NURS 310 Quiz Chapter 1-5 review guide
Chapter 1
Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a scientific base for
nursing practice?
C) Nurses' clients
An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following?
B) Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the constructivist
paradigm?*
C) Reality is multiple constructed and multiple interpreted by humans
Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist paradigm?*
A) The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
Which of the following attributes is least characteristic of the traditional scientific method?
D) Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Empiricism refers to which of the following?
C) Gathering evidence about real-world phenomena through the senses
Which of the following is a hallmark of the scientific method?
D) Flexible
Which of the following limits the capacity of the scientific method to answer questions about
humans?
B) The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in which of the following?
A) Positivism
Constructivist qualitative research typically does which of the following?
C) Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
Quantitative and qualitative research share which of the following features? Select all that
apply.
A) A desire to understand the true state of human affairs
C) A reliance on external evidence collected through the senses
D) Utility to the nursing profession
Which of the following is a descriptive question that a qualitative researcher most likely would
ask?
A) What is the nature of this phenomenon?
, NURS 310 Quiz Chapter 1-5 review guide
A researcher wants to investigate the effect of patients' body position on blood pressure. The
study would most likely be of which type?*
B) Quantitative
A researcher wants to explore the process by which men make decisions about treatment for
prostate cancer. The researcher's paradigm is most likely which of the following?
D) Constructivism
Which of the following would be most strongly associated with cause-probing research?
D) Explanation
Nursing has experienced constant change over the past decades as a result of increased
research. When determining best practices, nursing decisions should do which of the following?
Select all that apply.
C) Be clinically appropriate
D) Be cost effective
Evidenced-based nursing primarily uses which of the following to answer clinical questions?
C) Obtaining the newest research
The major difference between quantitative and qualitative research is that qualitative research
seeks to find answers based on which of the following?
B) Experiences or descriptions
Which of the following research focuses is qualitative?
D) Needs of nursing students living with chronic illness
When little is known about a phenomenon or the phenomenon is not clearly identified, the best
type of research suited to uncover this is which of the following?
C) Identification
Consumers of research do which of the following?
D) Read research
When nurses rely primarily on tradition, they are most likely to do which of the following?
D) Undermine effective problem solving
A research nurse understands that evidenced-based practice in nursing does which of the
following?
D) Is based on the latest research
Non-research-based evidence includes which of the following? Select all that apply.
C) Qualitative studies
Chapter 1
Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a scientific base for
nursing practice?
C) Nurses' clients
An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following?
B) Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the constructivist
paradigm?*
C) Reality is multiple constructed and multiple interpreted by humans
Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist paradigm?*
A) The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
Which of the following attributes is least characteristic of the traditional scientific method?
D) Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Empiricism refers to which of the following?
C) Gathering evidence about real-world phenomena through the senses
Which of the following is a hallmark of the scientific method?
D) Flexible
Which of the following limits the capacity of the scientific method to answer questions about
humans?
B) The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in which of the following?
A) Positivism
Constructivist qualitative research typically does which of the following?
C) Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
Quantitative and qualitative research share which of the following features? Select all that
apply.
A) A desire to understand the true state of human affairs
C) A reliance on external evidence collected through the senses
D) Utility to the nursing profession
Which of the following is a descriptive question that a qualitative researcher most likely would
ask?
A) What is the nature of this phenomenon?
, NURS 310 Quiz Chapter 1-5 review guide
A researcher wants to investigate the effect of patients' body position on blood pressure. The
study would most likely be of which type?*
B) Quantitative
A researcher wants to explore the process by which men make decisions about treatment for
prostate cancer. The researcher's paradigm is most likely which of the following?
D) Constructivism
Which of the following would be most strongly associated with cause-probing research?
D) Explanation
Nursing has experienced constant change over the past decades as a result of increased
research. When determining best practices, nursing decisions should do which of the following?
Select all that apply.
C) Be clinically appropriate
D) Be cost effective
Evidenced-based nursing primarily uses which of the following to answer clinical questions?
C) Obtaining the newest research
The major difference between quantitative and qualitative research is that qualitative research
seeks to find answers based on which of the following?
B) Experiences or descriptions
Which of the following research focuses is qualitative?
D) Needs of nursing students living with chronic illness
When little is known about a phenomenon or the phenomenon is not clearly identified, the best
type of research suited to uncover this is which of the following?
C) Identification
Consumers of research do which of the following?
D) Read research
When nurses rely primarily on tradition, they are most likely to do which of the following?
D) Undermine effective problem solving
A research nurse understands that evidenced-based practice in nursing does which of the
following?
D) Is based on the latest research
Non-research-based evidence includes which of the following? Select all that apply.
C) Qualitative studies
