Test Bank for Burns and Grove’s the Practice of Nursing Research 9th Edition| All chapters

Test Bank for Burns and Groves The Practice
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of Nursing Research 9th Edition by Gray.
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,Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Nursing Research
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Test Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE x@




1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evi
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dence- based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
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a. Develops evidence-based guidelines x@ x@


b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based
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c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols x@ x@ x@ x@


d. Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings
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e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
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ANS: D x@


Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge of the research process and skills in readin
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g and critically appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-
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based guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and policies in practice. This implies that nurse
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s provide their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new protocols are bei
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ng put into practice, and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and nega
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tive aspects of those protocols.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis x@ x@ REF: x @ Page 4 x@




2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a majo
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r hospital, in order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The d
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ogs’ level of orientation will not be a focus of the research.) This type of study can d
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o which of the following?
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a. Control
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
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Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descr
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iption involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, som
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etimes, the relationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phe
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nomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the
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probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as
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@prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application x@ x@ REF: x @ Page 13 x@




3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on
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a pediatric ward will require more hours of nursing care than average children when th
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e parents or caregivers are not present. What type of research outcome does this provi
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de?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction

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Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descr
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iption involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, som
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etimes, the relationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phe
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nomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the
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probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as
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@prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application x@ x@ REF: x @ Page 16 x@




4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-
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effect relationship between requiring that all children under the age of 8 will ride in
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special care harnesses and the subsequent rate of children’s spinal cord injury will co
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nsequently utilize which form of nursing research?
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a. Descriptive research x@


b. Outcomes research x@


c. Qualitative research x@


d. Quantitative research x@




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Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective, systemat
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ic methodology to describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-
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effect interactions. Quantitative research includes experimental research, which is the m
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ethod for testing cause-and-
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effect relationships between and among specific variables. Qualitative research methods
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@are used for explaining meanings and describing experiences in context. Descriptive re
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search involves identifying and understanding the nature of phenomena and, sometimes,
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the relationships among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of care in h
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uge populations, most often retrospectively, using a database.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application x@ x@ REF: x @ Page 3 x@




5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU ne
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uro patient remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the moni
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tor is on the same level as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the phys
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ician, who comes to the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of reasoning prompts
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@the nurse to recalibrate, ensure proper placement, and check connections?
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a. Abstract reasoning x@


b. Concrete thinking x@


c. Logistic reasoning x@


d. Reality testing x@




ANS: C x@


Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined.
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@ Concrete thinking is oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that
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are observed and experienced in reality. Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the devel
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opment of an idea without application to, or association with, a particular instance. Real
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ity testing is used to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application x@ x@ REF: x @ Page 6 x@




6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated p
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atients in the emergency department. The resultant policy emanates from
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, a. Abstract reasoning x@


b. Concrete thinking x@


c. Logistic reasoning x@


d. Reality testing x@




ANS: A x@


Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development of an idea without application t
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o, or association with, a particular instance. Concrete thinking is oriented toward and li
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mited by tangible things or by events that are observed and experienced in reality. Logi
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stic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined. Real
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ity testing is used to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application x@ x@ REF: x @ Page 7 x@




7. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated p
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atients in the emergency department. The type of reasoning the nurse uses to do this
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@is x@


reas x@


oning.
a. Problematic
b. Operational
c. Logistic
d. Inductive
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Inductive reasoning involves reasoning that moves from the specific to the general, wh
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ereby particular instances are observed and then combined into a larger whole or gener
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al statement. Problematic reasoning involves (1) identifying a problem and factors influ
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encing it, (2) selecting solutions to the problem, and (3) resolving the problem. Operati
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onal reasoning involves the identification of and discrimination among many alternative
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s and viewpoints.
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Logistic reasoning is used to break the whole into parts that can be carefully examined,
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as the relationships among the parts can also be.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Synthesis x@ x@ REF: x @ Page 7 x@




8. What is the best explanation of intuition that forms a legitimate source of knowle
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dge in nursing?
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a. It is based on knowledge thoroughly incorporated into thought but se
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b. It is based on a gift from the universe and should be honored when it arrives.
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c. It is never inaccurate.
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d. It is a revisiting of old knowledge, accompanied by deep reflection.
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ANS: A x@


Intuition is the revisiting of old knowledge accompanied by deep reflection.
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9. Why is operational reasoning necessary for research?
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a. Abstract concepts are of no use to nursing.
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b. Standard interventions are obtained from operational reasoning.
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c. It allows the researcher to measure the concepts studied.
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d. It facilitates the researcher’s rapport with families.
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