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11th Edition By Polit Beck
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,Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice

Environment ……………………………………………4


Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Nursing: Translating Research Evidence into Practice …..11


Chapter 3 Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research………20


Chapter 4 Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses………………..27


Chapter 5 Literature Reviews: Finding and Critiquing Evidence…………………… 35


Chapter 6 Theoretical Frameworks ……………………………………………………43


Chapter 7 Ethics in Nursing Research …………………………………………………….50


Chapter 8 Planning a Nursing Study ……………………………………………………58


Chapter 9 Quantitative Research Design ………………………………………………65


Chapter 10 Rigor and Validity in Quantitative Research ……………………………..73


Chapter 11 Specific Types of Quantitative Research …………………………………..80


Chapter 12 Sampling in Quantitative Research ………………………………………..88


Chapter 13 Data Collection in Quantitative Research ……………………………..96


Chapter 14 Measurement and Data Quality ……………………………………….104


Chapter 15 Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales …………………………..112


Chapter 16 Descriptive Statistics …………………………………………………..120

,Chapter 17 Inferential Statistics ……………………………………………………….127


Chapter 18 Multivariate Statistics ……………………………………………………135


Chapter 19 Processes of Quantitative Data Analysis …………………………………143


Chapter 20 Clinical Significance and Interpretation of Quantitative Results ………151


Chapter 21 Qualitative Research Design and Approaches …………………………163


Chapter 22 Sampling in Qualitative Research ………………………………………….170


Chapter 23 Data Collection in Qualitative Research……………………………………178


Chapter 24 Qualitative Data Analysis …………………………………………………189


Chapter 25 Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research ………………196


Chapter 26 Basics of Mixed Methods Research …………………………………………204


Chapter 27 Developing Complex Nursing Interventions Using Mixed Methods Research

……………………………………………………212


Chapter 28 Feasibility Assessments and Pilot Tests of Interventions Using Mixed

Methods …………………………………………221


Chapter 29 Systematic Reviews of Research Evidence: Meta-Analysis, Metasynthesis,

and Mixed Studies Review ………………………229


Chapter 30 Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings …………………237


Chapter 31 Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence ………………………………245

,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
3.
research play an important role in nursing?
A) Chronic illness

B) Credentialing and status
C) Nurses' personalities

D) Nurses' education

, 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.

, 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 are
C)
made known through our senses.

Forming generalizations from specific
D)
observations.



What is the ontological assumption of
8.
those 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 of
9.
those espousing a positivist paradigm?
The researcher is objective and
A)
independent of those being studied.

Phenomena are not haphazard, but rather
B)
have antecedent causes.
The researcher instructs those being
C) studied to be objective in providing
information.

, 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 observation
B)
of 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 the
D)
study was based.



What is a hallmark of the scientific
12.
method?
A) Infallible
B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible

, Which of the following limits the power of
13. the scientific method to answer questions
about human life?
The necessity of departing from traditional
A)
beliefs.

The difficulty of accurately measuring
B)
complex human traits.
C) The inability to control potential biases.

The shortage of theories about human
D)
behavior.



What is a criticism of the scientific
14.
method?

A) Deductive
B) Deterministic

C) Empirical
D) Reductionist



What is involved in naturalistic qualitative
15.
research?
A) Involves deductive processes

B) Takes places in the field.
Focuses on the idiosyncrasies of those
C)
being studied.
Attempts to control the research context to
D) better understand the phenomenon being
studied.

, A researcher wants to investigate the effect
of patients' body position on blood
16.
pressure. This is an example of what type
of study?
A) Qualitative
B) Constructivist inquiry
C) Quantitative

Researcher preference of either
D)
quantitative or qualitative



A researcher is studying the effect of
massage on the alleviation of pain in
17.
cancer patients. This is an example of
what type of study?
A) Descriptive
B) Exploratory

C) Applied
D) Basic



A researcher wants to study the process by
which people make decisions about
18.
seeking treatment for infertility. What is
the researcher's paradigmatic orientation?
A) Positivism

B) Determinism
C) Empiricism
D) Naturalism



What is the continuum of participation on
19.
research?

, A) Academics to practitioners
B) Consumers to producers

C) Journalists to educators
D) Mentors to novice nurses



20. What is the goal of explanatory research?
Understand the underpinnings of natural
A) phenomena and to explain systematic
relationships among them.

Begins with the phenomenon of interest,
but rather than simply observing and
describing it, exploratory research
B) investigates the full nature of the
phenomenon, the manner in which it is
manifested, and the other factors to which
it is related.
Study phenomena about which little is
C)
known.

Make predictions and to control
D)
phenomena based on research findings.

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