NURS 262 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
systematic inquiry using disciplined methods to answer questions to gain useful
knowledge
research
systematic inquiry to develop trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to
nurses and their clients
nursing research
nursing research designed to guide nursing practice; begins with questions
stemming from problems in practice
clinical nursing research
the use of the best clinical evidence in making patient care decision, most often
from disciplined reserach
evidence based practice
future of nursing research
focus on EBP, systematic reviews, expanded local research, dissemination, focus on
cultural issues
pioneer of nursing research
Florence Nightingale
research on how findings can best be translated into practice
translational research
,NINR's 5 areas of focus
promoting health and preventing disease
symptom management and self management
end of life and palliative care
innovation
development of nurse scientists
sources of evidence in nursing research
tradition/authority
clinical experience
trial and error
assembled information
disciplined research (best)
rigorously integrate research information on a topic so that conclusions about
the state of the evidence can be reached
systematic reviews
world view or general perspective of the world's complexities
paradigm
2 main paradigms for nursing research
positivist and constructivist
positivist paradigm
data, everything is measurable,
reality exists
researcher is independent from participants
, want objectivity, deductive
results are not able to be generalized
deductive
constructivist paradigm
reality is multiple and subjective
almost nothing is measurable, open ended questions
researcher interacts with participants
subjective
inductive
no study is perfect, there are always limitations, not necessarily true because the
author says so
fallibilty
quantitative research is most likely associated with which paradigm?
positivist
qualitative research is most likely associated with which paradigm?
constuctivist
research that is objective with empirical evidence, systematic plan, orderly, seeks
generalizations
quantitative
research that is dynamic, holistic, and flexible, seeks patterns, subjective
qualitative
evidence that is rooted in objective reality, gathered through the sense rather
than personal beliefs
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
systematic inquiry using disciplined methods to answer questions to gain useful
knowledge
research
systematic inquiry to develop trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to
nurses and their clients
nursing research
nursing research designed to guide nursing practice; begins with questions
stemming from problems in practice
clinical nursing research
the use of the best clinical evidence in making patient care decision, most often
from disciplined reserach
evidence based practice
future of nursing research
focus on EBP, systematic reviews, expanded local research, dissemination, focus on
cultural issues
pioneer of nursing research
Florence Nightingale
research on how findings can best be translated into practice
translational research
,NINR's 5 areas of focus
promoting health and preventing disease
symptom management and self management
end of life and palliative care
innovation
development of nurse scientists
sources of evidence in nursing research
tradition/authority
clinical experience
trial and error
assembled information
disciplined research (best)
rigorously integrate research information on a topic so that conclusions about
the state of the evidence can be reached
systematic reviews
world view or general perspective of the world's complexities
paradigm
2 main paradigms for nursing research
positivist and constructivist
positivist paradigm
data, everything is measurable,
reality exists
researcher is independent from participants
, want objectivity, deductive
results are not able to be generalized
deductive
constructivist paradigm
reality is multiple and subjective
almost nothing is measurable, open ended questions
researcher interacts with participants
subjective
inductive
no study is perfect, there are always limitations, not necessarily true because the
author says so
fallibilty
quantitative research is most likely associated with which paradigm?
positivist
qualitative research is most likely associated with which paradigm?
constuctivist
research that is objective with empirical evidence, systematic plan, orderly, seeks
generalizations
quantitative
research that is dynamic, holistic, and flexible, seeks patterns, subjective
qualitative
evidence that is rooted in objective reality, gathered through the sense rather
than personal beliefs
