Test Bank- Polit & Beck's Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 12Th Edition ( CHERYL TATANO BECK, 2025) Latest Edition || All Chapters

Test Bank- Polit & Beck's Nursing Research Generating
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and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 12Th
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Edition ( CHERYL TATANO BECK, 2025) Latest Edition ||
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All Chapters ISBN:9781975223809 Newest Edition
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment
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What is the highest priority for the
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1. importanceof researchin thenursing
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profession?
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Research findings provide evidence for
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A)
informing nurses' decisions and actions.
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Conduct researchto better understandthe
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B)
context of nursing practice.
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Documenttherole thatnurses servein gg gg
C)
society.
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D) Establish nursing research areas of study.
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Whichgroup wouldbe bestserved by gg gg gg
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clinical nursing research?
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A) Nursing administrators
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In the United States, in what area
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3.
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importantroleinnursing?
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D) Nurses' education gg




What is the role of a consumer of nursing
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4.
research?
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Participatein generatingevidenceby gg
B)
doing research.
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Participate in journal club in a practice
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C)
setting.
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Solveclinical problemsandmake clinical gg gg
D)
decisions.
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What was the concern of most nursing
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5.
studies in the early 1900s?
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A) Client satisfaction
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Whichtopic most closely conforms to the gg gg gg gg gg


6. priorities that have been suggested
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for future nursing research?
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Attitudesofnursingstudentstoward
A)
smoking.
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Promotionofexcellenceinnursing
B)
science.
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C) Nursingstaff morale and turnover. gg gg gg




Numberof doctorateprepared nursesin gg gg
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various clinical specialties.
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, What is theprocess of deductive
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7.
reasoning?
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Verifyingassumptionsthatarepartofour
A)
heritage.
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B)
principles.
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Empiricallytestingobservationsthatare
C)
made known through our senses.
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Forming generalizationsfromspecific
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D)
observations.
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What is the ontological assumption of
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8.
thoseespousinganaturalisticparadigm?
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A)
phenomenaareregular andorderly.
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B)
from prior causes.
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Realityismultiplyconstructedand
C)
multiply interpreted by humans.
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Realityis not fixed, but is rather a
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D)
construction of human minds.
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What is theepistemologicalassumption of
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9.
those espousing a positivist
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paradigm?
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The researcher is objective and
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A)
independentofthosebeingstudied.
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B)
have antecedent causes.
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The researcher instructs those
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C) being studied to be objective in
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providing information.
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, Realityis not fixed, but is rather a
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D)
construction of human minds.
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Whichis not a characteristic of traditional
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10.
scientific method?
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A) Control over external factors.
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Systematicmeasurementandobservation
B)
of natural phenomena.
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Emphasis on a holistic view of a
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D)
phenomenon, studiedinarichcontext.
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11. What is empiricism?
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Making generalizationsfromspecific
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A)
observations.
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Deducingspecificpredictionsfrom
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generalizations.
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C) Gathering evidence rooted in reality.
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Verifyingtheassumptionsonwhichthe study gg
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was based.
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What is a hallmark of the scientific
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method?
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A) Infallible
B) Holistic

C) Systematic
D) Flexible