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TEST BANK FOR BURNS AND GROVES THE PRACTICE OF NURSING RESEARCH 9TH EDITION BY GRAY
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TEST BANK FOR BURNS AND GROVES THE PRACTICE OF NURSING RESEARCH 9TH EDITION BY GRAY
1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence-
based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
a. Develops evidence-based guidelines
b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based
c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols
d. Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings
e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
ANS: D
Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge of the research process and skills in reading and
critically appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-based
guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and policies in practice. This implies that nurses provide
their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new protocols are being put into
practice, and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and negative aspects of
those protocols.
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2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital, in
order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ level of orientation
will not be a focus of the research.) This type of study can do which of the following?
a. Control
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
ANS: A
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description
involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the
relationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and
identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a
specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The
researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a pediatric
ward will require more hours of nursing care than average children when the parents or caregivers
are not present. What type of research outcome does this provide?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction
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ANS: D
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description
involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the
relationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and
identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a
specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The
researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
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4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between requiring that
all children under the age of 8 will ride in special care harnesses and the subsequent rate of
children’s spinal cord injury will consequently utilize which form of nursing research?
a. Descriptive research
b. Outcomes research
c. Qualitative research
d. Quantitative research
ANS: D
Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective, systematic
methodology to describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-effect
interactions. Quantitative research includes experimental research, which is the method for
testing cause-and-effect relationships between and among specific variables. Qualitative
research methods are used for explaining meanings and describing experiences in context.
Descriptive research involves identifying and understanding the nature of phenomena and,
sometimes, the relationships among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of care
in huge populations, most often retrospectively, using a database.
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5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU neuro patient
remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the monitor is on the same level
as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the physician, who comes to the unit and
inserts a new drain. What type of reasoning prompts the nurse to recalibrate, ensure proper
placement, and check connections?
a. Abstract reasoning
b. Concrete thinking
c. Logistic reasoning
d. Reality testing
ANS: C
Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined.
Concrete thinking is oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are
observed and experienced in reality. Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development of
an idea without application to, or association with, a particular instance. Reality testing is used
to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
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6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patients in
the emergency department. The resultant policy emanates from
, a. Abstract aareasoning
b. Concrete aathinking
c. Logistic aareasoning
d. Reality aatesting
ANS: a a A
Abstract aareasoning aais aaoriented aatoward aathe aadevelopment aaof aaan aaidea aawithout aaapplication aato,
aaor aaassociation aawith, aaa aaparticular aainstance. aaConcrete aathinking aais aaoriented aatoward aaand
aalimited aaby aatangible aathings aaor aaby aaevents aathat aaare aaobserved aaand aaexperienced aain aareality.
aaLogistic aareasoning aais aaused aato aabreak aaa aawhole aainto aaparts aathat aacan aabe aacarefully aaexamined.
aaReality aatesting aais aaused aato aavalidate aawhat aais aaobserved aain aathe aaempirical aaworld.
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7. A aanurse aawith aaconsiderable aaclinical aaexpertise aadevelops aaa aapolicy aafor aamanaging aaagitated
patients aain aathe aaemergency aadepartment. aaThe aatype aaof aareasoning aathe aanurse aauses aato aado aathis aais
aa
aa aareasoning.
a. Problematic
b. Operational
c. Logistic
d. Inductive
ANS: a a D
Inductive aareasoning aainvolves aareasoning aathat aamoves aafrom aathe aaspecific aato aathe aageneral,
aawhereby aaparticular aainstances aaare aaobserved aaand aathen aacombined aainto aaa aalarger aawhole aaor
aageneral aastatement. aaProblematic aareasoning aainvolves aa(1) aaidentifying aaa aaproblem aaand aafactors
aainfluencing aait, aa(2) aaselecting aasolutions aato aathe aaproblem, aaand aa(3) aaresolving aathe aaproblem.
aaOperational aareasoning aainvolves aathe aaidentification aaof aaand aadiscrimination aaamong aamany
aaalternatives aaand aaviewpoints.
Logistic aareasoning aais aaused aato aabreak aathe aawhole aainto aaparts aathat aacan aabe aacarefully aaexamined,
aaas aathe aarelationships aaamong aathe aaparts aacan aaalso aabe.
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8. What aais aathe aabest aaexplanation aaof aaintuition aathat aaforms aaa aalegitimate aasource aaof aaknowledge
in aanursing?
aa
a. It aais aabased aaon aaknowledge aathoroughly aaincorporated aainto aathought aabut aaseldom
aa articulated.
b. It aais aabased aaon aaa aagift aafrom aathe aauniverse aaand aashould aabe aahonored aawhen aait aaarrives.
c. It aais aanever aainaccurate.
d. It aais aaa aarevisiting aaof aaold aaknowledge, aaaccompanied aaby aadeep aareflection.
