NUR 432 - Exam #1 questions with
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describe, explain, control, predict - ANS ✔✔4 functions of scientific process
ways of knowing - ANS ✔✔an assortment of methods used to acquire new knowledge,
including tradition, authority, trial and error, and intuition
ways of knowing - ANS ✔✔are various methods used to acquire new knowledge. Knowledge
can be gained from a variety of sources such as tradition, authority, trial and error, personal
experience, intuition, logical reasoning, and use of the scientific method.
scientific inquiry - ANS ✔✔Process in which observable, verifiable data are systematically
collected from surroundings using our senses to describe, explain, or predict events
scientific method - ANS ✔✔• Selecting and defining a problem
• Formulating research questions or hypotheses
• Collecting and analyzing data
• Reporting results
objectivity, use of empirical data - ANS ✔✔2 characteristics unique to scientific method
research consumer - ANS ✔✔nurses who can read and evaluate research reports
Advances in nursing science, Applied nursing research, Journal of nursing scholarship, Nursing
science quarterly, Nursing research, Research in nursing and health, Scholarly inquiry for nursing
practice, Western journal of nursing research - ANS ✔✔8 examples of scholarly publications
,Cancer, End of life, feeding tubes, Care of AIDS patients in hospital units, Diabetes,
Cardiovascular disease, Pain, Transitional care - ANS ✔✔8 NINR supported research examples
symptom science, wellness, self-management, end of life (palliative care), promoting innovation
- ANS ✔✔5 priorities of NINR
selecting and defining the problem, selecting a research design, collecting data, analyzing data,
using research findings - ANS ✔✔5 phases of research process
selecting and defining the problem - ANS ✔✔step 1 of research process
selecting a research design - ANS ✔✔step 2 of research process
collecting data - ANS ✔✔step 3 of research process
analyzing data - ANS ✔✔step 4 of research process
using research findings - ANS ✔✔step 5 of research process
collecting data - ANS ✔✔what is the most time consuming part of phase 3?
phase 4 - ANS ✔✔During this step, research hypotheses will be either supported or not
supported.
1 - ANS ✔✔Identify the problem/purpose
literature review
,identify variables
formulate research questions/hypotheses
which research process phase?
2 - ANS ✔✔identify sample/setting
define measurements
which research process phase?
3 - ANS ✔✔data collection
which research process phase?
4 - ANS ✔✔interpret findings
data analysis
which research process phase?
5 - ANS ✔✔dissemination of findings
which research process phase?
experimental, nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔2 main categories of research
qualitative, quantitative - ANS ✔✔2 main subcategories of research
, experimental research - ANS ✔✔a study in which the researcher manipulates and controls one
or more variables and observes the effect on (an)other variable(s)
nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔a descriptive study that does not exhibit a great amount of control
over variables
experimental - ANS ✔✔hypothesis, declarative prediction, null, research, simple, complex,
directional, non-directional
which type of research is this?
nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔research question, interrogatory, PICOT
which type of research is this?
nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔Studies that are more descriptive or exploratory and are interested
in what already exists
descriptive - ANS ✔✔describes existing situation or event systematically
which type of nonexperimental research?
descriptive, correlational - ANS ✔✔2 types of nonexperimental research
correlational - ANS ✔✔examines relationship between and among variables
verified answers
describe, explain, control, predict - ANS ✔✔4 functions of scientific process
ways of knowing - ANS ✔✔an assortment of methods used to acquire new knowledge,
including tradition, authority, trial and error, and intuition
ways of knowing - ANS ✔✔are various methods used to acquire new knowledge. Knowledge
can be gained from a variety of sources such as tradition, authority, trial and error, personal
experience, intuition, logical reasoning, and use of the scientific method.
scientific inquiry - ANS ✔✔Process in which observable, verifiable data are systematically
collected from surroundings using our senses to describe, explain, or predict events
scientific method - ANS ✔✔• Selecting and defining a problem
• Formulating research questions or hypotheses
• Collecting and analyzing data
• Reporting results
objectivity, use of empirical data - ANS ✔✔2 characteristics unique to scientific method
research consumer - ANS ✔✔nurses who can read and evaluate research reports
Advances in nursing science, Applied nursing research, Journal of nursing scholarship, Nursing
science quarterly, Nursing research, Research in nursing and health, Scholarly inquiry for nursing
practice, Western journal of nursing research - ANS ✔✔8 examples of scholarly publications
,Cancer, End of life, feeding tubes, Care of AIDS patients in hospital units, Diabetes,
Cardiovascular disease, Pain, Transitional care - ANS ✔✔8 NINR supported research examples
symptom science, wellness, self-management, end of life (palliative care), promoting innovation
- ANS ✔✔5 priorities of NINR
selecting and defining the problem, selecting a research design, collecting data, analyzing data,
using research findings - ANS ✔✔5 phases of research process
selecting and defining the problem - ANS ✔✔step 1 of research process
selecting a research design - ANS ✔✔step 2 of research process
collecting data - ANS ✔✔step 3 of research process
analyzing data - ANS ✔✔step 4 of research process
using research findings - ANS ✔✔step 5 of research process
collecting data - ANS ✔✔what is the most time consuming part of phase 3?
phase 4 - ANS ✔✔During this step, research hypotheses will be either supported or not
supported.
1 - ANS ✔✔Identify the problem/purpose
literature review
,identify variables
formulate research questions/hypotheses
which research process phase?
2 - ANS ✔✔identify sample/setting
define measurements
which research process phase?
3 - ANS ✔✔data collection
which research process phase?
4 - ANS ✔✔interpret findings
data analysis
which research process phase?
5 - ANS ✔✔dissemination of findings
which research process phase?
experimental, nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔2 main categories of research
qualitative, quantitative - ANS ✔✔2 main subcategories of research
, experimental research - ANS ✔✔a study in which the researcher manipulates and controls one
or more variables and observes the effect on (an)other variable(s)
nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔a descriptive study that does not exhibit a great amount of control
over variables
experimental - ANS ✔✔hypothesis, declarative prediction, null, research, simple, complex,
directional, non-directional
which type of research is this?
nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔research question, interrogatory, PICOT
which type of research is this?
nonexperimental - ANS ✔✔Studies that are more descriptive or exploratory and are interested
in what already exists
descriptive - ANS ✔✔describes existing situation or event systematically
which type of nonexperimental research?
descriptive, correlational - ANS ✔✔2 types of nonexperimental research
correlational - ANS ✔✔examines relationship between and among variables
