Deck 8: Theory,research, Evidence-Based Practice

Question 1

The mother of a child participating in a research study that uses high-dose steroids wishes to withdraw her child from the study.Despite reassurance that adverse reactions to steroids in children are uncommon,the mother still wishes to withdraw.By withdrawing from the study,the mother is exercising which right?

A) Not to be harmed
B) To self-determination
C) To full disclosure
D) Of confidentiality

Answer 1

To self-determination

Question 2

The nurse prepares an in-service session on nursing theory prior to a study being conducted on the care area.Which phrase should the nurse use to explain nursing theory? Select all that apply.

A) Is a statement of a fact
B) Is based on observations of facts
C) Helps to find meaning in experiences
D) Serves to organize thinking around an idea
E) Is an organized set of related concepts and ideas

Answer 2

Is based on observations of facts
Helps to find meaning in experiences
Serves to organize thinking around an idea
Is an organized set of related concepts and ideas

Question 3

What was Hildegard Peplau's major contribution to nursing?

A) Transcultural nursing
B) Health promotion
C) Nurse-patient relationship
D) Holistic comfort

Answer 3

Nurse-patient relationship

Question 4

A client who emigrated from India asks whether garlic can be administered through a nasogastric tube that is placed to decompress the stomach.The nurse agrees to ask the healthcare provider if this can be done.Whose nursing theory is the nurse implementing?

A) Betty Neuman
B) Dorothea Orem
C) Callista Roy
D) Madeline Leininger

Question 5

The nurse wonders whether a dry dressing would be more beneficial for a particular type of wound instead of using the wet-to-damp approach.Which part of the PICOT process is the nurse defining?

A) Time
B) Outcome
C) Comparison
D) Intervention

Question 6

The PICO question reads,"Is TENS effective in the management of chronic low-back pain in adults?" Which part of this question comes from the "I" in PICO?

A) Adults
B) Management
C) Pain
D) TENS

Question 7

Before conducting research on a group of clients,the nurse makes an appointment with the Institutional Review Board (IRB).Why did the nurse perform this action?

A) Ensure that the research is of value
B) Review the method to ensure confidentiality
C) Validate whom the subjects should contact with questions
D) Approve the statement that subjects can stop participating at any time

Question 8

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,which patient need should the nurse address first?

A) Protecting the patient against falls
B) Protecting the patient from an abusive spouse
C) Promoting rest in the critically ill patient
D) Promoting self-esteem after a body image change

Question 9

The nurse reviews Patricia Benner's primacy of caring model for a staff presentation.Which statement should the nurse use to explain this nursing theory?

A) Caring,in nursing,focuses on cultural competence.
B) Nursing theories describe what is and what is not nursing.
C) Caring is specific and relational for each nurse-client encounter.
D) Nursing assists a person to gain independence as quickly as possible.

Question 10

Which theorist developed the nursing theory known as the science of human caring?

A) Florence Nightingale
B) Patricia Benner
C) Jean Watson
D) Nola Pender

Question 11

In his later work,Maslow identified growth needs that must be met before reaching self-actualization.What do these needs include?

A) Cognitive and aesthetic needs
B) Love and belonging needs
C) Safety and security needs
D) Physiological and self-esteem needs

Question 12

After suffering an acute myocardial infarction,a patient attends cardiac rehabilitation.This will help to gradually build his exercise tolerance.According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,cardiac rehabilitation most directly addresses which need?

A) Safety and security
B) Physiological
C) Self-actualization
D) Self-esteem

Question 13

After helping a client with pain,the nurse forms a mental image of pain based on personal experience.What best describes the nurse's mental image?

A) Phenomenon
B) Concept
C) Assumption
D) Definition

Question 14

The nurse locates a research study that addresses a particular client care problem.What should the nurse do first before implementing the suggestions in the article?

A) Apply nursing expertise.
B) Ask the manager for permission.
C) Discuss findings with the healthcare provider.
D) Locate an organizational policy to support the finding.

Question 15

The nurse and other hospital personnel strive to keep the patient care area clean.This most directly illustrates the ideas of which nursing theorist?

A) Virginia Henderson
B) Imogene Rigdon
C) Katherine Kolcaba
D) Florence Nightingale

Question 16

Which commonly accepted practice came out of the Framingham study?

A) Mammography in breast cancer screening
B) Colonoscopy in colon cancer screening
C) Pap testing in cervical cancer screening
D) Digital rectal examination in prostate cancer screening

Question 17

A nurse researcher is designing a research project.After identifying and stating the problem,the nurse researcher clarifies the purpose of the study.Which step in the research process should be completed next?

A) Perform a literature review.
B) Develop a conceptual framework.
C) Formulate the hypothesis.
D) Define the study variables.

Question 18

At the conclusion of a research study,the nurse analyzes the data.What action should the nurse take next?

A) Use the findings
B) Select the problem
C) Define the problem
D) Select a research design

Question 19

The nurse is reading a research article.In which section will the nurse locate information that explains the meaning of the study?

A) Abstract
B) Purpose
C) Conclusion
D) Research design

Question 20

While reading a journal article,the nurse asks herself these questions: "What is this about overall? Is it true in whole or in part? Does it matter to my practice?" What is this nurse doing?

A) Reading the article analytically
B) Performing a literature review
C) Formulating a searchable question
D) Determining the soundness of the article

Question 21

The nurse plans to assess a client's developmental stage.Which theorist should the nurse use as the basis of this assessment? Select all that apply.

A) Selye
B) Gilligan
C) Erickson
D) Kohlberg
E) Bertalanffy

Question 22

While reviewing a study in a nursing journal,the nurse wants to identify the theory used.Which elements of a theory should the nurse identify in the document? Select all that apply.

A) Paradigm
B) Statements
C) Definitions
D) Phenomena
E) Assumptions

Question 23

The nurse manager provides the staff with a research article about different types of products used for wound care.What needs to be present to determine whether a nursing theory was used for this study? Select all that apply.

A) Health
B) Person
C) Nursing
D) Paradigm
E) Environment

Question 24

The nurse plans to explain the difference between qualitative and quantitative research to a group of staff who will be participating in a research study.Which statement should the nurse include during this discussion? Select all that apply.

A) Qualitative data are reported as numbers.
B) Qualitative research uses words from people who have been interviewed.
C) Quantitative research focuses on the lived experience of people.
D) Quantitative research shares the experiences of people in the study.
E) Quantitative research gathers data from subjects to generalize results.