Research Quiz 1

Which statement best describes evidence-based practice (EBP)?
A A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and values of patients
B A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care and delivery

A

The beginning nurse researcher would like to investigate credible resources for implementing protocols in clinical practice. Which of the following would be considered empirical sources of nursing knowledge?
A. Reasoning, authority, and tradition
B. Quant

B

Which of the following is true about qualitative research
A. Categories are established for analysis purposes.
B. Data are usually collected in a laboratory setting.
C. Focus is on studying the "whole."
D. Intuition and abstraction are suppressed.

C

A staff nurse is interested in the infection rates for patients who have indwelling Foley catheters. What is the next step in the research process?
A. Defining the purpose
B. Conducting the literature review
C. Selecting study variables
D. Performing a pi

B

The nurse researcher is involved in selecting a sample for a research study on staffing ratios. Which statement best describes the difference between a population and a sample?
A. A population is usually larger than a sample.
B. A sample is usually larger

A

Data for qualitative studies are:
a. Based on words rather than numbers.
b. Easy and straightforward to interpret.
c. Gathered quickly from large numbers of people.
d. Precisely analyzed on a computer.

A

Which of the following is not a common data collection method in qualitative research?
A. Examining written text
B. Interviewing participants
C. Observing participants
D. Obtaining written surveys

D

The nurse researcher is involved in selecting a sample for a quantitative research study on staffing ratios. Which of the following is a generally accepted guideline to follow
A. Specific patients are represented.
B. Heterogeneous samples are preferred.
C

B

The nurse researcher is investigating outcomes research on nursing interventions. Which of the following examples would constitute outcomes research?
A. A comparison of two patient groups
B. Patient responses to nursing intervention
C. Patient tested befo

B

The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger research study. Which research method will the nurse use when collecting data for this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction

B

The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used in this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction

D

The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among groups of young adults who received different asthma education. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction

C

A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may indicate relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this, the nurse manager will employ which method of study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction

D

Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale's data collection and statistical analysis during the Crimean War?
A Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public in relation to care
practices
B Developing a process for statisti

D

The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain management protocols are used with randomly assigned patients to measure differences in postoperative recovery time. Which method of study is this?
a. Control
b. Correlation

A

The nurse reviews a study exploring experiences of nurses' decision-making processes regarding reporting a medical error. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction

B

The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late 1960s and 1970s served to
A determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions.
B establish the concept of evidence-based practice.
C provide funding for nursing research.
D provide d

D

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) began to change its focus to
A funding nursing rather than medical research.
B evaluating outcomes rather than process studies.
C increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
D supporting the di

C

An emphasis of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Hospital Designation Program for Excellence in Nursing is
A research and development of clinical practice guidelines.
B putting qualitative research into practice in clinical settings.

D

In a position statement in 2006, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) identified a need to
A acquire clinical knowledge and expertise.
B focus on evidence-based practice.
C fund academic nursing research.
D prepare a workforce of nurse s

D

The lead agency designated to improve healthcare quality is
A Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
B American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
C Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN).
D National Institute for Nursing Research (NI

A

To help fulfill the mission of the National Institute for Nursing Research�to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations�a study may be conducted that
A assesses the effectiveness of strategies for weight managem

A

Which best describes the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency for evidence-based practice (EBP)?
A Adhering to published guidelines to provide care for a specific population
B Empowering clients to choose among effective disease manag

B

Through knowledge gained from her phenomenological qualitative study identifying levels of experience of professional nurses, Patricia Benner would identify which nurse as an expert?
A A hospice nurse who values the unique wishes of each patient when prov

D

Which study exemplifies qualitative research?
A A study that evaluates appetite among residents of a long-term care facility and correlates this data with whether or not residents are rooming together with their
spouses
B A study that defines levels of ap

C

Which category of the quantitative research methods examines relationships and is conducted to develop and refine explanatory knowledge for nursing practice?
A Descriptive research
B Correlational research
C Quasi-experimental research
D Experimental rese

B

A common method of measurement used in qualitative research is
A scales.
B physiological measures.
C unstructured interviews.
D questionnaires.

C

A nurse researcher wants to know how well adolescent mothers can learn to manage their children's asthma and develops an initial study to explore and define perceptions of asthma among this population. Which best describes this initial study?
A Correlatio

B

Which research technique would be used by a nurse researcher who wishes to compare bonding patterns of neonatal intensive care (NIC) infants to non-NIC infants to test various theories about infant-parent bonding?
A Experimental
B Exploratory
C Grounded t

C

What type of qualitative research method would be used to describe and interpret a culture and cultural behavior?
A Grounded theory
B Ethnographic research
C Exploratory-descriptive
D Phenomenological

B

What type of study design would be used to evaluate patient satisfaction in an outpatient clinic?
A Exploratory-descriptive research
B Outcomes research
C Qualitative research
D Phenomenological research

B

The nurse researcher wishes to review a body of qualitative studies about women's attitudes toward health care to develop an overall interpretation of these findings. Which type of review will the nurse researcher use?
A Meta-analysis
B Meta-synthesis
C M

B

Which type of evaluation of research yields the most precise estimates of treatment effects when describing results?
A Meta-analysis
B Meta-synthesis
C Mixed-methods systematic review
D Systematic review

A

The nurse serves on a committee to develop a clinical protocol to guide dressing changes for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) abscesses. Which is the most important type of evidence to consider when formulating this protocol?
A Assertion

B

Knowledge is acquired in nursing in a variety of ways. Which of the following describes when one person credits another as the source of information?
A Borrowing
B Authority
C Traditions
D Personal experience

B

What role will a new nurse graduate who has a BSN expect to play in research?
A Appraising studies and implementing evidence-based guidelines and protocols
B Developing, evaluating, and revising evidence-based guidelines and protocols
C None, since the BS

A

A job description for a nurse position in a teaching hospital includes "coordinating research teams to facilitate studies to generate knowledge about nursing actions." Which type of advanced nursing degree would be required for this position?
A Doctorate

B

A nurse understands the meaning of entering the world of nursing research to be? Select all that apply.
A A way of learning a unique language
B A way of using old experiences to learn
C A new way of experiencing reality
D A new way of learning multiple la

A
C
E

Which are components of evidence-based practice (EBP)? Select all that apply.
A Best research evidence
B Expert opinion consensus
C Patient needs and values
D Safe, cost-effective care

A
C
D

A nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is prepared to do which of the following? Select all that apply.
A Appraise and summarize research findings.
B Assist with the implementation of evidence-based guidelines.
C Conduct independent nursing s

A
B

Which of the following are characteristics of quantitative research methods? Select all that apply.
A Objective
B Cause and effect relationships
C Tests theory
D Develops theory and frameworks
E Numbers
F Description variables

A
B
C
E
F

Which of the following is a research question for an experimental study? Select all that apply.
A What is it like to live with asthma?
B Do children who have an updated asthma action plan have fewer missed school days caused by asthma?
C Which asthma trig

B
D