NURS 547 Chap 3/4/5 Review Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
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NURS 547
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NURS 547
What term describes a statement about an area in which nursing's knowledge base is incomplete, related to general understanding, practice implications, or theory?
a. Research question
b. Research Problem
c. research design
d. Research purpose - ANSWERAnswer: B
- In nursing, a research proble...
NURS 547 Chap 3/4/5 Review
Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
What term describes a statement about an area in which nursing's knowledge base is incomplete,
related to general understanding, practice implications, or theory?
a. Research question
b. Research Problem
c. research design
d. Research purpose - ANSWERAnswer: B
- In nursing, a research problem is an area in which there is a gap in nursing's knowledge base.
- The gap may relate only to general understanding or it may have practice implications
The purpose of a study was to identify whether there was a relationship between the number of
days each month that nurses sat down at the bedside of patients uninterrupted on a particular unit
for at least 5 minutes and the unit's patient satisfaction scores. This purpose statement indicates that
this is probably which kind of study?
a. Quasi-experimental
b. Descriptive
c. Experimental
d. Correlational - ANSWERAnswer: D
- Correlational research is conducted to examine linear relationships in between two or more
variables to determine the direction (positive or negative) and degree (strength) of the relationship
The setting in which descriptive studies are most often conducted is in a:
a. highly controlled setting, such as a laboratory
b.partially controlled setting tocontrol for factors like temeprature, noise and interuptions
c. Setting where participants can be randomly assigned to a control orintervention group
d. natural setting, such as a home, hospital or school - ANSWERAnswer: D
- A natural setting, also called a naturalistic setting, is a real life setting.
- Such settings are the common venues of quantitative descriptive research and of all types of
qualitative research
, Nursing Practice, exploring research priorities of funding agencies, and professional organizations'
priorities are major sources for:
a. identifying a research problem for study
b. Determining which literature to review
c. Developing a framework to guide the research
d. identifying assumptions about the population of interest - ANSWERAnswer: A
- Nursing practice is the most fertile source for identified nursing problems
- A researcher who discovers that potential funding for sponsorship of a study is available may
choose to change or enlarge the problem area, so as to include items from a funding agency's
statement of research opportunities, or a professional organization's priorities
A group of oncology nurses studied the effect of participation in a structured exercise program of
walking following mastectomy The study purpose was to determine whether mild exercise decreased
reported side effects of chemotherapy at3, 6, 9 months during the intervention period. the control
group received chemotherapy without the structured program of exercise.This study is an example of
which of the following?
a. Applied research
b. Basic research
c. Correlational research
d. Descriptive research - ANSWERAnswer: A
- Applied research is a scientific investigation conducted to generate knowledge that is intended to
have a direct influence upon practice. As opposed to basic research, the purpose of applied research
is to answer specific questions, not general theoretical ones
A nurse who works at a women's clinic wishes to study the experience of women with eating
disorders who have experienced a miscarriage. Which one of the following research questions
reflects a phenomenological approach?
a. What is it like for women with eating disorders who have experienced a miscarriage?
b. Between 1990 and 2010 in London, what agencies arose that were capable of providing support
for women with eating disorders who had experienced a miscarriage?
c. Is the depression following miscarriage more severe in women with eating disorders than in
women without eating disorders?
d. Within the culture of women with eating disorders, what are common supportive gestures
extended to a woman who has miscarried? - ANSWERAnswer: A
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