Hesi Practice Questions v2

Question 1

What is the responsibility of a consumer of research? (Select all that apply.)

1. To collect data for clinical trials
2. To apply research in practice
3. To stay abreast of emerging nursing research
4. To evaluate programs of generalizable research only

Answer 1

2. To apply research in practice
3. To stay abreast of emerging nursing research

Question 2

Why is research essential for the delivery of quality nursing care?

1. Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical decisions.
2. One study can change nursing practice dramatically.
3. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requires all nurses to be consumers of research.
4. Traditional nursing care is no longer appropriate for twenty-first century nursing.

Answer 2

1. Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical decisions.

Question 3

Why is nursing research valuable to the consumers of health care?

1. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference.
2. The nursing profession needs to define its place in the health care system.
3. Accrediting agencies must determine how best to use the technology needed to provide nursing care.
4. Nurses must justify the cost of their services for reimbursement purposes.

Answer 3

1. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference.

Question 4

Why would a nursing research study that found that specific advanced-practice nursing interventions lowered health care costs by 50% be important to nursing practice?

1. It proves that nurses are less expensive than physicians.
2. Advanced-practice nurses must define their impact more clearly.
3. It demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of the nursing interventions studied.
4. The high cost of health care is an important national crisis.

Answer 4

3. It demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of the nursing interventions studied.

Question 5

To be important to nursing practice, how must nursing theory be supported?

1. Educational environment
2. Nursing research
3. Patient outcomes
4. Expansive body of science

Answer 5

2. Nursing research