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