Test Bank - Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research, 7th Edition (Fain, 2025), Chapter 1-15 | All Chapters

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Research
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Multiple Choice
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Quantitative research uses the following methods of data collection except:
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1. Surveys
2. Questionnaires
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2. Knowledge is information acquired in a variety of different ways. Methods used to acquire this
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knowledge are referred to as:
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3. Triangulation
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3. When a researcher uses a qualitative and quantitative approach to collecting data, this is referred to
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4. A type of research method emphasizing the meaning of an experience is termed:
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1. Qualitative
2. Quantitative
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5. A group of individuals who collaborate on a research project from beginning to dissemination of
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findings are referred to as a:
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1. Research consumer t




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3. Principal investigator t




4. Consultant




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6. t t An example of a specialty journal is:
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7. Research that is done to examine findings of another researcher using the same variables but
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different subjects
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is referred to as:
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8. Who is the current director of the National Institutes of Nursing Research (NINR)?
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9. Nursing practice that relies on evidence from research and integrates those findings into clinical
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thinking and
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1. t t Nursing science t




2. t t Evidence-based practice t



3. t t Scientific inquiry t




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