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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which 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.
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
Feedback
A Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
B 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.
C EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
D Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient
outcomes are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering
(Knowledge) REF: p. 3
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
Feedback
A Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce
the desired outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding
(Comprehension) REF: p. 6
,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
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a
desired outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
D 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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying
(Application) REF: pp. 7-8
4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is
compared among groups of adolescents who received different asthma education.
Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: C
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a
desired outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying
(Application) REF: p. 7
, 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
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a
desired outcome.
B Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
C Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying
(Application) REF: pp. 7-8
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.
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 importance of sanitation, clean
drinking water, and adequate nutrition.
ANS: D
Feedback
A This was not the most important result
B This was not the most important result
C This was not the most important result
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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding
(Comprehension) REF: p. 11
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
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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which 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.
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
Feedback
A Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
B 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.
C EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
D Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient
outcomes are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering
(Knowledge) REF: p. 3
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
Feedback
A Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce
the desired outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding
(Comprehension) REF: p. 6
,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
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a
desired outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
D 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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying
(Application) REF: pp. 7-8
4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is
compared among groups of adolescents who received different asthma education.
Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: C
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a
desired outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying
(Application) REF: p. 7
, 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
Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a
desired outcome.
B Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
why certain events occur.
C Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying
(Application) REF: pp. 7-8
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.
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 importance of sanitation, clean
drinking water, and adequate nutrition.
ANS: D
Feedback
A This was not the most important result
B This was not the most important result
C This was not the most important result
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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding
(Comprehension) REF: p. 11
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
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