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Essentials Of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence For Nursing
Practice Tenth
Edition By Denise Polit Latest Update.
, Which Of The Following Groups Would
1. BeBest Served By The Development Of
A Scientific Base For Nursing Practice?
A) Nursing Administrators
B) Practicing Nurses
C) Nurses' Clients
D) Health Care Policymakers
An Especially Important Goal For
2.
TheNursing Profession Is To:
Conduct Research To Better Understand
A)
TheContext Of Nursing Practice
Establish A Base Of Evidence For
B)
PracticeThrough Disciplined Research
Document The Role Nursing Serves
C)
InSociety
D) Establish Research Priorities
Which Of The Following Would Not
3. Be ACurrent Priority For Clinical
Nursing Research?
A) Pain Management
B) Health Promotion
C) Nurses' Personalities
D) Prevention Of Illness
Most Nursing Studies Before 1950
4.
FocusedOn:
A) Client Satisfaction
B) Clinical Interventions
C) Health Promotion
D) Nursing Education
To Those Espousing A Naturalistic
5.
Paradigm, A Fundamental Belief Is
That:
A Fixed Reality Exists In Nature For
A)
HumansTo Understand
The Nature Of Reality Has Changed
B)
OverTime
C) Reality Is Multiply Constructed And
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Multiply Interpreted By Humans
D) Reality Cannot Be Studied Empirically
To Those Espousing A Positivist
6.
Paradigm,A Fundamental Belief Is That:
The Researcher Is Objective And
A)
Independent Of Those Being
Studied.
The Researcher Cannot Interact With
B)
ThoseBeing Studied.
The Researcher Instructs Those
C) Being Studied To Be Objective In
ProvidingInformation.
The Distance Between The Researcher
D) AndThose Being Researched Is
Minimized To Enhance The Interactive
Process.
The Traditional Scientific Method Is
7. Not Characterized By Which Of The
FollowingAttributes?
A) Control Over External Factors
Systematic Measurement And
B)
ObservationOf Natural Phenomena
Testing Of Hunches Deduced From
C)
TheoryOr Prior Research
Emphasis On A Holistic View Of A
D)
Phenomenon, Studied In A Rich
Context
8. Empiricism Refers To:
Making Generalizations From
A)
SpecificObservations
Deducing Specific Predictions
B)
FromGeneralizations
Gathering Evidence About Real-
C)
WorldPhenomena Through The
Senses
Verifying The Assumptions On Which
D)
TheStudy Was Based
A Hallmark Of The Scientific Method Is
9.
ThatIt Is:
A) Rigorous
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B) Holistic
C) Systematic
D) Flexible
Which Of The Following Limits The
10. PowerOf The Scientific Method To
Answer Questions About Human Life?
The Necessity Of Departing
A)
FromTraditional Beliefs
The Difficulty Of Accurately
B)
MeasuringComplex Human Traits
The Difficulty Of Gaining The
C)
CooperationOf Humans As Study
Participants
The Shortage Of Theories About
D)
HumanBehavior
The Classic Scientific Method Has
11.
ItsIntellectual Roots In:
A) Positivism
B) Determinism
C) Constructivism
D) Empiricism
One Of The Criticisms Of The
12.
ScientificMethod Is That It Is
Overly:
A) Logical
B) Deterministic
C) Empirical
D) Reductionist
13. Naturalistic Qualitative Research
Typically:
A) Involves Deductive Processes
Attempts To Control The Research
B) Context ToBetter Understand The
Phenomenon Being Studied
Involves Gathering Narrative,
C)
SubjectiveMaterials
Focuses On The Idiosyncrasies Of
D)
ThoseBeing Studied
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