ESSENTIALS OF NURSING
RESEARCH EXAM SCRIPT WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ nursing research. Answer: systematic inquiry designed to develop
trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their
clients
◉ Evidence Based Practice. Answer: the use of the best evidence in
making pt. care decisions
◉ clinical nursing research. Answer: research designed to guide
nursing practice
◉ NCNR. Answer: National Center for Nursing Research at the NIH
◉ Systematic reviews. Answer: a cornerstone of EBP, rigorously
integrates research information
◉ Clinical significance. Answer: the practical importance of research
results in the terms of whether they have genuine, palpable effects
on the daily lives of patients or on the health care decision made on
their behalf .
, ◉ paradigm. Answer: a general perspective on the world's
complexities of the real world, with certain assumptions about
reality
◉ assumption. Answer: a principle that is believed to be true
without verification
◉ positivist paradigm. Answer: reality exist
there is a real world driven by natural causes
◉ constructivist/naturalistic paradigm. Answer: reality is multiple
and subjective, constructed by individuals thus "truth" is a
composite of multiple constructions of reality
◉ research methods. Answer: the techniques researchers use to
structure a study and to gather and analyze relevant information
◉ quantitative research. Answer: the investigation of phenomena
that lend themselves to precise measurement and quantification,
often involving a rigorous and controlled design
Positivist Tradition
RESEARCH EXAM SCRIPT WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ nursing research. Answer: systematic inquiry designed to develop
trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their
clients
◉ Evidence Based Practice. Answer: the use of the best evidence in
making pt. care decisions
◉ clinical nursing research. Answer: research designed to guide
nursing practice
◉ NCNR. Answer: National Center for Nursing Research at the NIH
◉ Systematic reviews. Answer: a cornerstone of EBP, rigorously
integrates research information
◉ Clinical significance. Answer: the practical importance of research
results in the terms of whether they have genuine, palpable effects
on the daily lives of patients or on the health care decision made on
their behalf .
, ◉ paradigm. Answer: a general perspective on the world's
complexities of the real world, with certain assumptions about
reality
◉ assumption. Answer: a principle that is believed to be true
without verification
◉ positivist paradigm. Answer: reality exist
there is a real world driven by natural causes
◉ constructivist/naturalistic paradigm. Answer: reality is multiple
and subjective, constructed by individuals thus "truth" is a
composite of multiple constructions of reality
◉ research methods. Answer: the techniques researchers use to
structure a study and to gather and analyze relevant information
◉ quantitative research. Answer: the investigation of phenomena
that lend themselves to precise measurement and quantification,
often involving a rigorous and controlled design
Positivist Tradition
