EBP exam #1 Questions Flashcards
Identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among the phenomena are examples of __________?
description
The beginning nurse researcher would like to investigate credible resources for implementing protocols in clinical practice. Which of the following would be considered empirical sources of nursing knowledge?
quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research
The nurse researcher is investigating outcomes research on nursing interventions. Which of the following examples would constitute outcomes research?
pt responses to nursing interventions
The nurse researcher is preparing to search for practice protocols. Which of the following steps will assist in the process of nursing research? (Select all that apply)
conducting a systematic investigation
organizing existing data
planning strategies to search literature
persistent focus
The nurse researcher is explaining the key differences between research and evidence-based practice to a new nurse researcher. Which statement best describes the relationship between research and practice?
research involves searching and testing available knowledge and EBP involves finding the best evidence to implement into practice
The nurse researcher is exploring the relationship between health promotion and illness prevention strategies used by a variety of populations. What purpose would this research fulfill?
description
The nurse researcher is conducting a synthesis of research for developing a guideline to implement and evaluate in the practice setting. What purpose would this research fulfill?
control
The nurse mentor is providing a brief lecture on the history of nursing. As a new nurse researcher, you understand that the focus of nursing research from the late 1990s through the present has been mainly:
EBP
The major purpose of the National Institute for Nursing Research is to:
provide financial support for nursing research
Examine the following statement: the nurse researcher speculates that patients who receive chemotherapy for lung cancer treatment experience vomiting as a side effect; therefore, those patients who have leukemia and receive chemotherapy will also experience nausea and vomiting. What type of reasoning is the nurse researcher using?
inductive
Examine the following statement: The nurse researcher speculates that nausea and vomiting are common side effects of chemotherapy; therefore, patients who have leukemia and are being treated with chemotherapy will most likely have nausea and vomiting. What type of reasoning is the nurse researcher using?
deductive
The nurse educator would like to design an orientation program for the medical/surgical unit. the researcher finds a phenomenological study conducted by Benner (1984), which describes how clinical knowledge and expertise is gained through experience. What type of knowledge is being highlighted in this study?
personal experience
A nurse is using theories from psychology to expand her understanding of the grief process. This is an example of which way of acquiring knowledge for nursing practice?
borrowing
A new registered nurse has formed a close relationship with an experienced nurse so that he or she might learn facets of nursing practice by imitating the behavior of the expert nurse. This is an example of which way of acquiring knowledge for nursing practice?
role modeling
The nurse would like to research patients’ perceptions of pain. The nurse focuses on qualitative studies. What characteristic will likely be included in the qualitative research studies?
a basis of theory development is a characteristic
The nurse is researching the incidence of pressure ulcers with a new skin care ointment to determine the cause-and-effect interactions among variables. This is known as which type of research?
quasi-experimental research
The nurse researcher is examining research that was developed by the discipline of anthropology for investigating cultures through an in-depth study of the members of the culture. This is known as which type of research?
ethnographic research
A study is entitled, “The Use of Massage as an Intervention for Decreasing Low Back Pain.” Based on this title, how would the nurse appraise this type of research?
quasi-experimental research
Braden developed a scale to assess a patient’s risk for developing a pressure ulcer. Patients admitted to a hospital are assessed for their risk of pressure ulcer development and are provided interventions to prevent ulcers. This is an example of knowledge that can be used to ___________ outcomes in practice.
control
A nurse researcher conducted a study to describe the experience of living with chronic pain. What type of study best generates this type of knowledge?
phenomenological study
A nurse conducted a study to determine the patient and financial outcomes for using a particular type of treatment protocol for managing pressure ulcers. Based on this description, how would the nurse appraise this type of study?
outcomes study
The inductive research technique used to formulate, test, and refine a theory about a particular phenomenon is called:
grounded theory
An experienced nurse was caring for a patient following surgery and had a gut-level feeling that the patient was going to have severe complications. This way of acquiring knowledge is best described as:
intuition
A nursing student in a BSN program is required to take a research course before graduation. Which of the following learning outcomes will the nursing student acquire?
critique research articles for clinical usefulness
The nurse researcher is critically appraising a research study. Which of the following statements best describes a critique of research?
careful examination of a study to evaluate its strengths, limitations, meanings, and significance
The nurse manager is charged with reviewing a patient satisfaction survey to determine the effectiveness of nursing care. This is an example of which type of research?
outcomes research
The nursing mentor is providing a lecture on the types of nursing research. As a new nurse researcher you understand that quantitative research differs from qualitative research in the following ways: (Select all that apply.)
the results of quantitative research may be generalized to the population from which the same was drawn, but qualitative research is not, strictly speaking, generalized
quantitative research provides answers to “what” and who questions, and qualitative research focuses more on “how” and “why” questions
The nurse researcher determines that published research is qualitative if it demonstrates which characteristic?
