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m AND ASSESSING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING PRACTICE
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11TH EDITION-latest 2023-2024
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
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What is the highest priority for the
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1. importance of research in the nursing
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profession?
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Research findings provide evidence for
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A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
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Conduct research to better understand the
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B)
context of nursing practice.
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Document the role that nurses serve in
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C)
society.
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D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
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Which group would be best served by
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clinical nursing research?
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A) Nursing administrators m
B) Practicing nurses m
C) Nurses' clients m
D) Healthcare policymakers m
In the United States, in what area does
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A) Chronic illness m
B) Credentialing and status m m
C) Nurses' personalities
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D) Nurses' education m
, What is the role of a consumer of nursing
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4.
research?
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Read research reports for relevant
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A)
findings.
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Participate in generating evidence by
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B)
doing research.
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Participate in journal club in a practice
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C)
setting.
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Solve clinical problems and make clinical
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D)
decisions.
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What was the concern of most nursing
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5.
studies in the early 1900s?
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A) Client satisfaction
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B) Clinical problems
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C) Health promotion
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D) Nursing education
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Which topic most closely conforms to the
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6. priorities that have been suggested for
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future nursing research?
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Attitudes of nursing students toward
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A)
smoking.
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Promotion of excellence in nursing
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B)
science.
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C) Nursing staff morale and turnover.
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Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
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D)
various clinical specialties.
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, What is the process of deductive
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7.
reasoning?
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Verifying assumptions that are part of our
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A)
heritage.
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Developing specific predictions fromm m m
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general principles.
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Empirically testing observations that are
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C)
made known through our senses.
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Forming generalizations from specific
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D)
observations.
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What is the ontological assumption of
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8.
those espousing a naturalistic paradigm?
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Objective reality and those natural
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A)
phenomena are regular and orderly.
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Phenomena are not haphazard and result
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B)
from prior causes.
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Reality is multiply constructed and
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C)
multiply interpreted by humans.
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Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
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D)
construction of human minds.
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What is the epistemological assumption of
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9.
those espousing a positivist paradigm?
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The researcher is objective and
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A)
independent of those being studied.
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Phenomena are not haphazard, but rather
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B)
have antecedent causes.
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The researcher instructs those
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C) being studied to be objective in
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providing information.
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