Ch 1 - Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice
Ch 2 - Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
Ch 3 - Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Ch 4 - Reading and Critiquing Research Articles
Ch 5 - Ethics in Research
100
The research focus for "Needs of nursing students living with chronic illness"
What is - Qualitative research focus [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 9-10]
100
Most evidence hierarchies put ______ at the pinnacle?
What is - Systematic reviews of multiple studies [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 23]
100
In "Do BSN-prepared nurses practice more rehabilitative nursing procedures on ICU patients than ADN-prepared nurses?", the independent variable is ______
What is - type of nurse's educational background [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 42-43]
100
Abstract format
What is - I-M-R-A-D (Introduction, Method, Results & Discussion) [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 62]
100
In what situation is informed consent not needed
What is - informed consent is always needed [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 87-88]
200
Involves the collection and analysis of numeric information
What is - quantitative research [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 8]
200
The purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study
What is - specify how a variable will be measured [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 44]
200
This specifies how a variable will be measured.
What is - an "operational definition" [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 44]
200
The same results are likely to occur with a new sample of subjects
What is - statistically reliable [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 72]
200
Three primary ethical principles articulated by the Belmont Report
What are - 1) beneficence, 2) respect for human dignity, 3) justice [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 83-85]
300
Typically conducted within the traditional scientific method
What is - quantitative research [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 8]
300
Scheme for asking clinical questions
What is - P-I-C-O [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 29-31]
300
The research tradition that focuses on understanding phenomena within a cultural context
What is - ethnographic research [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 49]
300
______ can threaten a study's validity and trustiworthiness
What is - bias [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 73]
300
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
What is - formal committee for reviewing research plans. The IRB can approve the proposed plans, require modifications, or disapprove them [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 91]
400
The fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist research paradigm
What is - The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 7-8]
400
A meta-analysis from the Cochrane Database
What is - an example of a systematic review [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 25]
400
Characteristics of an experimental study
What is - 1) includes an intervention (or treatment), 2) also known as a clinical trial, 3) tests causal relationships [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 47-48]
400
A nurse researcher compared men's and women's level of stress following cardiac surgery making certain that both groups were comparable with regard to length of stay in the hospital. Length of stay is a(n) ______
What is - confounding variable [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 73]
400
An ethical principle cited by the Belmont Report as a standard for research
What is - beneficence [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 83]
500
Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
What is - a fundamental belief of the constructivist paradigm [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 8]
500
In the following clinical question, what is the comparison (C) component - "Does chronic stress affect inflammatory responses in older men with atherosclerotic disease?"
What is - there is no "C" component in this question [Polit & Beck (2014), pp. 29-31]
500
The conceptual phase of the research process involves ______
What is - 1) formulating the problem and 2) reviewing the related literature [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 49]
500
The use of multiple data collection methods to draw conclusions about the area being studied is ______
What is - triangulation [Polit & Beck (2014), p. 72]
500
Some populations require additional protection to make an informed decision about study participation. Vulnerable populations are:
What are - 1) children, 2) inmates, 3) emotionally/mentally disabled, 4) physically disabled/severely ill, 5) terminally ill, 6) pregnant women
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