Deck 6: Research As a Basis for Practice

Question 1

One well-designed randomized clinical trial (RCT)reflects which of the following levels of research evidence?

A) Level I
B) Level II
C) Level III
D) Level IV

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The nurse is conducting a research project on optimal time frames for postoperative ambulation of patients.After identifying the problem,what is the next step in the research process?

A) Selecting the population
B) Reviewing the literature
C) Identifying the instrument to use for data analysis
D) Obtaining approval to conduct the study

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The nurse is studying the impact on emergency nurses who care for failed suicide patients.The goal of the study is to describe the lived experience of nurses' perceptions and behaviours related to caring for patients who have attempted suicide.Which of the following types of research design is the nurse using?

A) Ethnography
B) Grounded theory
C) Descriptive survey
D) Phenomenology

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Creativity,with its artistic or expressive component,is an example of which of the following fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing?

A) Ethics
B) Esthetics
C) Personal knowledge
D) Emancipatory knowledge

Question 5

A nurse researcher desires to conduct an experimental research study.Which of the following subjects best lends itself to this process?

A) The effects of therapeutic touch on a geriatric client with Alzheimer's disease
B) Using humour as an intervention with patients in a sample group who are recovering from orthopedic surgery
C) Determining the blood pressure patterns of a patient who recently had a cerebrovascular accident (i.e., stroke)
D) Ranking three nursing diagnoses for a newly admitted patient with diabetes mellitus

Question 6

As nurses move forward in their education,different roles may be assumed with regard to research.What is the expected research role for the baccalaureate-prepared student nurse?

A) Assume the role of a clinical expert.
B) Collaboratively investigate patient outcomes and nursing care.
C) Develop methods of inquiry relevant to nursing.
D) Acquire funding for research projects.

Question 7

The nurse takes on ethical responsibilities when conducting research with human subjects.Which of the following violates an ethical responsibility associated with informed consent?

A) Providing alternatives, including the right of refusal and standard practices
B) Using data obtained before the initiation of the study
C) Explaining the possibility of unknown risks
D) Adhering to verbal and written agreements

Question 8

Which of the following levels of nursing research planning uses analysis of variance as the statistical method to address a research question?

A) Level I
B) Level II
C) Level III
D) Level IV

Question 9

The nurse identified a level II question for a research study.Which of the following questions exemplifies this level?

A) What are the health-promoting behaviours of older adults living in subsidized housing?
B) What is the relationship between ethnicity and suicide among university students?
C) Why does postoperative anxiety decrease when structured preoperative teaching is done?
D) What is the experience of people who assume the role of surrogate decision makers?

Question 10

In which type of research design are relationships between two or more variables studied?

A) Experimental
B) Descriptive survey
C) Scientific nursing
D) Exploratory descriptive

Question 11

Nurses need to become familiar with the elements of a research publication.In which section of a study can a brief explanation of the type of measurement to be used be found?

A) Introduction
B) Conclusions
C) Results
D) Methods

Question 12

What is the final step in the process for the implementation of evidence-informed practice?

A) Asking a question that presents the clinical problem
B) Compiling all of the best evidence
C) Integrating the evidence with the patients' values
D) Evaluating the outcome of the practice decision or change

Question 13

Carper (1978)has identified four patterns of "knowing" upon which nursing practice is founded.Which pattern describes the ability of the nurse to assist a patient in reaching health goals through the rapport established with this individual?

A) Empirics
B) Esthetics
C) Personal knowledge
D) Ethics

Question 14

Which of the following patterns of knowledge in nursing allows change to occur?

A) Esthetics
B) Empirics
C) Personal knowledge
D) Emancipatory knowing

Question 15

A nurse researcher distributed an explanatory information sheet to subjects solicited for participation in her study.Which ethical principle for guiding research did this researcher use?

A) Protection of subjects
B) Freedom from harm
C) Confidentiality
D) Informed consent