Evidence Based Practice Exam 1, Questions and answers. 100% rated A. 2022/2023

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Evidence Based Practice Exam 1, Questions and answers. 100% rated A. 2022/2023 The knowledge generated from explanatory research is most useful in A.clarifying relationships among nursing phe... nomenon. B. estimating the probability of specific outcome in a given situation. C. identify the nature and attributes of nursing phenomenon. D. manipulating the situation to produce the desired outcome. - ✔✔clarifying relationships among nursing phenomenon. Who is identified as the first nurse researcher? - ✔✔Florence Knightingale What was the first research journal published? - ✔✔Nursing Research published in 1952 What was the major focus of nursing studies conducted in the 1990's? - ✔✔Clinical nursing practice EBP guidelines used in nursing practice typically include which type of knowledge? a. personal knowledge b. research knowledge c. Theoretical knowledge d. trial and error - ✔✔Theoretical knowledge The major purpose of the national institution for Nursing research (NINR) is to - ✔✔provide financial support for reseach Which types of research is conducted to test theory? - ✔✔correlation research and description research What is the primary method of acquiring knowledge to develop an empirical knowledge base for nursing practice? A. authority b. personal experience c. research d. role modeling - ✔✔research A scientific process for developing empirical knowledge for use in practice. - ✔✔Research empirical knowledge provides the strongest evidence for making changes in practice. Which of the following research methodologies is currently being used to generate nursing knowledge? A. Outcomes research. B. Qualitative research. C. Quantitative research. D. all of the above - ✔✔all of the above. Outcomes research, Qualitative research, Quantitative research are used to generate nursing knowledge. Which of the following is a characteristic of qualitative research? a. basic elements of analysis consist of numbers. b. the basis of theory development is characteristics. c. data are analyzed with statistics. d. generalization of findings is important. - ✔✔the basis of theory development is characteristics. Qualitative e research is conducted to develop theory. Testing theory, numbers for data analysis with statistic,s and generalization are characteristics of Quantitative or qualitative research. - ✔✔Quantitative research. What type of research involves the systematic investigation of cause and effect interactions among variables? A.correlation research. B. descriptive research. c. grounded theory research. D. quasi-experimental research. - ✔✔quasi-experimental research Which type of research was developed by the discipline of anthropology for investigating cultures through an in depth study of the members of the culture? - ✔✔ethnographic research. A study entitled " the use of massage as an intervention for the decreasing low back pain" what type of research was conducted? A. correlation. B. description. C. correlation. D. Quasi-experimental. - ✔✔Quasi experimental Rationale: this study shows a cause and effect of relationship between dependent and independent variables. The title of the study identifies an intervention of massage(independent variable) and the outcome of decreasing back low back pain(dependent variable. Researcher measures two or more naturally occurring variables to find the relationship between them, does NOT directly manipulate the variables. - ✔✔correlation research. Logical positivism is the philosophical origin of for which type of research method conducted in nursing? A. naturalistic. B. Outcomes. C. Qualitative. D. Quantitative. - ✔✔Quantitative Rationale: Quantitative research is formal, objective systemic process of conducting research that is based on philosophical and logical positivism. A type of qualitative research that describes the lived experience to achieve understanding of an experience from the perspective of the participants. - ✔✔Phenomenological Research. A nurse researcher conducted a study to describe the experience of living with chronic pain. What type of study best generates this type of knowledge? a. correlation study. b. grounded study. c. ethnographic study. d. phenomenological study. - ✔✔phenomenological study. designed to evaluate whether a particular treatment works, often in relation to some other treatment or a control condition. - ✔✔outcome studies. Decision making process in which ideas are processed from the specific to the general. - ✔✔inductive reasoning Reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a GENERAL principle and then applying that principle to a SPECIFIC case - ✔✔deductive reasoning Example :The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) What is the role of the BSN educated nurse in regards to research - ✔✔Critique research articles for clinical usefulness Research that documents the effecitiveness of healthcare services is called - ✔✔outcome research ... - ✔✔applied research Name the quantitative Study "Describing the spread of swine flu and its influence on global health" - ✔✔descriptive study Name the quantitative study? Examining the relationship among the variables-minutes watching television per week, minutes playing video games per week, and BMI of school age child - ✔✔correlation study Name the quantitative study? Determining the effectiveness of calcium with vitamin D3 on the bone density of patients - ✔✔Quasi experimental study A research study entitled " the effect of massage to musculoskeltal pain an intervetion" is what type of research? A. applied B. Basic C. correlation D description - ✔✔Applied A scientific investigation conducted to generate knowledge that will directly influence or improve clinical practice. Purpose is to solve problems, make decisions, or predict or control outcomes in real life situations, also used to test theory and validate its usefulness in clinical practice. - ✔✔Applied research(practical research) scientific investigation that involves the pursuit of "knowledge for knowledge sake" or for the pleasure of learning and finding truth. The purpose is to generate and refine theory; findings are not directly useful in practice. - ✔✔Basic research( pure research) Experimental studies are most often conducted in which type of setting? - ✔✔Highly controlled setting laboratory or research unit A natural uncontrolled , real life situation where a study might be conducted.(example in a patients home) - ✔✔Field study. Another term for the specific goal or aim of a study is called - ✔✔study purpose a study had a sample size of 15 subjects and 5 of the subjects dropped out of the study before it was completed. THis situation is an example of - ✔✔methodological limitations a nurse researcher conducted a study with Becker's health belief model as the framework for the study. The researcher did not provide conceptual definition s for the variables. This is an example of a - ✔✔theoretical limitations When a study variable lacks a clear link to a concept or the framework what has occurred? - ✔✔theoretical limitations Weaknesses in the study framework and conceptual and operational definitions that restrict the abstract generalizations of the findings. A small scale research effort often used to determine the feasibility of a large scale effort with emphasis on refining procedures and instrumentation - ✔✔pilot study Data analysis is used to produce which part of the research process? a. Conclusion b. findings c. implications d. results - ✔✔results Rationale: results are the outcomes of the data analysis that are generated from the research objective, question or hypothesis. The four major parts included in a research report - ✔✔introduction, methods, results and discussion Which part of the research report would one read to obtain a clear concise summary of the study. - ✔✔the abstract [Show More]

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