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ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH 4TH
EDITION COMPLETE CHAPTER QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Best served group by clinical nursing research. Answer: Nurses'
clients.
◉ Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US).
Answer: Nurses' education.
◉ Role of a consumer of nursing research. Answer: Read research
reports for relevant findings.
◉ Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s. Answer:
Nursing education.
◉ Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities. Answer:
Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
◉ Process of deductive reasoning. Answer: Developing specific
predictions from general principles.
,◉ Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm. Answer: Reality
is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans.
◉ Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm. Answer: The
researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
◉ Characteristic not of traditional scientific method. Answer:
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich
context.
◉ Definition of empiricism. Answer: Gathering evidence rooted in
reality.
◉ Hallmark of the scientific method. Answer: Systematic.
◉ Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human
life. Answer: The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human
traits.
◉ Criticism of the scientific method. Answer: Reductionist.
◉ Naturalistic qualitative research. Answer: Takes place in the field.
,◉ Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on
blood pressure. Answer: Quantitative.
◉ Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer
patients. Answer: Applied.
◉ Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment
decisions for infertility. Answer: Naturalism.
◉ Continuum of participation in research. Answer: Consumers to
producers.
◉ Goal of explanatory research. Answer: Understand the
underpinnings of natural phenomena and to explain systematic
relationships among them.
◉ Where evidence-based practice begins. Answer: Integration of
clinical judgments with research evidence.
◉ Desire behind evidence-based practice. Answer: A desire to
abandon decisions based on custom and authority opinion.
◉ Search for evidence-based practice. Answer: A search for the best
possible information for addressing a clinical problem.
, ◉ Changes in nurses' thinking. Answer: Involves changes in nurses'
thinking
◉ Direct use of findings in patient care. Answer: Involves the direct
use of findings in giving patient care
◉ Use of findings to persuade others. Answer: Involves use of
findings to persuade others
◉ Changes in patient thinking toward nurses. Answer: Involves
changes in patient thinking toward nurses
◉ Evidence-based practice introduction statement. Answer:
Conscientious integration of current best evidence with clinical
expertise
◉ Best evidence hierarchy. Answer: Most evidence hierarchies put
meta-analyses of multiple clinical trials at the pinnacle
◉ Research utilization start. Answer: Uses findings of a study that
are related to the previous research of the topic
ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH 4TH
EDITION COMPLETE CHAPTER QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Best served group by clinical nursing research. Answer: Nurses'
clients.
◉ Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US).
Answer: Nurses' education.
◉ Role of a consumer of nursing research. Answer: Read research
reports for relevant findings.
◉ Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s. Answer:
Nursing education.
◉ Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities. Answer:
Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
◉ Process of deductive reasoning. Answer: Developing specific
predictions from general principles.
,◉ Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm. Answer: Reality
is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans.
◉ Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm. Answer: The
researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
◉ Characteristic not of traditional scientific method. Answer:
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich
context.
◉ Definition of empiricism. Answer: Gathering evidence rooted in
reality.
◉ Hallmark of the scientific method. Answer: Systematic.
◉ Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human
life. Answer: The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human
traits.
◉ Criticism of the scientific method. Answer: Reductionist.
◉ Naturalistic qualitative research. Answer: Takes place in the field.
,◉ Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on
blood pressure. Answer: Quantitative.
◉ Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer
patients. Answer: Applied.
◉ Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment
decisions for infertility. Answer: Naturalism.
◉ Continuum of participation in research. Answer: Consumers to
producers.
◉ Goal of explanatory research. Answer: Understand the
underpinnings of natural phenomena and to explain systematic
relationships among them.
◉ Where evidence-based practice begins. Answer: Integration of
clinical judgments with research evidence.
◉ Desire behind evidence-based practice. Answer: A desire to
abandon decisions based on custom and authority opinion.
◉ Search for evidence-based practice. Answer: A search for the best
possible information for addressing a clinical problem.
, ◉ Changes in nurses' thinking. Answer: Involves changes in nurses'
thinking
◉ Direct use of findings in patient care. Answer: Involves the direct
use of findings in giving patient care
◉ Use of findings to persuade others. Answer: Involves use of
findings to persuade others
◉ Changes in patient thinking toward nurses. Answer: Involves
changes in patient thinking toward nurses
◉ Evidence-based practice introduction statement. Answer:
Conscientious integration of current best evidence with clinical
expertise
◉ Best evidence hierarchy. Answer: Most evidence hierarchies put
meta-analyses of multiple clinical trials at the pinnacle
◉ Research utilization start. Answer: Uses findings of a study that
are related to the previous research of the topic
