ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH:
APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 9TH EDITION BY DENISE
POLIT, CHERYL BECK
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Practice 9th Edition by Polit, Beck
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introducing Nursing Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 2 Understanding Key Concepts and Steps in Quantitative and Qualitative
Research
Chapter 3 Reading and Critically Appraising Research Articles
Chapter 4 Attending to Ethics in Research
Chapter 5 Identifying Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses
Chapter 6 Finding and Reviewing Research Evidence in the Literature
Chapter 7 Understanding Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 8 Appraising Quantitative Research Design
Chapter 9 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Quantitative Studies
Chapter 10 Appraising Qualitative Designs and Approaches
Chapter 11 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Qualitative Studies
Chapter 12 Understanding Mixed Methods Research, Quality Improvement, and Other
Special Types of Research
Chapter 13 Understanding Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data
Chapter 14 Interpreting Quantitative Findings and Evaluating Clinical Significance
Chapter 15 Understanding the Analysis of Qualitative Data
Chapter 16 Appraising Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research
Chapter 17 Learning From Systematic Reviews
Chapter 18 Putting Research Evidence Into Practice: Evidence-Based Practice and
Practice-Based Evidence
,CHAPTER 1: Introducing Nursing Research For Evidence-Based Practice
Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice 9th Edition by Polit, Beck
1. Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a scientific
base for nursing practice?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing snurses
C) Nurses' sclients
D) Health scare spolicymakers
Ans: sC
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Nursing sresearch sis ssystematic sinquiry sdesigned sto sdevelop strustworthy sevidence
saboutyis ssues sof simportance sto snurses sand stheir sclients. sNurse sleaders srecognize
sthe sneed sto sbase ssp secific snursing sdecisions son sevidence sindicating sthat sthe
sdecisions sare sclinically sappropriat se, scost-
effective, sand sresult sin spositive sclientyoutcomes. sAlthough sall sof sthe speople slisted
swould sb senefityfrom sthe sdevelopment sof sa sscientific sbase sfor snursing spractice,
sultimately sit sis sthe scl sients sthemselves swho swould smost sbenefit, sas sthey swould
sthen sreceive sthe smost sappropriat se sand smost seffective scare.
2. An sespecially simportant sgoal sfor sthe snursing sprofession sis sto sdo swhich sof sthe sfollowing?
A) Conduct sresearch sto sbetter sunderstand sthe scontext sof snursing spractice
B) Establish sa ssolid sbase sof sevidence sfor spractice sthrough sdisciplined sresearch
C) Documentythe srole snursing sserves sin ssociety
D) Establish sresearch spriorities
Ans: sB
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Nurses sare sincreasingly sexpected sto sunderstand sandyundertake sresearch sand sto sbase
stheir sp sractice son sevidence sfrom sresearch. sEvidence-
based spractice sis sthe suse sof sthe sbestyevidence sin smaking spatient scare sdecisions sand
stypicall sy scomes sfrom sresearch sconducted sby snurses sand sother shealth-
care sprofessionals. sAll sof sthe sother sanswers sare spossible sgoals sfor sthe snursing
sprofession, sbutynone sis sas simportantyas sestablishing sevidence sfor spractice.
3. Which sof sthe sfollowing sis sa sfundamental sbelief sof sthose swho shold sto sthe
sconstructivist sparadigm?
A) A sfixed sreality sexists sin snature sfor shumans sto sunderstand
B) The snature sof sreality shas schanged sover stime
C) Reality sis smultiply sconstructed sand smultiply sinterpreted sby shumans
D) Reality scannot sbe sstudied sempirically
Ans: sC
sFe
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In sthe sconstructivist sparadigm, sit sis sassumed sthat sreality sis snot sa sfixedyentity sbut sis
srather sa sconstruction sof shuman sminds, sand sthus s“truth” sis sa scomposite sof smultiple
sconstructions sof
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