Test Bank For Nursing Research in Canada 4th Edition By
Cherylyn Cameron; Geri LoBiondo Wood; Judith Haber; Mina
Singh
Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a
scientific base for nursing practice?
A)
Nursing administrators
B)
Practicing nurses
C)
Nurses' clients
D)
Health care policymakers - ANSWER: C
An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to:
A)
Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B)
Establish a base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
C)
Document the role nursing serves in society
D)
Establish research priorities - ANSWER: B
Which of the following would not be a current priority for clinical nursing research?
A)
Pain management
B)
Health promotion
C)
Nurses' personalities
D)
Prevention of illness - ANSWER: C
Most nursing studies before 1950 focused on:
A)
Client satisfaction
B)
Clinical interventions
C)
Health promotion
D)
Nursing education - ANSWER: D
,To those espousing a naturalistic paradigm, a fundamental belief is that:
A)
A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B)
The nature of reality has changed over time
C)
Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D)
Reality cannot be studied empirically - ANSWER: C
To those espousing a positivist paradigm, a fundamental belief is that:
A)
The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
B)
The researcher cannot interact with those being studied.
C)
The researcher instructs those being studied to be objective in providing
information.
D)
The distance between the researcher and those being researched is minimized to
enhance the interactive process - ANSWER: A
The traditional scientific method is not characterized by which of the following
attributes?
A)
Control over external factors
B)
Systematic measurement and observation of natural phenomena
C)
Testing of hunches deduced from theory or prior research
D)
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context - ANSWER: D
Empiricism refers to:
A)
Making generalizations from specific observations
B)
Deducing specific predictions from generalizations
C)
Gathering evidence about real-world phenomena through the senses
D)
Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based - ANSWER: C
A hallmark of the scientific method is that it is:
A)
Rigorous
B)
, Holistic
C)
Systematic
D)
Flexible - ANSWER: C
Which of the following limits the power of the scientific method to answer questions
about human life?
A)
The necessity of departing from traditional beliefs
B)
The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
C)
The difficulty of gaining the cooperation of humans as study participants
D)
The shortage of theories about human behavior - ANSWER: B
The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in:
A)
Positivism
B)
Determinism
C)
Constructivism
D)
Empiricism - ANSWER: A
One of the criticisms of the scientific method is that it is overly:
A)
Logical
B)
Deterministic
C)
Empirical
D)
Reductionist - ANSWER: D
Naturalistic qualitative research typically:
A)
Involves deductive processes
B)
Attempts to control the research context to better understand the phenomenon
being studied
C)
Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
D)
Focuses on the idiosyncrasies of those being studied - ANSWER: C
Cherylyn Cameron; Geri LoBiondo Wood; Judith Haber; Mina
Singh
Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a
scientific base for nursing practice?
A)
Nursing administrators
B)
Practicing nurses
C)
Nurses' clients
D)
Health care policymakers - ANSWER: C
An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to:
A)
Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B)
Establish a base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
C)
Document the role nursing serves in society
D)
Establish research priorities - ANSWER: B
Which of the following would not be a current priority for clinical nursing research?
A)
Pain management
B)
Health promotion
C)
Nurses' personalities
D)
Prevention of illness - ANSWER: C
Most nursing studies before 1950 focused on:
A)
Client satisfaction
B)
Clinical interventions
C)
Health promotion
D)
Nursing education - ANSWER: D
,To those espousing a naturalistic paradigm, a fundamental belief is that:
A)
A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B)
The nature of reality has changed over time
C)
Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D)
Reality cannot be studied empirically - ANSWER: C
To those espousing a positivist paradigm, a fundamental belief is that:
A)
The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
B)
The researcher cannot interact with those being studied.
C)
The researcher instructs those being studied to be objective in providing
information.
D)
The distance between the researcher and those being researched is minimized to
enhance the interactive process - ANSWER: A
The traditional scientific method is not characterized by which of the following
attributes?
A)
Control over external factors
B)
Systematic measurement and observation of natural phenomena
C)
Testing of hunches deduced from theory or prior research
D)
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context - ANSWER: D
Empiricism refers to:
A)
Making generalizations from specific observations
B)
Deducing specific predictions from generalizations
C)
Gathering evidence about real-world phenomena through the senses
D)
Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based - ANSWER: C
A hallmark of the scientific method is that it is:
A)
Rigorous
B)
, Holistic
C)
Systematic
D)
Flexible - ANSWER: C
Which of the following limits the power of the scientific method to answer questions
about human life?
A)
The necessity of departing from traditional beliefs
B)
The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
C)
The difficulty of gaining the cooperation of humans as study participants
D)
The shortage of theories about human behavior - ANSWER: B
The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in:
A)
Positivism
B)
Determinism
C)
Constructivism
D)
Empiricism - ANSWER: A
One of the criticisms of the scientific method is that it is overly:
A)
Logical
B)
Deterministic
C)
Empirical
D)
Reductionist - ANSWER: D
Naturalistic qualitative research typically:
A)
Involves deductive processes
B)
Attempts to control the research context to better understand the phenomenon
being studied
C)
Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
D)
Focuses on the idiosyncrasies of those being studied - ANSWER: C
