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Chaptern1.IntroductiontonNursingResearchninanEvidence-
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BasednPracticeEnvironmentChaptern2.nFundamentalsnofEvidence-BasednNursingnPractice
Chapter3.nKeyConceptsnandnStepsin QuantitativenandnQualitativeResearchChapter
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4.nReadingnandnCritiquingnResearchnArticlesChapte
rn5.Ethicsnin Research
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Chaptern6.nResearchnProblems,nResearchnQuestions,nandnHypothesesC
haptern7.nFindingnandnReviewingnResearchnEvidenceninnthenLiteratureC
haptern8.nTheoreticalnandnConceptualnFrameworksnChaptern9.nQuantit
ativenResearch Design
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Chaptern10.nSamplingnandnDatanCollectionninnQuantitativenStudies
Chaptern11.n QualitativenDesignsnandn Approachesn Chaptern12.nSa
mplingnandnDatanCollectionninnQualitativenStudiesChaptern13.nMi
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xednMethodsnandnOthernSpecialnTypesnofnResearchChaptern14.nSta
tisticalAnalysisnofQuantitativenDatanChapter15.Interpretationand.z
ClinicalSignificanceninQuantitativeResearchChaptern16.nAnalysisn
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ofQualitativenDatanChaptern17.nTrustworthinessnandnIntegrityninnQ
ualitativenResearchnChapter18.nSystematicReviews:Meta-
AnalysisandMetasynthesis
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Chaptern 1.n Introductionn tonNursingn Researchn innannEvidence-
Basedn PracticenEnvironment
Whatn isn then highestn prioritynfornthenimportan
1.
ce
ofnresearchn inn then nursingn profession?
Researchnfindingsnproviden evidencen forninfor
A)
mingn nurses'ndecisionsn andn actions.
Conductn researchntonbettern understandn thenco
B)
ntextnofn nursingn practice.
Documentnthenrolenthatn nursesnserven innsociet
C)
y.
D) Establishn nursingn researchnareasn ofnstudy.
Whichngroupnwouldn ben bestnservedn bynclinicaln
2.
nursingn research?
A) Nursingn administrators
B) Practicingn nurses
C) Nurses'nclients
D) Healthcaren policymakers
InnthenUnitednStates,ninnwhatnareandoesnresearc
3.
hnplaynann importantnrolen inn nursing?
A) Chronicn illness
B) Credentialingn andn status
C) Nurses'n personalities
D) Nurses'n education
Whatn isn then rolen ofnan consumern ofnnursingres
4.
.z
earch?
A) Readn researchnreportsn forn relevantn findings.
Participaten inngeneratingn evidencen byndoingnr
B)
esearch.
Participaten innjournalnclubn innan practicensettin
C)
g.
D) Solven clinicalnproblemsn andn maken clinicalnd
ecisions.
5. Whatnwasn thenconcernnofnmostn nursingn
studiesinnthen earlyn1900s?
, A) Clientnsatisfaction
B) Clinicaln problems
C) Healthn promotion
D) Nursingn education
Whichntopicnmostncloselynconformsntont
6. heprioritiesnthatnhavenbeennsuggestednfo
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r
futurenursingn research?
A) Attitudesn ofn nursingnstudentsn towardn smoking.
B) Promotionn ofn excellencen inn nursingn science.
C) Nursingn staffnmoralen andn turnover.
Numbernofndoctoraten preparedn nursesn innvari
D)
ousn clinicalnspecialties.
7. Whatn isn then processn ofn deductiven reasoning?
Verifyingnassumptionsn thatnarenpartn ofnournher
A)
itage.
Developingnspecificn predictionsn fromn generalnp
B)
rinciples.
Empiricallyntestingn observationsn thatn arenmad
C)
e
knownn throughn ourn senses.
D) Formingngeneralizationsn fromnspecificno
bservations.
Whatn isn then ontologicalnassumptionn ofnthosen
8.
espousingn an naturalisticn paradigm?
Objectiven realitynandn thosen naturalnphe
A)
nomenanarenregularn andn orderly.
Phenomenanaren notn haphazardnandn resultnfro
B)
m
priorn causes.
Realityn isn multiplynconstructedn andn multiplynin
C)
terpretedn bynhumans.
Realitynisn notn fixed,nbutnisnrathernanconstructio
D)
nn ofn humann minds.
Whatn isn then epistemologicaln assumptionn ofnt
9.
hosen espousingn an positivistn paradigm?
A) Thenresearchern isn objectivenandn independentn
ofnthosen beingnstudied.
Phenomenanaren notn haphazard,n butnrathernhav
B)
e
antecedentn causes.