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Test Bank for Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition
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TEST BANK,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 7th 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.
ANS: A
Feedback
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
ANS: B
Feedback
A Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the
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: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 6
,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
ANS: 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
ANS: 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
, 5. A nurse imanager iis iinterested iin ilearning iwhich iattitudes iamong istaff inurses imay
iindicate irelative irisk iof ineedle-stick iinjuries. iTo istudy ithis, ithe inurse imanager iwill
iemploy iwhich imethod iof istudy?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: i D
Feedback
A Control iindicates ithe iability ito iuse ia iprescribed iintervention ito iproduce ia
idesired ioutcome.
B Explanation iclarifies ithe irelationships iamong iphenomena iand iidentifies iwhy
icertain ievents ioccur.
C Description iinvolves iidentifying iand iunderstanding ithe inature iof inursing
iphenomena iand ithe irelationships iamong ithese iphenomena.
D Through iprediction, ithe iprobability iof ia ispecific ioutcome ican ibe iestimated iin ia
igiven isituation.
PTS: i 1 DIF: Cognitive ilevel: iApplying
i(Application) iREF: ipp. i7-8
6. Which iis ithe imost iimportant iresult iof iFlorence iNightingale’s idata icollection iand
istatistical ianalysis iduring ithe iCrimean iWar?
a. Bringing iawareness iof ithe irigors iof iwar ito ithe igeneral ipublic.
b. Developing ia iprocess ifor istatistical ianalysis iand inursing idocumentation.
c. Identifying iand idefining ithe irole iof inurses iin imodern ihealth icare.
d. Using iclinical iresearch ito ievaluate ithe iimportance iof isanitation, iclean
idrinking iwater, iand iadequate inutrition.
ANS: i D
Feedback
A This iwas inot ithe imost iimportant iresult
B This iwas inot ithe imost iimportant iresult
C This iwas inot ithe imost iimportant iresult
D Nightingale’s iresearch ienabled iher ito iinstigate iattitudinal, iorganizational, iand
isocial ichanges, iincluding ithe imilitary’s iapproach ito ithe icare iof ithe isick iand
society’s isense iof iresponsibility ifor itesting ipublic iwater, iimproving isanitation,
iand ipreventing istarvation ito idecrease imorbidity iand imortality irates.
PTS: i 1 DIF: Cognitive ilevel: iUnderstanding
i(Comprehension) iREF: ip. i11
7. The inurse iparticipates iin idata icollection iin ia istudy iin iwhich itwo idifferent ipain
imanagement iprotocols iare iused iwith irandomly iassigned ipatients ito imeasure idifferences
iin ipostoperative irecovery itime. iWhich imethod iof istudy iis ithis?
a. Control
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