Final Exam - 1

Question 1

Research methods that emphasize the meaning of human experiences

Answer 1

Qualitative

Question 2

How should the nurse researcher view evidence based practice?

Answer 2

The integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.

Question 3

What is the difference between the independent and dependent variables?

Answer 3

The dependent variable should change in response to manipulation of the independent variable.

Question 4

Consumer of research:

Answer 4

critically appraises evidence

Question 5

Example of directional hypothesis:

Answer 5

Students who score at least a level 2 on the Med-Surg ATI are more likely to pass NCLEX than those who do no score at least a level 2.

Question 6

Which of the following statements accurately reflects dependent and independent variables based on the following statement? “The degree of HOB (head of bed) will predict the risk for VAP (vent-associated pneumonia) in ICU patients”

Answer 6

Degree of HOB is independent variable and the risk for VAP is dependent variable.

Question 7

How is PICO used in EBP?

Answer 7

To formulate practice question

Question 8

Why would a nurse researcher decide to use a secondary source in a literature review?

Answer 8

They supplement the body of nursing knowledge in a specific area of practice.

Question 9

For your EBP project you located a meta-analysis. You know that a meta-analysis:

Answer 9

Synthesizes quantitative findings

Question 10

Which part of the following purpose statement is the dependent variable?

“The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of the Deaf Heart Health Intervention in increasing self-efficacy for health behaviors related to risk for cardiovascular disease among deaf adults”

Answer 10

Self-efficacy for health behaviors

Question 11

After an idea or a clinical situation first emerges as a potential research problem for the nurse researcher, what is the next step in designing a research study?

Answer 11

Performing a literature review

Question 12

When might the nurse researcher use a non-published source?

Answer 12

When inquiring about policies and procedures used by other facilities.

Question 13

When analyzing a research article, a nurse researcher can expect to find information about the research question and the studies purpose in the:

Answer 13

Introduction

Question 14

Which research topic would most likely be studied through qualitative research?

Answer 14

The lived experience of those who have had breast cancer

Question 15

Why must nurses be knowledgable consumers of research?

Answer 15

So you can evaluate the credibility of findings and apply to practice

Question 16

How is nursing research significant to the nursing profession?

Answer 16

It allows a specialized body of knowledge to be generated for use in health care delivery.

Question 17

What is NOT a role for the BSN prepared RN?

Answer 17

Design and implement research studies

Question 18

“quality of life during post-treatment breast cancer survivorship is a relatively new emerging, and promising area of investigation….A small but growing number of multidisciplinary studies have reported interventions designed for the transition from cancer treatment to cancer survivorship”

This statement is an example of:

Answer 18

Problem statement

Question 19

Which statement is accurate regarding the importance of the review of literature to the research process?

Answer 19

It guides all steps of the research process

Question 20

How is a hypothesis different from a research problem?

Answer 20

A hypothesis attempts to answer the question posed by the research problem.

Question 21

Research whose results are recorded in words not number is called _________.

Answer 21

Qualitative research

Question 22

You have located the following article for you EBP project: Nursing Interventions for Smoking Cessation (REVIEW). The Primary objective of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness of nursing delivered interventions on smoking behavior in adults. From the title and information above you can tell:

Answer 22

This is a secondary source

Question 23

When discussing PICO questions a nurse states the I stands for “individuals”. You know this is incorrect because the I stands for:

Answer 23

Intervention

Question 24

Which hypothesis is non-directional?

Answer 24

Nursing delivered smoking cessation interventions differ in effectiveness with health state and setting of the participants.

Question 25

How many times should a nursing student in N327 read an article once it has been selected for use in the literature review?

Answer 25

2-4 times

Question 26

Why would a nurse researcher decide to include a refereed journal as part of the literature review?

Answer 26

The articles are critiqued by a panel of internal and external reviewers.

Question 27

What type of hypothesis is demonstrated by the following statement? “there will be no difference in the number of adverse events among patients discharged two days after abdominal hysterectomy compared with patients discharged four days after and abdominal hysterectomy.

Answer 27

Null-hypothesis

Question 28

Which of the following represents an appropriate platform to search for scholarly nursing articles?

Answer 28

CINAHL

Question 29

The nurse researcher is designing a study. Which statement regarding independent and dependent variables is true?

Answer 29

A given characteristic or situation may be the dependent variable in one study, and the independent variable in another.

Question 30

Nursing research is significant to the profession of nursing because it promotes what?

Answer 30

Generation of a specialized body of nursing knowledge for use in nursing practice

Question 31

Nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research process for which of these reasons?

Answer 31

To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical practice

Question 32

What difference, if any, exists between a research question and a hypothesis

Answer 32

A hypothesis attempts to answer the question posed by the research problem

Question 33

Which is an example of a primary source in a literature review

Answer 33

A video recorded interview of a nurse researcher

Question 34

A general timeline for a literature search for an academic paper or project is to go back how far in the literature?

Answer 34

3-5 years

Question 35

Which phrase correctly defines a theory?

Answer 35

A set of interrelated concepts that provides a systematic view of a phenomenon

Question 36

When reading a report of results of a nursing research study, the nurse notices that the theoretical framework is drawn from a discipline other than nursing. When critiquing the theoretical framework, the nurse should determine the answer to which of these questions…

Answer 36

Has the author clearly indicated the meaning of the theoretical framework to the study and linked it to nursing?

Question 37

Which research report title suggests that theory was generated as the outcome of the study, rather than being used as the framework for the study?

Answer 37

Women’s experiences of undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Banner, D., et al., 2011)