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, Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 11th Edition
Polit Beck Test Bank
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?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
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
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B)
avexantecedentxcauses.
, Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 11th Edition
Polit Beck Test Bank
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?
Read research reports for relevant
A)
findings.
Participate in generating evidence by
B)
doing research.
Participate in journal club in a practice
C)
setting.
Solve clinical problems and make clinical
D)
decisions.
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
Whichxtopicxmostxcloselyxconformsxtoxthex
6. prioritiesxthatxhavexbeenxsuggestedxforxfut
urexnursingxresearch?
Attitudesxofxnursingxstudentsxtowar
A)
dxsmoking.
Promotionxofxexcellencexinxnursin
B)
gxscience.
C) Nursingxstaffxmoralexandxturnover.
Numberxofxdoctoratexpreparedxnursesxinxva
D)
riousxclinicalxspecialties.
, Whatxisxthexprocessxofxdeductivexrea
7.
soning?
Verifyingxassumptionsxthatxarexpartxofxourx
A)
heritage.
Developingxspecificxpredictionsxfromxg
B)
eneralxprinciples.
Empiricallyxtestingxobservationsxthatxar
C)
exmadexknownxthroughxourxsenses.
Formingxgeneralizationsxfromxspecificxobse
D)
rvations.
Whatxisxthexontologicalxassumptionxofx
8.
thosexespousingxaxnaturalisticxparadigm
?
Objectivexrealityxandxthosexnaturalxpheno
A)
menaxarexregularxandxorderly.
Phenomenaxarexnotxhaphazardxandxresultxfr
B)
omxpriorxcauses.
Realityxisxmultiplyxconstructedxan
C)
dxmultiplyxinterpretedxbyxhumans
.
Realityxisxnotxfixed,xbutxisxratherxaxconstru
D)
ctionxofxhumanxminds.
Whatxisxthexepistemologicalxassumptionxofx
9.
thosexespousingxaxpositivistxparadigm?
Thexresearcherxisxobjectivexandxin
A)
dependentxofxthosexbeingxstudied.
Phenomenaxarexnotxhaphazard,xbutxratherxh
B)
avexantecedentxcauses.
