GENERALIZATIONS
ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH
APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE, 10TH EDITION
BY POLIT COVERED CHAPTER 1-18(WITH ANSWER KEY)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-BASE PRACTICE ............................... 3
CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING KEY CONCEPTS AND STEPS IN QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH.................................................................................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 3: READING AND CRITICALLY APPRAISING RESEARCH ARTICLES ................................................ 22
CHAPTER 4: ATTENDING TO ETHICS IN RESEARCH ..................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 5: IDENTIFYING RESEARCH PROBLEM, RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESIS ..................... 39
CHAPTER 6: FINDING AND REVISING RESEARCH EVIDENCE IN THE LITERATURE ....................................... 46
CHAPTER 7: UNDERSTANDING THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS ..................................... 54
CHAPTER 8: APPRAISING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS ................................................................... 61
CHAPTER 9: APPRAISING SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION IN QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ....................... 69
CHAPTER 10: APPRAISING QUANTITATIVE DESIGNS AND APPROACHES.................................................... 83
CHAPTER 11: APPRAISING SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION IN QUALITATIVE STUDIES ........................ 93
CHAPTER 12: UNDERSTANDING MIXED METHOD RESEARCH, QUALITY, IMPROVEMENT AND OTHER
SPECIAL TYPES OF RESEARCH .................................................................................................................... 102
CHAPTER 13: UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA .................................... 110
CHAPTER 14: INTERPRETING QUANTITATIVE FINDING AND EVALUATING CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE ....... 118
CHAPTER 15: UNDERSTANDING THE ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE DATA .................................................. 132
CHAPTER 16: APPRAISING TRUSTWORTHINESS AND INTEGRITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ................. 137
CHAPTER 17: LEARNING FROM SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS ............................................................................ 145
CHAPTER 18: PUTTING RESEARCH EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE : EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND
PRACTICE-BASED EVIDENCE ...................................................................................................................... 153
,CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-
BASE PRACTICE
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS WOULD BE BEST SERVED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SCIENTIFIC BASE FOR NURSING PRACTICE?
A) NURSING ADMINISTRATORS
B) PRACTICING NURSES
C) NURSES' CLIENTS
D) HEALTH CARE POLICYMAKERS
2. AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT GOAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IS TO:
A) CONDUCT RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF NURSING PRACTICE
B) ESTABLISH A BASE OF EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE THROUGH DISCIPLINED RESEARCH
C) DOCUMENT THE ROLE NURSING SERVES IN SOCIETY
D) ESTABLISH RESEARCH PRIORITIES
3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE A CURRENT PRIORITY FOR CLINICAL NURSING
RESEARCH?
A) PAIN MANAGEMENT
B) HEALTH PROMOTION
C) NURSES' PERSONALITIES
D) PREVENTION OF ILLNESS
4. MOST NURSING STUDIES BEFORE 1950 FOCUSED ON:
A) CLIENT SATISFACTION
B) CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
C) HEALTH PROMOTION
, D) NURSING EDUCATION
5. TO THOSE ESPOUSING A NATURALISTIC PARADIGM, A FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF IS THAT:
A) A FIXED REALITY EXISTS IN NATURE FOR HUMANS TO UNDERSTAND
B) THE NATURE OF REALITY HAS CHANGED OVER TIME
C) REALITY IS MULTIPLY CONSTRUCTED AND MULTIPLY INTERPRETED BY HUMANS
D) REALITY CANNOT BE STUDIED EMPIRICALLY
6. TO THOSE ESPOUSING A POSITIVIST PARADIGM, A FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF IS THAT:
A) THE RESEARCHER IS OBJECTIVE AND INDEPENDENT OF THOSE BEING STUDIED.
B) THE RESEARCHER CANNOT INTERACT WITH THOSE BEING STUDIED.
C) THE RESEARCHER INSTRUCTS THOSE BEING STUDIED TO BE OBJECTIVE IN PROVIDING
INFORMATION.
D) THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RESEARCHER AND THOSE BEING RESEARCHED IS MINIMIZED TO
ENHANCE THE INTERACTIVE PROCESS.
7. THE TRADITIONAL SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS NOT CHARACTERIZED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
ATTRIBUTES?
A) CONTROL OVER EXTERNAL FACTORS
B) SYSTEMATIC MEASUREMENT AND OBSERVATION OF NATURAL PHENOMENA
C) TESTING OF HUNCHES DEDUCED FROM THEORY OR PRIOR RESEARCH
D) EMPHASIS ON A HOLISTIC VIEW OF A PHENOMENON, STUDIED IN A RICH CONTEXT
8. EMPIRICISM REFERS TO:
A) MAKING GENERALIZATIONS FROM SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS
B) DEDUCING SPECIFIC PREDICTIONS FROM GENERALIZATIONS
