Nursing Research Actual Exam Latest Update

SOUTH UNIVERSITY NSG 3036 Introduction to Nursing Research Actual Exam Latest Update

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. Magnet status - CORRECT ANSWER: A designation for organizations that have

characteristics that make them attractive to nurses as workplaces.

. Outcomes measurement - CORRECT ANSWER: Measurement of the end results of

nursing care or other interventions; stated in terms of effects on patients' physiological condition, satisfaction, or psychosocial health.

. Purpose statements - CORRECT ANSWER: Declarative and objective statements that indicate the general goal of the study and often describe the direction of the inquiry.

A priori - CORRECT ANSWER: Conceived or formulated before an investigation.

Altmetrics - CORRECT ANSWER: The creation and study of new metrics based on the

Social Web for analyzing and informing scholarship.

Applied research - CORRECT ANSWER: Research conducted to gain knowledge that

has a practical application and contributes in some way to a modification of practice.

Basic research - CORRECT ANSWER: Theoretical, pure, fundamental, or bench

research done to advance knowledge in a given subject area.

Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER: A basic principle of ethics that states that persons should have their decisions respected, be protected from harm, and have steps taken to ensure their well-being.

Bibliometrics - CORRECT ANSWER: The study of publication patterns.

Blinded - CORRECT ANSWER: A type of review in which the peer reviewer is unaware of the author's identity, so personal influence is avoided.

Boolean operators - CORRECT ANSWER: The words AND, OR, and NOT, which are

used to join or exclude search terms.

Cited reference search - CORRECT ANSWER: A search that finds articles that are cited by another article.

Concepts - CORRECT ANSWER: Abstract ideas or topics of interest that must be

narrowed to researchable questions to be investigated.

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Confirmatory studies - CORRECT ANSWER: Research in which a relationship between

variables has been posed and the study is designed to examine this hypothesis.

Convenience sampling - CORRECT ANSWER: A nonprobability method of selecting a

sample that includes subjects who are available conveniently to the researcher.

Correlation research - CORRECT ANSWER: Research designed to quantify the

strength and the direction of the relationship of two variables in a single subject or the relationship between a single variable in two samples.

Cross-sectional methods - CORRECT ANSWER: Studies conducted by looking at a

single phenomenon across multiple populations at a single point in time, with no intention for follow-up in the design.

Deductive - CORRECT ANSWER: A process of reasoning from the general to the

specific.

Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER: An outcome of interest that occurs after the introduction of an independent variable; the "effect" of "cause and effect."

Descriptive studies - CORRECT ANSWER: Research designed to describe in detail

some process, event, or outcome. Such a design is used when very little is known about the research question.

Descriptive variables - CORRECT ANSWER: Characteristics that describe the sample and provide a composite picture of the subjects of the study; they are not manipulated or controlled by the researcher.

Directional hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER: A one-sided statement of the research

question that is interested in only one direction of change.

Ecological validity - CORRECT ANSWER: A type of external validity where the findings can be generalized and applied to other settings.

Effect size - CORRECT ANSWER: The size of the differences between experimental

and control groups compared to variability; an indication of the clinical importance of a finding.

Empirical literature - CORRECT ANSWER: Published works that demonstrate how

theories apply to individual behavior or observed events.

Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER: A type of philosophy that studies right and wrong

Evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER: The use of the best scientific

evidence, integrated with clinical experience and incorporating patient values and preferences in the practice of professional nursing care.

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