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Chapter 1. Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evi dence-Based Practice Environment
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Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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Chapter 3. Key Concepts and Steps in Quantitative and Qualitative Research
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Chapter 4. Reading and Critiquing Research Articles
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Chapter 5. Ethics in Research
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Chapter 6. Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses
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Chapter 7. Finding and Reviewing Research Evidence in the Literature
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Chapter 8. Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
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Chapter 9. Quantitative Research Design
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Chapter 10. Sampling and Data Collection in Quantitative Studies
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Chapter 11. Qualitative Designs and Approaches
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Chapter 12. Sampling and Data Collection in Qualitative Studies
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Chapter 13. Mixed Methods and Other Special Types of Research
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Chapter 14. Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data
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Chapter 15. Interpretation and Clinical Significance in Quantitative Research
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Chapter 16. Analysis of Qualitative Data
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Chapter 17. Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research
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Chapter 18. Systematic Reviews: Meta-Analysis and Metasynthesis
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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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importance X | | \/




of research in the nursing profession? X|| \/ X | | \/ X ||\/ X | | \ / X | | \/




Research findings provide evidence for
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informing nurses' decisions and actions. X || \/ X | | \/ X | | \/ X | | \/




Conduct research to better understand the
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context of nursing practice. X||\/ X||\/ X| | \/




Document the role that nurses serve in
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society.
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Which group would be best served by
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clinical
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nursing research? X||\/




A) Nursing administrators X| | \/




B) Practicing nurses X | | \/




C) Nurses' clients X| | \ /




D) Healthcare policymakers X ||\/




In the United States, in what area does
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research play an important role in nursing? X || \/ X| | \/ X | | \/ X|| \ / X | | \/ X | | \/




A) Chronic illness X| | \/




B) Credentialing and status X | | \/ X | | \/




C) Nurses' personalities X|| \/




D) Nurses' education X||\/




What is the role of a consumer of nursing
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research?
A) Read research reports for relevant findings.
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Participate in generating evidence by doing
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research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
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setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
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decisions.

, What was the concern of most nursing
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studies
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in the early 1900s?
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A) Client satisfaction X|| \/




B) Clinical problems X| | \/




C) Health promotion X|| \ /




D) Nursing education X | | \/




Which topic most closely conforms to the
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6. priorities that have been suggested for future X||\/ X||\/ X||\/ X||\/ X||\/ X||\/




nursing research?
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A) Attitudes of nursing students toward X| | \/ X | | \/ X | | \/ X|| \/




smoking.
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B) Promotion of excellence in nursing science. X| | \/ X | | \/ X| | \/ X| | \/ X | | \/




C) Nursing staff morale and turnover. X | | \/ X|| \/ X | | \/ X | | \/




Number of doctorate prepared nurses in
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various clinical specialties. X||\/ X | | \/




7. What is the process of deductive
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reasoning?
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Verifying assumptions that are part of our
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heritage.
Developing specific predictions from general
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principles.
Empirically testing observations that are
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made
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known through our senses. X||\ / X|| \ / X|| \ /




Forming generalizations from specific
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observations.


What is the ontological assumption of
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those
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espousing a naturalistic paradigm? X| | \/ X | | \/ X | | \/




Objective reality and those natural
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phenomena are regular and orderly. X | | \/ X | | \/ X || \/ X||\/




Phenomena are not haphazard and result
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from
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prior causes. X | | \/




Reality is multiply constructed and multiply
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interpreted by humans. X | | \/ X| | \/




Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
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construction of human minds. X| | \/ X || \/ X| | \/