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, NursingResearchGeneratingandAssessingEvidenceforNursingPractice11thEdition Polit
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Beck Test Bank
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Chapter1IntroductiontoNursingResearchinanEvidence-BasedPracticeEnvironment
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What is the highest priority for the importance
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1. ofresearchinthenursing profession?
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Research findingsprovideevidencefor
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informingnurses'decisionsandactions.
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Conductresearchtobetterunderstandthe
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context of nursing practice.
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Documenttherolethatnursesservein society.
C)
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D) Establishnursingresearch areas ofstudy. n n n n n
Whichgroupwouldbebestservedby clinical
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nursing research?
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A) Nursingadministrators n
B) Practicingnurses n
C) Nurses'clients n
D) Healthcarepolicymakers n
In the United States, in what area does research
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playanimportantroleinnursing?
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A) Chronicillness n
B) Credentialingandstatus n n
C) Nurses'personalities n
,D) Nurses'education n
Whatistheroleofaconsumerofnursing
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research?
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Readresearchreportsforrelevant
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findings.
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Participateingeneratingevidenceby
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doing research.
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Participateinjournalclubinapractice setting.
C)
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Solveclinicalproblemsandmakeclinical
D)
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decisions.
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Whatwastheconcernofmostnursing studies
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in the early 1900s?
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A) Client satisfaction n
B) Clinical problems n
C) Healthpromotion n
D) Nursingeducation n
Whichtopicmostcloselyconformstothe
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6. priorities that have been suggested for future
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nursing research?
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Attitudesofnursingstudentstoward
A)
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smoking.
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Promotionofexcellenceinnursing
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science.
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C) Nursingstaffmoraleand turnover. n n n n
Numberofdoctoratepreparednursesin
D)
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various clinical specialties.
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, Whatistheprocessofdeductive
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reasoning?
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Verifyingassumptionsthatarepartofour
A)
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heritage.
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Developingspecificpredictionsfrom
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general principles.
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Empiricallytestingobservationsthatare
C)
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made known through our senses.
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Forminggeneralizations fromspecific
D)
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observations.
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What is the ontological assumption of
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thoseespousinganaturalisticparadigm?
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Objective reality and those natural
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phenomenaareregularandorderly.
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Phenomenaarenothaphazardandresult from
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prior causes.
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Realityismultiplyconstructedand
C)
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multiply interpreted by humans.
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Realityisnotfixed,butisrathera construction
D)
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of human minds.
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Whatistheepistemologicalassumptionof
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those espousing a positivist paradigm?
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The researcher is objective and
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independentofthosebeingstudied.
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Phenomenaarenothaphazard,butrather have
B)
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antecedent causes.
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The researcher instructs those being
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C) studied to be objective in providing
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information.
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