Test Bank Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 11th EditionPolitChapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment 1.
What is the highest priority for the importance of research in the nursing profession?
A) B) C) D)
Research f...
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
C)
society.
D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
Which group would be best served by
2.
clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses' clients
D) Healthcare policymakers
In the United States, in what area does research
3.
play an important role in nursing?
A) Chronic illness
B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities
D) Nurses' education
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, 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
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D) decisions.
What was the concern of most nursing
5.
studies 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.
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, 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 aremade
C)
known through our senses.
Forming generalizations from specific
D) observations.
What is the ontological assumption of those
8.
espousing a naturalistic paradigm?
Objective reality and those natural
A)
phenomena are regular and orderly.
Phenomena are not haphazard and result
B)
from 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 ofthose
9.
espousing a positivist paradigm?
The researcher is objective and
A)
independent of those being studied.
Phenomena are not haphazard, but ratherhave
B)
antecedent causes.
The researcher instructs those being
C) studied to be objective in providing
information.
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, Reality is not fixed, but is rather a
D) construction of human minds.
Which is not a characteristic of traditional
10.
scientific method?
A) Control over external factors.
Systematic measurement and observationof
B)
natural phenomena.
C) Deductive reasoning.
Emphasis on a holistic view of a
D)
phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
11. What is empiricism?
Making generalizations from specific
A)
observations.
Deducing specific predictions from
B) generalizations.
C) Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
Verifying the assumptions on which thestudy
D)
was based.
What is a hallmark of the scientific
12.
method?
A) Infallible
B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible
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