NSG 342 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
NUR 342
Institution
NUR 342
Empirical data Documented evidence (data) gathered through direct observation rather than a researcher's subjective belief.
Nursing research A systematic process of investigating problems to gain knowledge about improving care that nurses provide.
Nursing science The body of knowledge that is uni...
NSG 342 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Correct Answers
Empirical data ✅Documented evidence (data) gathered through direct observation
rather than a researcher's subjective belief.
Nursing research ✅A systematic process of investigating problems to gain knowledge
about improving care that nurses provide.
Nursing science ✅The body of knowledge that is unique to the discipline of nursing.
Qualitative Research ✅An approach for generating knowledge using methods of
inquiry that emphasize subjectivity and the meaning of an experience for the individual.
Replication ✅The ability of researchers to repeat a study using the same variables and
methods or slight variations of them.
Research team ✅A group that collaborates to conduct a research project, from
determining the initial research question through communicating the results.
Rigor ✅Striving for excellence in research, which involves discipline, scrupulous
adherence to detail, and strict accuracy.
Scientific inquiry ✅The process of critically analyzing data that have been gathered
systematically about a phenomenon.
Scientific method ✅A systematic research process that involves the following steps:
selecting and defining the problem, formulating research questions or hypotheses or
both, collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting results.
Triangulation ✅Use of quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data about a
phenomenon.
Ways of knowing ✅An assortment of methods used to acquire new knowledge,
including tradition, authority, trial and error, and intuition.
Components of the Scientific Method: ✅Observation
Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion
Hypothesis
, Result
The steps (in order) of the research process: ✅Problem identification
Literature review
Purpose (research question or hypothesis)
Design
Sampling
Data collection/analysis
Conclusion
Types of research: ✅Philosophical (Basic Research)
- Quantitative research
- Qualitative research
- Mixed methods
Empirical (Practice-Based Research)
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Outcomes-Based Projects
- Quality Improvement Initiatives
- PICO
PICO ✅process used in practiced-based research
P -population
I -intervention
C -comparison
O -outcome
Hierarchy of research: ✅Increase of control of variables
(strongest to weakest)
- Experimental
- Quasi experimental
- Differential approaches
- Correlational
- Qualitative
- Descriptive
- Quality focused (PICO)
Scholarship of Discovery ✅Expands on existing knowledge
Develops new knowledge
- First domain of Boyer's model referring to pursuit of scientific inquiry and search of
new knowledge.
Scholarship of Integration ✅Interdisciplinary
Publish and present
- Synthesis of information across disciplines that makes connections and shapes a
more coherent and integrated use of knowledge.
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