Test Bank for Burns and Groves The Practice
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of Nursing Research 9th Edition by Gray.
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,Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Nursing
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ResearchTest Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE zx
1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of
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evidence-based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
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a. Develops evidence-based guidelines zx zx
b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be basedzx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols zx zx zx zx
d. Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
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ANS: D zx
Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge of the research process and skills in reading
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andcritically appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-based
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guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and policies in practice. This implies that nurses
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provide their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new protocols are being
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put into practice, and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and negative
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aspects of those protocols.
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2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major
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hospital, in order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’
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levelof orientation will not be a focus of the research.) This type of study can do which
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of the following?
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a. Control
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
ANS: A zx
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome.
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Descriptioninvolves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and,
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sometimes, therelationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among
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phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate
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the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known
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as prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a
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pediatric ward will require more hours of nursing care than average children when the
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parentsor caregivers are 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.
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Descriptioninvolves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and,
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sometimes, therelationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among
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phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate
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the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known
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as prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between
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requiring that all children under the age of 8 will ride in special care harnesses and the
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subsequent rateof children’s spinal cord injury will consequently utilize which form of
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nursing research?
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a. Descriptive research zx
b. Outcomes research zx
c. Qualitative research zx
d. Quantitative research zx
ANS: D zx
Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective,
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systematic methodology to describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-
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effect interactions. Quantitative research includes experimental research, which is the
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method for testing cause-and-effect relationships between and among specific variables.
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Qualitative research methods are used for explaining meanings and describing
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experiences in context. Descriptive research involves identifying and understanding the
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nature of phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them. Outcomes research
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examines the end result of carein huge populations, most often retrospectively, using a
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database.
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5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU
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neuro patient remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the
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monitor is on the same level as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the
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physician, who comesto the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of reasoning
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prompts the nurse to recalibrate, ensure proper placement, and check connections?
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a. Abstract reasoning zx
b. Concrete thinking zx
c. Logistic reasoning zx
d. Reality testing zx
ANS: C zx
Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined.
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Concrete thinking is oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are
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observed and experienced in reality. Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the
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development ofan idea without application to, or association with, a particular instance.
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Reality testing is usedto validate what is observed in the empirical world.
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6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated
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zx patientsin the emergency department. The resultant policy emanates from
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, a. Abstract reasoning zx
b. Concrete thinking zx
c. Logistic reasoning zx
d. Reality testing zx
ANS: A zx
Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development of an idea without application to,
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or association with, a particular instance. Concrete thinking is oriented toward and
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limited by tangible things or by events that are observed and experienced in reality.
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Logistic reasoning isused to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined.
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Reality testing is used to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
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7. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated
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zx patientsin the emergency department. The type of reasoning the nurse uses to do this is
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a. Problematic
b. Operational
c. Logistic
d. Inductive
ANS: D zx
Inductive reasoning involves reasoning that moves from the specific to the general,
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whereby particular instances are observed and then combined into a larger whole or
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general statement.Problematic reasoning involves (1) identifying a problem and factors
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influencing it, (2) selecting solutions to the problem, and (3) resolving the problem.
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Operational reasoning involves the identification of and discrimination among many
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alternatives and viewpoints.
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Logistic reasoning is used to break the whole into parts that can be carefully examined,
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as therelationships among the parts can also be.
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8. What is the best explanation of intuition that forms a legitimate source of
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knowledge innursing?
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a. It is based on knowledge thoroughly incorporated into thought but
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seldomarticulated.
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b. It is based on a gift from the universe and should be honored when it arrives.
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c. It is never inaccurate.
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d. It is a revisiting of old knowledge, accompanied by deep reflection.
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ANS: A zx
Intuition is the revisiting of old knowledge accompanied by deep reflection.
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9. Why is operational reasoning necessary for research?
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a. Abstract concepts are of no use to nursing. zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
b. Standard interventions are obtained from operational reasoning.
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c. It allows the researcher to measure the concepts studied.
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d. It facilitates the researcher’s rapport with families.
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