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Test Bank for Polit & Beck
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Importance of research in nursing
Research findings provide evidence for informing
nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research
Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing
(US)
Nurses' education.
Role of a consumer of nursing research
Read research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s
Nursing education.
Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities
Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
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Process of deductive reasoning
Developing specific predictions from general
principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm
Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted
by humans.
Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm
The researcher is objective and independent of those
being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied
in a rich context.
Definition of empiricism
Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
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Hallmark of the scientific method
Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions
about human life
The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human
traits.
Criticism of the scientific method
Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research
Takes place in the field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body
position on blood pressure
Quantitative.
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Test Bank for Polit & Beck
Canadian Nursing Research |
Practice Questions &
Solutions
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,Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Nursing Research Page 2 Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Nursing Research.pdf
Importance of research in nursing
Research findings provide evidence for informing
nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research
Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing
(US)
Nurses' education.
Role of a consumer of nursing research
Read research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s
Nursing education.
Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities
Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
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,Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Nursing Research Page 3 Test Bank for Polit & Beck Canadian Nursing Research.pdf
Process of deductive reasoning
Developing specific predictions from general
principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm
Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted
by humans.
Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm
The researcher is objective and independent of those
being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied
in a rich context.
Definition of empiricism
Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
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Hallmark of the scientific method
Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions
about human life
The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human
traits.
Criticism of the scientific method
Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research
Takes place in the field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body
position on blood pressure
Quantitative.
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