TEST BANK FOR POLIT BECK CANADIAN NURSING
RESEARCH GET IT RIGHT AT THE FIRST TIME NURSING
COURSE 2026/2027 | COMPLETE MASTER REVIEW |
GRADED A+ | 100% CORRECT | VERIFIED STUDY SET FOR
GUARANTEED SUCCESS | HIGH-YIELD CONCEPTS,
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & CLINICAL APPLICATION
INSIGHTS FOR EXCELLENCE
Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -
The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER -
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
Definition of empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER - Gathering evidence rooted
in reality.
Importance of research in nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Research findings
provide evidence for informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Nurses' education.
Role of a consumer of nursing research - CORRECT ANSWER - Read
research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nursing education.
,Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities - CORRECT ANSWER
- Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
Process of deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Developing specific
predictions from general principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -
Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans.
Hallmark of the scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER - Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human life -
CORRECT ANSWER - The difficulty of accurately measuring complex
human traits.
Criticism of the scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER - Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research - CORRECT ANSWER - Takes place in the
field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on blood pressure -
CORRECT ANSWER - Quantitative.
Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer patients -
CORRECT ANSWER - Applied.
Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment decisions for infertility
- CORRECT ANSWER - Naturalism.
Continuum of participation in research - CORRECT ANSWER - Consumers
to producers.
, Goal of explanatory research - CORRECT ANSWER - Understand the
underpinnings of natural phenomena and to explain systematic relationships
among them.
Where evidence-based practice begins - CORRECT ANSWER - Integration of
clinical judgments with research evidence.
Desire behind evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER - A desire to
abandon decisions based on custom and authority opinion.
Search for evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER - A search for the
best possible information for addressing a clinical problem.
Changes in nurses' thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves changes in
nurses' thinking
Direct use of findings in patient care - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves the
direct use of findings in giving patient care
Use of findings to persuade others - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves use of
findings to persuade others
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves
changes in patient thinking toward nurses
Evidence-based practice introduction statement - CORRECT ANSWER -
Conscientious integration of current best evidence with clinical expertise
Best evidence hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Most evidence hierarchies
put meta-analyses of multiple clinical trials at the pinnacle
RESEARCH GET IT RIGHT AT THE FIRST TIME NURSING
COURSE 2026/2027 | COMPLETE MASTER REVIEW |
GRADED A+ | 100% CORRECT | VERIFIED STUDY SET FOR
GUARANTEED SUCCESS | HIGH-YIELD CONCEPTS,
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & CLINICAL APPLICATION
INSIGHTS FOR EXCELLENCE
Epistemological assumption of positivist paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -
The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied.
Characteristic not of traditional scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER -
Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context.
Definition of empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER - Gathering evidence rooted
in reality.
Importance of research in nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Research findings
provide evidence for informing nurses' decisions and actions.
Best served group by clinical nursing research - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nurses' clients.
Area where research plays an important role in nursing (US) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Nurses' education.
Role of a consumer of nursing research - CORRECT ANSWER - Read
research reports for relevant findings.
Concern of most nursing studies in the early 1900s - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nursing education.
,Topic conforming to future nursing research priorities - CORRECT ANSWER
- Promotion of excellence in nursing science.
Process of deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Developing specific
predictions from general principles.
Ontological assumption of naturalistic paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER -
Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans.
Hallmark of the scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER - Systematic.
Limitation of scientific method to answer questions about human life -
CORRECT ANSWER - The difficulty of accurately measuring complex
human traits.
Criticism of the scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER - Reductionist.
Naturalistic qualitative research - CORRECT ANSWER - Takes place in the
field.
Type of study investigating effect of patients' body position on blood pressure -
CORRECT ANSWER - Quantitative.
Type of study on effect of massage on pain alleviation in cancer patients -
CORRECT ANSWER - Applied.
Researcher's paradigmatic orientation studying treatment decisions for infertility
- CORRECT ANSWER - Naturalism.
Continuum of participation in research - CORRECT ANSWER - Consumers
to producers.
, Goal of explanatory research - CORRECT ANSWER - Understand the
underpinnings of natural phenomena and to explain systematic relationships
among them.
Where evidence-based practice begins - CORRECT ANSWER - Integration of
clinical judgments with research evidence.
Desire behind evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER - A desire to
abandon decisions based on custom and authority opinion.
Search for evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER - A search for the
best possible information for addressing a clinical problem.
Changes in nurses' thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves changes in
nurses' thinking
Direct use of findings in patient care - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves the
direct use of findings in giving patient care
Use of findings to persuade others - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves use of
findings to persuade others
Changes in patient thinking toward nurses - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves
changes in patient thinking toward nurses
Evidence-based practice introduction statement - CORRECT ANSWER -
Conscientious integration of current best evidence with clinical expertise
Best evidence hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Most evidence hierarchies
put meta-analyses of multiple clinical trials at the pinnacle
