Chapter 06: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Cherry: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will
achieve what?
a. Publication
b. Increase the body of nursing knowledge
c. Avoid causing harm to research subjects
d. Funding
ANS: C
The institutional review board (also called the human subjects committee) examines research
proposals to ensure that the ethical rights of those individuals participating in the research
study are protected. This board makes sure that persons who participate in research are
assured that their right to privacy, confidentiality, fair treatment, and freedom from harm is
protected.
DIF:Knowledge
2. A nurse is interested in understanding the meaning of the human experience of surviving polio.
Subject recruitment targets persons who have been diagnosed with the disease. The researcher
reflects on the data and identifies common themes to understand the ―lived experience.‖
These characteristics are consistent with which qualitative research method? a. Grounded
theory
b. Ethnography
c. Phenomenology
d. Case study
ANS: C
Phenomenology is a qualitative research design that uses inductive descriptive methodology
to describe the lived experiences of study participants. Grounded theory is designed to
explore and describe a social process. Ethnography is a method used to study phenomena
from a cultural perspective. A case study is a process or record of research in which detailed
consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a
period of time.
DIF:Comprehension
3. The implementation of research to guide nursing practice is referred to as what? a. Utilization
b. Dissemination
c. Generalizability
d. Analysis
, ANS: A
Utilization of research guides nursing practice. Clinical agencies need to make a
commitment to implementing research findings and then developing policies and procedures
to guide the implementation process.
DIF:Comprehension
4. A public health nurse is interested in determining which educational programs are needed in
the aggregates served. The researcher personally interviews individuals who are walking on
the streets in the community. What type of research design is this? a. Quasi-experimental
b. Survey
c. Case study
d. Ethnography
ANS: B
Survey is a nonexperimental research design that focuses on obtaining information regarding
the status quo of some situation, often through direct questioning of participants. A case
study is a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the
development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time. Ethnography is
a method used to study phenomena from a cultural perspective. In quasi-experimental
studies, a control group, randomization, or the manipulation of one or more variables is
missing.
DIF:Comprehension
5. Which organization provides federal funding for research?
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
b. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
c. W. K. Kellogg Foundation
d. Sigma Theta Tau International
ANS: A
Two major sources of funding for nursing research are the National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which are
both funded by federal congressional appropriations. Private foundations and nursing
organizations, identified in the remaining options, also provide funding for nursing research.
DIF:Knowledge
6. Which type of data analysis results in the non-numerical organization of data? a. Descriptive
b. Inferential
c. Qualitative
d. Quantitative
Cherry: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will
achieve what?
a. Publication
b. Increase the body of nursing knowledge
c. Avoid causing harm to research subjects
d. Funding
ANS: C
The institutional review board (also called the human subjects committee) examines research
proposals to ensure that the ethical rights of those individuals participating in the research
study are protected. This board makes sure that persons who participate in research are
assured that their right to privacy, confidentiality, fair treatment, and freedom from harm is
protected.
DIF:Knowledge
2. A nurse is interested in understanding the meaning of the human experience of surviving polio.
Subject recruitment targets persons who have been diagnosed with the disease. The researcher
reflects on the data and identifies common themes to understand the ―lived experience.‖
These characteristics are consistent with which qualitative research method? a. Grounded
theory
b. Ethnography
c. Phenomenology
d. Case study
ANS: C
Phenomenology is a qualitative research design that uses inductive descriptive methodology
to describe the lived experiences of study participants. Grounded theory is designed to
explore and describe a social process. Ethnography is a method used to study phenomena
from a cultural perspective. A case study is a process or record of research in which detailed
consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a
period of time.
DIF:Comprehension
3. The implementation of research to guide nursing practice is referred to as what? a. Utilization
b. Dissemination
c. Generalizability
d. Analysis
, ANS: A
Utilization of research guides nursing practice. Clinical agencies need to make a
commitment to implementing research findings and then developing policies and procedures
to guide the implementation process.
DIF:Comprehension
4. A public health nurse is interested in determining which educational programs are needed in
the aggregates served. The researcher personally interviews individuals who are walking on
the streets in the community. What type of research design is this? a. Quasi-experimental
b. Survey
c. Case study
d. Ethnography
ANS: B
Survey is a nonexperimental research design that focuses on obtaining information regarding
the status quo of some situation, often through direct questioning of participants. A case
study is a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the
development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time. Ethnography is
a method used to study phenomena from a cultural perspective. In quasi-experimental
studies, a control group, randomization, or the manipulation of one or more variables is
missing.
DIF:Comprehension
5. Which organization provides federal funding for research?
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
b. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
c. W. K. Kellogg Foundation
d. Sigma Theta Tau International
ANS: A
Two major sources of funding for nursing research are the National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which are
both funded by federal congressional appropriations. Private foundations and nursing
organizations, identified in the remaining options, also provide funding for nursing research.
DIF:Knowledge
6. Which type of data analysis results in the non-numerical organization of data? a. Descriptive
b. Inferential
c. Qualitative
d. Quantitative
