Polit and Beck Canadian
Nursing Research Test
Bank Study Guide 2026
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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 Nurses' education.
nursing (US)
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.
Process of deductive reasoning Developing specific predictions from general principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans.
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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.
Hallmark of the scientific method Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits.
about human life
Criticism of the scientific method Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research Takes place in the field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body Quantitative.
position on blood pressure
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Type of study on effect of massage on pain Applied.
alleviation in cancer patients
Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying Naturalism.
treatment decisions for infertility
Continuum of participation in research Consumers to producers.
Goal of explanatory research Understand the underpinnings of natural phenomena and to explain
systematic relationships among them.
Where evidence-based practice begins Integration of clinical judgments with research evidence.
Desire behind evidence-based practice A desire to abandon decisions based on custom and authority opinion.
Search for evidence-based practice A search for the best possible information for addressing a clinical problem.
Changes in nurses' thinking Involves changes in nurses' thinking
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