it present results as a narrative
The nurse manager collects data about hours worked, age, sex, and geographic area of the nursing staff over a 10-year period. What type of research would this be considered?
descriptive
A staff nurse is interested in the infection rates for patients who have indwelling Foley catheters. What is the next step in the research process?
conducting the literature review
The nurse researcher is involved in selecting a sample for a research study on staffing ratios. Which statement best describes the difference between a population and a sample?
a population is usually larger than a sample
The nurse researcher conducts a literature review and discovers a research article entitled, “The Effect of Massage to Decrease Musculoskeletal Pain: an Intervention Study.” Based on this title, what type of research was employed for this study?
applied
In comparing the nursing process and research process, one can say that the evaluation and modification step of the nursing process has similarities with which of the following steps of the research process?
outcomes and dissemination of findings
The nurse researcher is conducting a research study in a highly controlled environment. This is an example of what type of study?
experimental
A nurse researcher studied parenting behavior of new parents. The researcher conducted observations and interviews with the parents in their home. What type of setting was used for this study?
field setting
A nurse researcher was studying the effect of a cardiac rehabilitation program on the heart rate, respiratory rate, and functional status of patients 2 months after a myocardial infarction. The study was conducted in the rehabilitation center where the researcher controlled the consistent implementation of the treatment. What type of setting was used for this study?
partially controlled
The purpose of a study was to identify caring behavior desired by patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This purpose statement indicates that this is probably a/an:
descriptive study
The nurse researcher states “People want to maintain control of their own health problems.” This is an example of which of the following?
assumption
A nurse researcher was summarizing the research to determine the latest technique for giving intramuscular (IM) injections. The researcher summarized what was known and not known about giving IM injections. This is an example of ________ sources.
synthesizing
The nurse researcher is conducting a lecture series on how to report research findings. The researcher begins with an overview of the four major parts most often included in a research report. Which of the following would be included in this overview?
introduction, methods, results, and discussion
The nurse researcher is conducting a lecture series on how to report research findings. A participant raises her hand and asks “In which section would I include the implications of the findings for nursing and the recommendations for further research?” What is the researcher’s best response?
the discussion section
The nurse researcher is conducting a lecture series on how to report research findings. A participant raises his or her hand and asks “Which section in the research report would one read to obtain a clear, concise summary of the study?” What is the researcher’s best response?
abstract
A nurse researcher developed a descriptive correlational blueprint for conducting a study to examine hopelessness and anxiety in patients who are diagnosed with breast cancer. This statement clarifies which of the following steps of the research process?
design
The nurse researcher is implementing a treatment of a low-calorie diet to determine the impact of the diet on body weight. This is an example of what type of study?
quasi-experimental
The nurse researcher is skimming research studies to find the study with the highest control. Which of the following samples would yield the least bias?
randomly assigns subjects to a treatment and control group
The nurse researcher is searching the literature for a study that examines the relationships between two or more variables. Which type of research is the nurse seeking?
correlational
The nurse researcher is searching the literature for a study that examines the examination of cause and effect relationships in partially controlled settings. Which type of research is the nurse seeking?
quasi-experimental
The nurse researcher is searching the literature for a study that examines a new area of research where little information is available. Which type of research is the nurse seeking?
descriptive
The nurse researcher is searching the literature for a study that is highly controlled study that is often conducted in a laboratory setting. Which type of research is the nurse seeking?
experimental
The nurse knows that __________________ is conducted to generate and refine theory, and is frequently not directly useful in practice.
basic research
The nurse on a medical surgical unit would like to use the research process to find a solution to the current infection rates for postsurgical patients. Which type of research would be employed?
applied research
Which of the following is true about qualitative research?
focus is on studying the “whole”
Data for qualitative studies are:
based on words rather than #’s
Which of the following is not a common data collection method in qualitative research?
obtaining written surveys
The nursing researcher is conducting a qualitative research study. The nurse researcher believes there are multiple perceptions of reality. This belief is known as:
worldview
The new nurse researcher is comparing the difference between the rigors of qualitative research and quantitative research. Which components would be included in the rigor for qualitative research?
openness and adherence to the philosophical orientation
The research question of a phenomenological study of the birth of a first child might be which of the following?
what is the meaning of one’s lived experiences of having a 1st child?
Grounded theory is based on the belief that:
group life is based on consensus and shared meaning
Audibility is similar to which step of the qualitative research process?
data analysis
The stage of qualitative data analysis in which the researcher attaches meaning to elements of the data is:
description
A researcher is analyzing data from a study describing the sequential key events of a patient’s account of his or her stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). This type of analysis best describes:
narrative analysis
An article entitled, “The Lived Experiences of Perinatal Loss,” would most likely describe which form of quantitative research?
phenomenology
An article entitled, “The Basic Process of Elder Parenting,” best describes which type of research?
grounded theory
An article entitled, “The Enculturalization of Nursing Students: on Becoming Timely,” best describes which type of research?
ethnography
