Which of the following is an example of nursing research?
a. A nursing student writes a paper on diabetes for a health course.
b. A patient looks up a medication on the internet before agreeing to take it.
c. A nurse washes his hands before performing wound care.
d. Operating room nurses track ...
Which of the following is an example of nursing research?
a. A nursing student writes a paper on diabetes for a health course.
b. A patient looks up a medication on the internet before agreeing to take it.
c. A nurse washes his hands before performing wound care.
d. Operating room nurses track surgical suite door openings and post-op infection rates to
determine whether there is a relationship. - ANS d. Operating room nurses track surgical
suite door openings and post-op infection rates to determine whether there is a relationship.
Magnet Status is important because: (select all that apply)
A. It recognizes HCOs that provide high quality nursing care.
B. HCOs with magnet status display a sustained commitment to EBP and nursing research.
C. Magnet status is associated with better patient outcomes.
D. Staff of magnet status HCOs report higher job satisfaction.
E. HCOs with magnet status can conduct research but do not have to implement it in practice. -
ANS ABCD
Evidenced-based nursing practice is:
A. Practice that conducts research with patients that give informed consent
B. Practice that uses research findings as a basis for clinical decision making
C. Practice that is rooted in the constructivist paradigm
D. Practice that involves meeting in journal clubs - ANS B
Rank the following sources of gaining knowledge (1= weakest and 6= strongest)
Clinical experience
Logical reasoning
Tradition
Disciplined research
Authority
Assembled information - ANS Tradition
Authority
Clinical experience (trial and error/intuition)
Logical reasoning (inductive and deductive)
Assembled information (QI data)
Disciplined research
,Which of the following is an example of a research question grounded in the naturalist
paradigm?
a. What are determinants of low birth weight of babies born to women 25 years old and
younger?
b. Is acupuncture as effective as ibuprofen in reducing chronic back pain?
c. What is the prevalence of homelessness among undocumented immigrants?
d. What is the nature of the lived experience of being in a "locked in" state? - ANS d. What
is the nature of the lived experience of being in a "locked in" state?
Which of the following is an example of evidence-based practice?
a. A nurse manager measures the time it takes for her staff to answer the nurse call button &
identifies a plan to reduce the interval.
b. Pediatric nurses review evidence of strategies to reduce injection site pain & choose one
strategy to implement & evaluate in practice.
c. A nurse searches WebMD to help explain the diabetic diet to a patient.
d. A hospital conducts routine patient satisfaction surveys. - ANS b. Pediatric nurses review
evidence of strategies to reduce injection site pain & choose one strategy to implement &
evaluate in practice.
Is the following statement True or False?
Meta-analyses use statistics to integrate findings across quantitative studies. - ANS true
Nurses are concerned about poor sleep quality among ICU patients, and propose reducing
noise to improve sleep quality. What is the "P" in the PICO?
a. ICU patients
b. Poor sleep quality
c. Noise reduction
d. Improved sleep quality - ANS a. ICU patients
Which of the following would be the first step when personally investigating evidence for a
specific nursing care problem?
a. Search for possible evidence.
b. Ask answerable clinical questions.
c. Assess effectiveness of decision.
d. Assemble available evidence. - ANS b. Ask answerable clinical questions.
Is the following statement True or False?
Clinical practice guidelines put evidence into a usable form. - ANS true
In a study testing the effect of caffeine versus placebo on cognitive performance, which is the
dependent variable?
a. caffeine
b. placebo
c. cognitive performance
, d. b & c - ANS c. cognitive performance
Which of the following is most likely to be an example of experimental research?
a. Retrospective chart review to determine the prevalence of post-op infection after foot surgery.
b. The effect of foot reflexology on sleep quality in older adults.
c. Exploring first-time fathers' attitudes toward infant bonding.
d. Predictors of obesity in preschool children. - ANS b. The effect of foot reflexology on
sleep quality in older adults.
A nurse researcher is testing the effect of an educational intervention to reduce anxiety in
adolescents with anxiety disorder. Which of the following is an example of the operational
definition of the dependent variable?
a. Individuals 12-17 years of age.
b. A state of unease that produces stress.
c. Score on the Trait Anxiety Questionnaire.
d. A 2 hour interactive session teaching about sources of generalized anxiety disorder and
strategies to manage it. - ANS c. Score on the Trait Anxiety Questionnaire.
In what section of a research report would the following statement be found? "Weight was
measured using the same scale at the same time of day, with light clothing, no shoes."
a. Introduction
b. Methods
c. Results
d. Discussion - ANS b. Methods
In what section of a research report would the following statement be found? "Forty-five percent
of the subjects were male, and 55% female."
a. Introduction
b. Methods
c. Results
d. Discussion - ANS c. Results
In what section of a research report would the following statement be found? "A possible
weakness of this study is the inclusion of subjects with only mild sleep disturbance, who may
not have had enough sleep disruption to evidence an improvement from the study intervention."
a. Introduction
b. Methods
c. Results
d. Discussion - ANS d. Discussion
The report issued in 1978 by the commission for the protection human subject of biomedical
behavior research that covers research sponsored by the u s government is referred to as the
_____ report.
a. Belmont
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