Test Bank for

Understanding Nursing

Research, 7th Edition,

Susan Grove, Jennifer

Gray, ISBN:

9780323532051, ISBN:

9780323546515, ISBN:

9780323546447 

Test Bank for Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition, Susan Grove,

Jennifer Gray, ISBN: 9780323532051, ISBN: 9780323546515, ISBN:

9780323546447

Table of Contents

Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an EvidenceBased Practice

2. Introduction to Quantitative Research

3. Introduction to Qualitative Research

4. Examining Ethics in Nursing Research

5. Examining Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses

6. Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review

7. Understanding Theory and Research Frameworks

8. Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs

9. Examining Populations and Samples in Research

10. Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research

11. Understanding Statistics in Research

12. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing

Practice

13. Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

14. Introduction to Additional Research Methodologies in Nursing: Mixed

Methods and Outcomes NEW! 

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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an

Evidence-Based Practice

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

 1. Which statement best describes evidence-based practice (EBP)?

a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and

values of patients

b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care and

delivery of care

c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients

d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes

ANS: A

Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research evidence with

clinical expertise and patient needs and values. Studies that attempt to find determinants of

patient outcomes are generally experimental or quasi-experimental. They may be used to

guide EBP but do not completely define it. EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific

patient needs and values. Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of

patient outcomes are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.

DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)

 2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger

research study. Which research method will the nurse use when collecting data for this study?

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 results. 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: Understanding (Comprehension)

 3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese

adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used in

this study?

a. Control

b. Description

c. Explanation

d. Prediction

ANS: D

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

situation. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the

probability of predicting this may be calculated. Control indicates the ability to use a

prescribed intervention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and

understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among these

phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why

certain events occur.

DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)

 4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among

groups of young adults who received different asthma education. Which research method does

this represent?

a. Control

b. Description

c. Explanation

d. Prediction

ANS: C

Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events

occur. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired

results. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena

and the relationships among these phenomena. Through prediction, the probability of a

specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.

DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)

 5. A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may indicate

relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this, the nurse manager will employ which

method of study?

a. Control

b. Description

c. Explanation

d. Prediction

ANS: D

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

situation. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired

results. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena

and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among

phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.

DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)

 6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and statistical

analysis during the Crimean War?

a. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public in relation to care

practices

b. Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation

c. Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care

d. Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water,

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and adequate nutrition

ANS: D

Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and social changes,

including the military’s approach to the care of the sick and society’s sense of responsibility

for testing public water, improving sanitation, and preventing starvation to decrease morbidity

and mortality rates. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the public, developing a

process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation, and identifying and defining the

role of nurses in modern health care were not the most important results.

DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)

 7. The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain management

protocols are used with randomly assigned patients to measure differences in postoperative

recovery time. Which method of study is this?

a. Control

b. Correlation

c. Description

d. Explanation

ANS: A

Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired results.

Correlation examines the relationships between different phenomena. Description involves

identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among

these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies

why certain events occur.

DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)

 8. The nurse reviews a study exploring experiences of nurses’ decision-making processes

regarding reporting a medical error. Which research method does this represent?

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 results. 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: Understanding (Comprehension)

 9. The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late 1960s and 1970s

served to

a. determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions.

b. establish the concept of evidence-based practice.

c. provide funding for nursing research.

d. provide direction for nursing research.

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