POLIT & BECK NURSING RESEARCH
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
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Importance of research in nursing - ANS Research findings provide evidence for informing
nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research - ANS Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US) - ANS Nurses' education.
Role of a consumer of nursing research - ANS Read research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s - ANS Nursing education.
Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities - ANS Promotion of excellence in
nursing science.
Process of deductive reasoning - ANS Developing specific predictions from general principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm - ANS Reality is multiply constructed and
multiply interpreted by humans.
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,Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm - ANS The researcher is objective and
independent of those being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method - ANS Emphasis on a holistic view of a
phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
Definition of empiricism - ANS Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
Hallmark of the scientific method - ANS Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human life - ANS The difficulty of
accurately measuring complex human traits.
Criticism of the scientific method - ANS Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research - ANS Takes place in the field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on blood pressure -
ANS Quantitative.
Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer patients - ANS Applied.
Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment decisions for infertility -
ANS Naturalism.
Continuum of participation in research - ANS Consumers to producers.
Goal of explanatory research - ANS Understand the underpinnings of natural phenomena and
to explain systematic relationships among them.
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, Where evidence-based practice begins - ANS Integration of clinical judgments with research
evidence.
Desire behind evidence-based practice - ANS A desire to abandon decisions based on custom
and authority opinion.
Search for evidence-based practice - ANS A search for the best possible information for
addressing a clinical problem.
Changes in nurses' thinking - ANS Involves changes in nurses' thinking
Direct use of findings in patient care - ANS Involves the direct use of findings in giving patient
care
Use of findings to persuade others - ANS Involves use of findings to persuade others
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses - ANS Involves changes in patient thinking toward
nurses
Evidence-based practice introduction statement - ANS Conscientious integration of current
best evidence with clinical expertise
Best evidence hierarchy - ANS Most evidence hierarchies put meta-analyses of multiple
clinical trials at the pinnacle
Research utilization start - ANS Uses findings of a study that are related to the previous
research of the topic
Limiting researchers for evidence-based practice - ANS Conducting high-quality,
methodologically sound studies
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
Importance of research in nursing - ANS Research findings provide evidence for informing
nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research - ANS Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US) - ANS Nurses' education.
Role of a consumer of nursing research - ANS Read research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s - ANS Nursing education.
Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities - ANS Promotion of excellence in
nursing science.
Process of deductive reasoning - ANS Developing specific predictions from general principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm - ANS Reality is multiply constructed and
multiply interpreted by humans.
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,Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm - ANS The researcher is objective and
independent of those being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method - ANS Emphasis on a holistic view of a
phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
Definition of empiricism - ANS Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
Hallmark of the scientific method - ANS Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human life - ANS The difficulty of
accurately measuring complex human traits.
Criticism of the scientific method - ANS Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research - ANS Takes place in the field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on blood pressure -
ANS Quantitative.
Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer patients - ANS Applied.
Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment decisions for infertility -
ANS Naturalism.
Continuum of participation in research - ANS Consumers to producers.
Goal of explanatory research - ANS Understand the underpinnings of natural phenomena and
to explain systematic relationships among them.
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, Where evidence-based practice begins - ANS Integration of clinical judgments with research
evidence.
Desire behind evidence-based practice - ANS A desire to abandon decisions based on custom
and authority opinion.
Search for evidence-based practice - ANS A search for the best possible information for
addressing a clinical problem.
Changes in nurses' thinking - ANS Involves changes in nurses' thinking
Direct use of findings in patient care - ANS Involves the direct use of findings in giving patient
care
Use of findings to persuade others - ANS Involves use of findings to persuade others
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses - ANS Involves changes in patient thinking toward
nurses
Evidence-based practice introduction statement - ANS Conscientious integration of current
best evidence with clinical expertise
Best evidence hierarchy - ANS Most evidence hierarchies put meta-analyses of multiple
clinical trials at the pinnacle
Research utilization start - ANS Uses findings of a study that are related to the previous
research of the topic
Limiting researchers for evidence-based practice - ANS Conducting high-quality,
methodologically sound studies
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