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, Nursing |Research |Generating |and |Assessing |Evidence |for |Nursing |Practice |11th |Edition
|Polit |Beck |Test |Bank
Chapter |1 |Introduction |to |Nursing |Research |in |an |Evidence-Based |Practice |Environment
What |is |the |highest |priority |for |the
1. |importance |of |research |in |the |nursing
|profession?
Research |findings |provide |evidence |for
A)
|informing |nurses' |decisions |and |actions.
Conduct |research |to |better |understand |the
B)
|context |of |nursing |practice.
Document |the |role |that |nurses |serve |in |society.
C)
D) Establish |nursing |research |areas |of |study.
Which |group |would |be |best |served |by |clinical
2.
|nursing |research?
A) Nursing |administrators
B) Practicing |nurses
C) Nurses' |clients
D) Healthcare |policymakers
In |the |United |States, |in |what |area |does
3.
|research |play |an |important |role |in |nursing?
A) Chronic |illness
B) Credentialing |and |status
C) Nurses' |personalities
,D) Nurses' |education
What |is |the |role |of |a |consumer |of |nursing
4.
|research?
Read |research |reports |for |relevant
A)
|findings.
Participate |in |generating |evidence |by
B)
|doing |research.
Participate |in |journal |club |in |a |practice |setting.
C)
Solve |clinical |problems |and |make |clinical
D)
|decisions.
What |was |the |concern |of |most |nursing |studies
5.
|in |the |early |1900s?
A) Client |satisfaction
B) Clinical |problems
C) Health |promotion
D) Nursing |education
Which |topic |most |closely|conforms |to |the
6. |priorities |that |have |been |suggested |for
|future |nursing |research?
Attitudes |of |nursing |students |toward
A)
|smoking.
Promotion |of |excellence |in |nursing
B)
|science.
C) Nursing |staff |morale |and |turnover.
Number |of |doctorate |prepared |nurses |in
D)
|various |clinical |specialties.
, What |is |the |process |of |deductive
7.
|reasoning?
Verifying |assumptions |that |are |part |of |our
A)
|heritage.
Developing |specific |predictions |from
B)
|general |principles.
Empirically |testing |observations |that |are
C)
|made |known |through |our |senses.
Forming |generalizations |from |specific
D)
|observations.
What |is |the |ontological |assumption |of
8.
|those |espousing |a |naturalistic |paradigm?
Objective |reality |and |those |natural
A)
|phenomena |are |regular |and |orderly.
Phenomena |are |not |haphazard |and |result |from
B)
|prior |causes.
Reality|is |multiply|constructed |and
C)
|multiply |interpreted |by |humans.
Reality|is |not |fixed, |but |is |rather |a
D)
|construction |of |human |minds.
What |is |the |epistemological |assumption |of
9.
|those |espousing |a |positivist |paradigm?
The |researcher |is |objective |and
A)
|independent |of |those |being |studied.
Phenomena |are |not |haphazard, |but |rather |have
B)
|antecedent |causes.
The |researcher |instructs |those |being
C) |studied |to |be |objective |in |providing
|information.
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, Nursing |Research |Generating |and |Assessing |Evidence |for |Nursing |Practice |11th |Edition
|Polit |Beck |Test |Bank
Chapter |1 |Introduction |to |Nursing |Research |in |an |Evidence-Based |Practice |Environment
What |is |the |highest |priority |for |the
1. |importance |of |research |in |the |nursing
|profession?
Research |findings |provide |evidence |for
A)
|informing |nurses' |decisions |and |actions.
Conduct |research |to |better |understand |the
B)
|context |of |nursing |practice.
Document |the |role |that |nurses |serve |in |society.
C)
D) Establish |nursing |research |areas |of |study.
Which |group |would |be |best |served |by |clinical
2.
|nursing |research?
A) Nursing |administrators
B) Practicing |nurses
C) Nurses' |clients
D) Healthcare |policymakers
In |the |United |States, |in |what |area |does
3.
|research |play |an |important |role |in |nursing?
A) Chronic |illness
B) Credentialing |and |status
C) Nurses' |personalities
,D) Nurses' |education
What |is |the |role |of |a |consumer |of |nursing
4.
|research?
Read |research |reports |for |relevant
A)
|findings.
Participate |in |generating |evidence |by
B)
|doing |research.
Participate |in |journal |club |in |a |practice |setting.
C)
Solve |clinical |problems |and |make |clinical
D)
|decisions.
What |was |the |concern |of |most |nursing |studies
5.
|in |the |early |1900s?
A) Client |satisfaction
B) Clinical |problems
C) Health |promotion
D) Nursing |education
Which |topic |most |closely|conforms |to |the
6. |priorities |that |have |been |suggested |for
|future |nursing |research?
Attitudes |of |nursing |students |toward
A)
|smoking.
Promotion |of |excellence |in |nursing
B)
|science.
C) Nursing |staff |morale |and |turnover.
Number |of |doctorate |prepared |nurses |in
D)
|various |clinical |specialties.
, What |is |the |process |of |deductive
7.
|reasoning?
Verifying |assumptions |that |are |part |of |our
A)
|heritage.
Developing |specific |predictions |from
B)
|general |principles.
Empirically |testing |observations |that |are
C)
|made |known |through |our |senses.
Forming |generalizations |from |specific
D)
|observations.
What |is |the |ontological |assumption |of
8.
|those |espousing |a |naturalistic |paradigm?
Objective |reality |and |those |natural
A)
|phenomena |are |regular |and |orderly.
Phenomena |are |not |haphazard |and |result |from
B)
|prior |causes.
Reality|is |multiply|constructed |and
C)
|multiply |interpreted |by |humans.
Reality|is |not |fixed, |but |is |rather |a
D)
|construction |of |human |minds.
What |is |the |epistemological |assumption |of
9.
|those |espousing |a |positivist |paradigm?
The |researcher |is |objective |and
A)
|independent |of |those |being |studied.
Phenomena |are |not |haphazard, |but |rather |have
B)
|antecedent |causes.
The |researcher |instructs |those |being
C) |studied |to |be |objective |in |providing
|information.
