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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?
A) Read Research Reports For Relevant Findings.
Participate In Generating Evidence By Doing
B)
Research.
Participate In Journal Club In A Practice
C)
Setting.
, Solve Clinical Problems And Make Clinical
D)
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?
A) Attitudes Of Nursing Students Toward
Smoking.
B) Promotion Of Excellence In Nursing Science.
C) Nursing Staff Morale And Turnover.
Number Of Doctorate Prepared Nurses In
D)
Various Clinical Specialties.
7. What Is The Process Of Deductive 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 Multiply
C)
Interpreted By Humans.
Reality Is Not Fixed, But Is Rather A
D)
Construction Of Human Minds.
, What Is The Epistemological Assumption Of
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 Studied
C)
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 Of
B)
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.
12. What Is A Hallmark Of The Scientific 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.
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