8/21/25, 8:51
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N300 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED UPDATE
Terms in this set (267)
- Better patient outcomes
Why is it important for - Evidence informed care
nurses to critically read - Best practice
articles and know about - Better your patients experience in the health care
the research process? system
- If qualitative, it will help the nurse understand what the
patient is going through
What are the two - Qualitative
research methods used - Quantitative
in nursing?
1. Topic of interest
2. Literature review
3. Research question
4. Research design
What are the steps of 5. Sampling strategy
the research project
6. Data collection tool
developmental
7. Ethical approval
process?
8. Data analysis
9. Dissemination of findings
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- Represent a set of beliefs and practices,
What are paradigms? shared by communities of researchers that
guide the knowledge development process
- No "right or wrong"; just how YOU view the world
Is constructivism Qualitative
qualitative or
quantitative?
Is post-positivism Quantitative
qualitative or
quantitative?
Is critical social theory Qualitative
qualitative or
quantitative?
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What paradigm's Critical social theory
reality is constructed
by those with the
most power at
particular points in
history
Which paradigm Post positivism
believes a material
world exists
Which paradigms reality Constructivism
is constructed by
individual
experiences?
Which paradigm has no Constructivism
absolute truth
Which paradigm Post positivism
involves the senses
which provide us with
an understanding of
the external/material
world?
Which paradigm's Post-positivism
ultimate goal is
objectivity?
Which paradigm is a Constructivism
transaction between the
researcher and
participant?
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AM
N300 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED UPDATE
Terms in this set (267)
- Better patient outcomes
Why is it important for - Evidence informed care
nurses to critically read - Best practice
articles and know about - Better your patients experience in the health care
the research process? system
- If qualitative, it will help the nurse understand what the
patient is going through
What are the two - Qualitative
research methods used - Quantitative
in nursing?
1. Topic of interest
2. Literature review
3. Research question
4. Research design
What are the steps of 5. Sampling strategy
the research project
6. Data collection tool
developmental
7. Ethical approval
process?
8. Data analysis
9. Dissemination of findings
1/
21
,8/21/25, 8:51
AM
- Represent a set of beliefs and practices,
What are paradigms? shared by communities of researchers that
guide the knowledge development process
- No "right or wrong"; just how YOU view the world
Is constructivism Qualitative
qualitative or
quantitative?
Is post-positivism Quantitative
qualitative or
quantitative?
Is critical social theory Qualitative
qualitative or
quantitative?
2/
21
, 8/21/25, 8:51
AM
What paradigm's Critical social theory
reality is constructed
by those with the
most power at
particular points in
history
Which paradigm Post positivism
believes a material
world exists
Which paradigms reality Constructivism
is constructed by
individual
experiences?
Which paradigm has no Constructivism
absolute truth
Which paradigm Post positivism
involves the senses
which provide us with
an understanding of
the external/material
world?
Which paradigm's Post-positivism
ultimate goal is
objectivity?
Which paradigm is a Constructivism
transaction between the
researcher and
participant?
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