NUR 100 Exam#2 Review Questions,
Answers, & Rationales
A nurse researcher studies the effectiveness of a new program designed to
educate parents to promote the immunization of children’ The nurse divides the
the parents randomly into two groups’ One group receives the typical educational
program and the other group receives the new program’ This is an example of
which type of study?
Experimental; in experimental studies, the subjects are randomly assigned into
groups with one group receiving the standard treatment and the other group
receiving the intervention’
A nurse who works in a pediatric unit asks, "I wonder if children who interact with
therapy dogs have reduced anxiety when they are in the hospital’" In this example
of a PICOT question, which of the following is the O?
1’ Children
2’ Therapy Dogs
3’ The pediatric unit
4’ Anxiety - correct answer 2’ Answer: 4’
O stands for outcome; in this PICOT question, the outcome the nurse is
concerned about is anxiety’
, The nurse researcher wants to know which factors are associated with a person's
decision to exercise’ The nurse distributes a survey to people who recently joined
an exercise wellness program and analyzes the data to determine which factors
and characteristics are most significantly linked to the decision to start
exercising’ Which type of research study is this?
Correlational: in this study the nurse researcher is correlating characteristics or
factors with the decision to start exercising
A group of nurses have identified that the elderly patients on their unit have a
high incidence or pressure ulcers after they have a stroke’ During a unit meeting
they discuss different interventions that they think may reduce the development
of pressure ulcers’ What is the nurses' next step to investigate this clinical
problem further?
1’ Conduct a literature review
2’ Share the findings with others
3’ Conduct a statistical analysis
4’ Create a well-defined PICOT question - correct answer 4’ Answer: 4’
In this case, the nurses need to develop a PICOT question next to search for
appropriate evidence that might offer answers to this clinical problem’
Arrange the following steps of evidence-based practice (EBP) in the appropriate
order’
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