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Burns and Groves The Practice
of Nursing Research
9th Edition by Gray All chapters 1 to 29 covered

,Unit One: Introduction to Nursing Research
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1. Discovering the World of Nursing Research
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2. Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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3. Introduction to Quantitative Research
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4. Introduction to Qualitative Research
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Unit Two: The Research Process
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5. Research Problem and Purpose
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6. Objectives, Questions, Variables, and Hypotheses
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7. Review of Relevant Literature
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8. Frameworks
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9. Ethics in Research
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10. Quantitative Methodology: Noninterventional Designs and Methods
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11. Quantitative Methodology: Interventional Designs and Methods
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12. Qualitative Research Methods
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13. Outcomes Research
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14. Mixed Methods Research
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15. Sampling
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16. Measurement Concepts
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17. Measurement Methods Used in Developing Evidence-Based Practice
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Unit Three: Putting It All Together for Evidence-Based Health Care
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18. Critical Appraisal of Nursing Studies
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19. Evidence Synthesis and Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
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Unit Four: Analyzing Data, Determining Outcomes, and Disseminating Research
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20. Collecting and Managing Data
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21. Introduction to Statistical Analysis
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22. Using Statistics to Describe Variables
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23. Using Statistics to Examine Relationships
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24. Using Statistics to Predict
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25 Using Statistics to Determine Differences
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26. Interpreting Research Outcomes
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27. Disseminating Research Findings
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Unit Five: Proposing and Seeking Funding for Research
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28. Writing Research Proposals
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29. Seeking Funding for Research
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Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Nursing ResearchT
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MULTIPLE CHOICE vr




1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation ofevidence-
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based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
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a. Develops evidence-based guidelines vr vr




b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based vr vr vr vr vr vr vr vr




c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols vr vr vr vr




d. Contributes practice wisdomwhen applying protocols in patient settings vr vr vr vr vr vr vr vr




e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocoldevelopment vr vr vr vr vr vr vr vr vr




ANS: D vr




Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge ofthe research process and skills in reading andcritica
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, lly appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-
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based guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and policies in practice. This implies that nurses provide
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their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new protocols are being put into practice,
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and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and negative aspects of those protocols.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis vr vr REF: Page 4 vr vr




2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital, in
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order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ levelo f orientation wi
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ll not be a focus of the research.) This type of study can do which of the following?
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a. Control
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Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descriptioninv
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olves identifying and understanding the nature ofnursing phenomena and, sometimes, therelatio
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nships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the
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reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in
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a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicti
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ng what is likely.
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3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a pediatric w
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ard will require more hours of nursing care than average children when the parentsor caregivers ar
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e not present. What type of research outcome does this provide?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction

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Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descriptioninv
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olves identifying and understanding the nature ofnursing phenomena and, sometimes, therelatio
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nships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the
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reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in
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a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicti
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4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-
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effect relationship between requiring that all children under the age of 8 will ride in special care h
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arnesses and the subsequent rateof children’s spinal cord injury will consequently utilize which
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form of nursing research? vr vr vr




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dologyto describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-
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effect interactions. Quantitative research includes experimental research, which is the method fo
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r testing cause-and-
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effect relationships between and among specific variables. Qualitative research methods are use
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d for explaining meanings and describing experiences in context. Descriptive research involves i
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them. Outcomes research examines the end result ofcarein huge populations, most often retrospe
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5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU neuro patient
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remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the monitor is on the same leve
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l as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the physician, who comesto the unit and inse
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rts a new drain. What type of reasoning prompts the nurse to recalibrate, ensure proper placement,
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and check connections?
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Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined. Concrete thi
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nking is oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are observed and experien
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ced in reality. Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development ofan idea without applicatio
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n to, or association with, a particular instance. Realitytesting is usedto validate what is observed in
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the empirical world.
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6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patientsin t
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