Deck 4: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Care

Question 1

Which statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks?

A) Theoretic frameworks guide physiologic nursing care.
B) Theoretic frameworks guide psychosocial nursing care.
C) Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice.
D) Theoretic frameworks advance the ethical aspects of practice.

Answer 1

Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice.

Question 2

A conceptual framework is defined as:

A) an explanation of nursing and nursing practice.
B) a set of phenomena and related abstractions.
C) a foundation for nursing skills and care.
D) a set of concepts and propositions.

Answer 2

a set of concepts and propositions.

Question 3

A nurse is applying a nursing model in the care of a client. Which is most similar to a nursing model?

A) Nursing concept
B) Nursing theory
C) Nursing construct
D) Proposition

Answer 3

Nursing theory

Question 4

What nursing activity forms the bridge between theory and practice?

A) Theoretic writing
B) Evidence-based research
C) Client-focused care
D) Case management

Question 5

One of the primary focuses of nursing research is to:

A) quantify outcomes related to clients.
B) determine outcomes for clients.
C) generate knowledge to guide practice.
D) prevent further disease and death.

Question 6

The statement, "More frequent handwashing will significantly lower the rate of infection in hospitalized clients," is an example of what research component?

A) Hypothesis
B) Proposal
C) Research question
D) Implication

Question 7

Evidence-based care emphasizes decision-making based on the best available evidence and:

A) use of outcome studies to guide decisions.
B) evaluation by experts to direct specialty areas.
C) care based on pathophysiologic factors.
D) cost efficiency of treatment models.

Question 8

Which activity systematically inquires about the problems encountered in nursing practice and into the modalities of client care?

A) Nursing research
B) Managed care
C) Outcome criteria
D) Scientific inquiry

Question 9

Who is considered to be the first nursing researcher?

A) Florence Nightingale
B) Dorothea Dix
C) Clara Barton
D) Lillian Wald

Question 10

From 1900 to 1940, research in nursing focused on:

A) cost-effectiveness of nursing care.
B) improving client care outcomes.
C) nursing education and teaching.
D) increasing workforce in the nursing profession.

Question 11

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) was established following a study in 1983. The center's purpose is to:

A) advance the level of nursing research funding.
B) investigate and expand nursing theory.
C) promote research for health promotion.
D) evaluate the effect of current research.

Question 12

The nurse researcher would like to gather data about the attitudes of young adults on spirituality and healthcare. What is the most effective form of research on this topic?

A) Quantitative research
B) Methodologic survey
C) Delphi study
D) Qualitative research

Question 13

A nurse researcher is collecting nominal data. What type of research is being conducted?

A) Quantitative research
B) Qualitative research
C) Interval research
D) Experimental research

Question 14

Following the identification of a researchable problem, what must the nurse do?

A) Obtain a list of possible outcomes.
B) Evaluate the number of ways to collect data.
C) Select literature relevant to the problem.
D) Determine a source appropriate to collect data.

Question 15

A well-constructed problem statement formulated at the beginning of a nursing research study should:

A) incorporate nursing theory.
B) include significant references.
C) identify benefits of the study.
D) indicate the population.

Question 16

The role of the institutional review boards for research studies is to:

A) determine the credibility of a research study.
B) document the costs of the study.
C) publish the research study.
D) protect the rights of human participants.

Question 17

When the nurse researcher informs the participant that his identity will not be linked with the information that is collected, the researcher is ensuring the participant's:

A) anonymity.
B) protection from harm.
C) ability to withdraw.
D) confidentiality.

Question 18

What are the four properties identified by Diers that comprise the holistic perspective of nursing research?

A) The focus of nursing research must be on a variance that makes a difference in improving client care.
B) Nursing research has the potential for contributing to the development of theory and the body of scientific nursing knowledge.
C) A research problem is a nursing research problem when nurses have access to and control over the phenomena being studied.
D) A nurse interested in research must have an inquisitive, curious, and questioning mind.
E) A nurse interested in research must be a graduate-level nurse to be able to adequately perform nursing research.

Question 19

What type of research study would a hospital conduct to explore clients' and families' perceptions of receiving care?

A) Quantitative
B) Qualitative
C) Ordinal
D) Nonscientific

Question 20

A nursing researcher presents the findings of the current study at a School of Nursing's research conference. While there, the researcher speaks with another nurse researcher interested in similar topics and the two decide to discuss forming a partnership for further research projects. This type of interaction is an example of:

A) hypothesizing.
B) identifying variables.
C) investigating foreground questions.
D) networking.

Question 21

The director of nurses (DON) in a long-term care facility has noticed an increased number of urinary tract infections (UTIs) on the east wing of the facility and would like the infection control nurse to investigate this problem. What is the best problem statement for this study?

A) "Is there a relationship between the personnel caring for specific clients and whether or not these clients developed UTIs?"
B) "Is there an increase in the number of UTIs on the east wing of the facility?"
C) "Does the east wing have a greater number of UTIs than the west wing of the facility?"
D) "What is the client census on the east wing as opposed to the other wings of the facility?"

Question 22

The nurse researcher is aware that the type of variable that can be manipulated in a study is which type of variable?

A) Dependent
B) Independent
C) Quantitative
D) Qualitative

Question 23

Why is it important for the findings of a research study to be disseminated? Select all that apply.

A) So that clinical application can occur
B) To allow the nurse researcher to receive notoriety for the findings
C) In order for research replication by other nurses to take place
D) Because graduate-level nurses must conduct a specific number of research studies to maintain nursing licensure
E) To strengthen and validate conclusions by similar findings in more than one research study

Question 24

In what historical time period, did evidence-based practice become an important component of the delivery of nursing care?

A) The early 1900s
B) The years following World War II
C) The 1970s and 1980s
D) The early 2000s

Question 25

In the development of a literature review, the most effective source of information for nursing research is which of the following?

A) New England Journal of Medicine
B) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
C) Journal of Nursing Research
D) American Journal of Nursing