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RESEARCH BUILDING AN EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE 8TH EDITION BY SUSAN K. GROVE;
JENNIFER R. GRAY
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an
Evidence-Based Practice
2. Introduction to Quantitative Research
3. Introduction to Qualitative Research
4. Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
5. Examining Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses
6. Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
7. Understanding Theory and Research Frameworks
8. Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
9. Examining Populations and Samples in Research
10. Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
11. Understanding Statistics in Research
12. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing
Practice
13. Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
14. Introduction to Additional Research Methodologies in Nursing: Mixed
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which 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.
c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.
ANSWER: A
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A Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
B Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally
experimental or quasi-experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not
completely define it.
C EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
D Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes
are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
REF: p. 3
2. 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
ANSWER: B
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A Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce thedesired
outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 6
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3. 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
ANSWER: D
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D Through prediction the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were
obese, the probability of predicting this may be calculated.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among
groups of adolescents who received different asthma education. Which research method does
this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 7
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5. 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
ANSWER: D
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
C Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
6. 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.
b. Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation.
c. Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care.
d. Using clinical research to evaluate the importance of sanitation, clean drinking
water, and adequate nutrition.
ANSWER: D
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A This was not the most important result
B This was not the most important result
C This was not the most important result
D Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and
social changes, including the military’s approach to the care of the sick and
society’s sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation,
and preventing starvation to decrease morbidity and mortality rates.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 11
7. 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
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b. Correlation
c. Description
d. Explanation
ANSWER: A
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B Correlation examines the relationships between different phenomena.
C Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
D Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 8
8. 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 direction for nursing research.
ANSWER: D
Feedback
A Outcome studies are used to determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions.
B The concept of EBP was developed in the 1970s and promoted by the ANCC
Magnet Designation program.
C The NINR seeks to provide funding for nursing research.
D The theories developed in the 1960s and 1970s helped to direct future nursing
research.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: pp. 11-12
9. Under Ada Sue Hinshaw, 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 dissemination of nursing research.
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A The change in focus from medical to nursing research came about with the first
nursing programs. Specialty nursing organizations today and some nursing
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