NURS 2031 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Questions with
Correct Answers
Full-Board Review Correct Answer-•All members participate and
review.
•All members participate in discussion and make comments.
•Decision is rendered by a majority of assembled quorum.
•No member has a conflict of interest.
Research Correct Answer-The systematic, rigorous, logical investigation
with the aim of answering questions about nursing phenomena
Phenomena Correct Answer-Occurrences, situations, or facts that are
perceptible by the senses.
The Purpose of Health Research Correct Answer-To describe, To
explain & To predict
Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) Correct Answer-Knowledge is obtained
from research and is transformed into clinical practice
Evidence-informed practice Correct Answer-The identification,
evaluation and application of nursing experience and current research to
guide practice decisions.
,Research Paradigms Correct Answer-reflect one's beliefs about what
constitutes knowledge and how it is to be generated.
3 research paradigms Correct Answer-1. Epistemology
2. Ontology
3. Methodology
Epistemology Correct Answer-study of knowledge (what counts as
knowledge?)
Ontology Correct Answer-the study of being (what is the nature of
reality?)
methodology Correct Answer-A system of practices, techniques,
procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline. (what is
the process of research?)
Nursing Paradigms Correct Answer-1. Post-Postivism
2. Constructivism
3. Critical Social Theory
Post-Postivism Correct Answer-Ontology: Reality is static and fixed; the
world is ordered by an overarching "objective truth"
,Epistemology: Reality can only be approximated (a "probably truth");
knowledge constructed through research and statistics.
Methodology: Scientific method - deductive methods and falsification of
hypotheses important; quantitative and qualitative methods
3 types of quantitative research design Correct Answer-experimental,
quasi-experimental, non-experimental
Control Correct Answer-Strategies used by the researcher to control for
bias and extraneous variables.
Bias Correct Answer-Distortion of the results that isn't a true reflection
of what's being investigated
Research Design Planning Considerations Correct Answer-◦Objectivity
◦Accuracy
◦Feasibility
◦Control
Objectivity Correct Answer-- the use of facts without distortion by
personal feelings or bias
- derived from a review of the literature and development of a theoretical
framework
, - allows the consumer to judge the objectivity of the problem area and
therefore whether the design chosen is suitable for investigating the
problem.
Accuracy Correct Answer-All aspects of a study systematically and
logically follow from the research problem
Feasibility Correct Answer-• the capability of the study to be
successfully carried out.
considerations:
•Timing of the research
•Costs, and analysis of the data
•Facility and equipment availability
•Reliability and validity of new measurement tools
•Researcher experience
•Ethics
Strategies to control for extraneous variables Correct Answer-1.
homogeneous sampling
2. consistency in data collection
3. manipulation of the independent variables
4. randomization
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