ANS: a a A
Intuition aais aathe aarevisiting aaof aaold aaknowledge aaaccompanied aaby aadeep aareflection.
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9. Why aais aaoperational aareasoning aanecessary aafor aaresearch?
a. Abstract aaconcepts aaare aaof aano aause aato aanursing.
b. Standard aainterventions aaare aaobtained aafrom aaoperational aareasoning.
c. It aaallows aathe aaresearcher aato aameasure aathe aaconcepts aastudied.
d. It aafacilitates aathe aaresearcher’s aarapport aawith aafamilies.
, aa
ANS: a a C
Operational aareasoning aainvolves aathe aaidentification aaof aaand aadiscrimination aaamong aamany
aaalternatives aaand aaviewpoints. aaIt aafocuses aaon aathe aaprocess aa(debating aaalternatives) aarather aathan
aaon aathe aaresolution. aaNurses aause aaoperational aareasoning aato aadevelop aarealistic, aameasurable
aahealth aagoals.
Thus, aaoperational aareasoning aatakes aaabstract aaconcepts aaand aamakes aathem aafocused, aaconcrete,
aaand, aatherefore, aaresearchable.
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MULTIPLE aaRESPONSE
1. What aaare aathe aaconnections aabetween aaevidence-based aapractice aaand aanursing aaresearch?
(Select aaall aathat aaapply.)
aa
a. Evidence-based aacare aacannot aabe aaprovided aato aapatients aawithout aathe
aanurse aaunderstanding aasomething aaof aaresearch.
b. A aasynthesis aaof aacurrent aaresearch aawithin aaan aaarea aaof aanursing aais aaused aato aaimprove
aacare aain aathat aaarea.
c. All aapatients aawith aaa aagiven aadiagnosis aashould aabe aacared aafor aabased aasolely aaon
aaresearch aaknowledge.
d. Nursing aadiagnosis aaand aamanagement aadepend aaon aaa aapractitioner’s aaexploration aaof
aabest aaresearch aaevidence.
e. Nursing aaresearch aaprovides aaevidence aathat aaallows aaus aaeach aato aapractice aawith aathe
aasame aastyle aaand aacapability.
ANS: a a A, aaB, aaD
Evidence-based aapractice aain aanursing aarequires aaa aastrong aabody aaof aaresearch aaknowledge aathat
aanurses aamust aasynthesize aaand aause aato aapromote aaquality aacare aafor aatheir aapatients, aafamilies,
aaand aacommunities. aaIn aaorder aato aasynthesize aaand aause aaresearch aaappropriately, aaa aanurse aamust
aaunderstand aait. aaA aanurse aamust aaexplore aathe aabest aaresearch aaevidence aaabout aaa aapractice
aaproblem aabefore aausing aahis aaor aaher aaclinical aaexpertise aato aadiagnose aaand aamanage aaan
aaindividual aapatient’s aahealth aaproblem. aaNot aaall aapatients aaare aatreated aain aathe aasame aaway,
aahowever. aaBecause aareality aacan aavary aawith aaperception, aaand aabecause aathe aafacts aacan aabe
aarelative, aanurses aado aanot aaimpose aatheir aaviews aaon aapatients. aaRather, aanurses aahelp aapatients
aaseek aahealth aafrom aawithin aathe aapatients’ aaworldviews. aaThis aais aaa aacritical aacomponent aaof
aaevidence-based aapractice.
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2. What aais aathe aahospitalized aapatient’s aaplace aain aaevidence-based aapractice? aa(Select aaall aathat
aa apply.)
a. The aapatient aais aathe aarecipient aaof aathe aatotal aaof aaformal aaresearch aaevidence aaand aathe
nurse’s aapractice aawisdom, aaand aathese aarepresent aathe aapatient’s aacare aaplan.
aa
b. The aapatient aabrings aavalues aato aathe aaclinical aaencounter, aawhich aathe aanurse
considers aain aaproviding aaevidence-based aacare.
aa
c. The aapatient aaprovides aaa aavaluable aasource aaof aaknowledge, aasince aaeach aapatient
cared aafor aacontributes aato aathe aanurse’s aatotal aapractice aawisdom.
aa
d. The aapatient aais aathe aafocus aaof aaresearch. aaThe aapatient aaserves aaboth aaas aaa aarecipient
of aaevidence-based aaresearch aaand aathe aasubject aaof aafuture aaevidence, aabased aaon aadata
aa
collected aanow aafrom aathe aapatient.
aa
e. The aapatient aamay aaalways aarefuse aato aaparticipate—in aaevidence-based aacare, aain
aatherapies, aain aaresearch aaparticipation—and aathis aarefusal aamust aabe aahonored.
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