NURS 350 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT

NURS 350 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT Define critical inquiry - Answer- purposeful thinking and reflective reasoning to examine ideas, assumptions, principles, conclusions, beliefs, and actions in nursing practice Define EBP and sources of knowledge - Answer- EBP = making clinical decisions based on clinical judgement, patient preference, and the best evidence Sources of knowledge: a. Tradition b. Authority c. Personal experience (empirical knowledge) i. Based on observation and experimentation d. Trial and error e. Intuition f. Logical reasoning - deductive and inductive g. Disciplined research Describe research paradigms - Answer- a. Research Paradigms = associated with a set of assumptions that have implications for the kinds of research questions that researchers ask and the methods they use to answer them i. Positivist/Postpositivist 1. Believes reality exists 2. Factual reality that is independent of human observation 3. Reality can be studied and known 4. Prioritizes objectivity 5. Tight control over research study ii. Constructivist/Relativism 1. Reality is not a fixed entity 2. Reality is within a context and many constructions are possible 3. No process by which the ultimate truth can be determined 4. Objectivity is not prioritized Describe inductive and deductive reasoning - Answer- a. Inductive Reasoning i. Observation/Experiment generalizations Paradigm/Theory ii. Commonly used with constructivist paradigm b. Deductive Reasoning i. Theory/Paradigm predictions Experiment/Observation ii. Commonly used by positivist/postpositivist paradigm Describe the phases of the research process - Answer- i. Phase 1 - Conceptual Phase 1. Identifying, formulating and delineating