Test Bank:

Understanding

Nursing Research

Building an

Evidence Based

Practice, 5th

Edition, Burns,

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Copyright © 2011 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

Burns: Understanding Nursing Research, 5th Edition

Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The primary purpose of nursing research is to:

a. bring prestige to the discipline.

b. fund nursing education.

c. generate scientific knowledge to guide nursing practice.

d. promote the importance of nursing in society.

ANS: C

The ultimate goal of nursing research is the generation of an empirical knowledge base to

guide practice.

Although high-quality research would bring prestige to nursing, that is not the reason for

conducting the research. The ultimate goal of nursing research is the generation of an

empirical knowledge base to guide practice.

Although high-quality research could promote the importance of nursing, that is not the

reason for conducting the research. The ultimate goal of nursing research is the

generation of an empirical knowledge base to guide practice.

A research grant may provide assistance with educational expenses for persons connected

with it. The research itself does not fund education, nor is funding education the purpose

of the research. The ultimate goal of nursing research is the generation of an empirical

knowledge base to guide practice.

DIF: Cognitive level: Comprehension REF: p. 4

2. A research study investigating the benefits of ambulation after cesarean section would be

an example of which type of research evidence?

a. Control

b. Description

c. Explanation

d. Prediction

ANS: B

Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and

the relationships among these phenomena.

Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired

outcome.

Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain

events occur.

Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given

situation.

DIF: Cognitive level: Application REF: p. 7

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