Nursing 143 Midterm || Acknowledged Answers 100%.
What is meant by the term "evidence-based practice"? correct answers Applying research
findings; patient care data, preferences, and values; and nursing expertise to nursing practice
To build the body of knowledge of nursing, a problem amenable to study should be correct
answers based on published research findings and fit logically with what is already known.
Which of the following is not a necessary step in the research process? correct answers Review
of best practice guidelines
Which of the following are the three most common sources of research questions? correct
answers Clinical problems, replication of prior research, testing nursing theory
Which of the following is an example of a research question based on a clinical problem? correct
answers Relationship between hours of bright light and irritability of preterm infants
A nursing manager wants the unit staff to become more involved in research. The staff nurses say
they are not qualified to conduct research. Which response by the manager is best? correct
answers "You need a basic understanding of the research process because you should be good
consumers of research."
Which research design has the goal of determining a cause-and-effect relationship? correct
answers Experimental design
Which research design would be used to determine the relationship between self-concept,
physical fitness, and health habits in school-aged children? correct answers Nonexperimental
design
For data collection to be valid, what must occur? correct answers The tool must measure what it
is supposed to measure.
, What body has been established to protect participants of research? correct answers Institutional
review board
What is the current name of the agency that serves as an important source of funding for nursing
research? correct answers National Institute of Nursing Research
Quantitative research methods may be somewhat less useful in nursing because of which of the
following? Select all that apply correct answers X.B Many phenomena of interest to nurses are
not amenable to study in tightly controlled circumstances.
X.C Patient perceptions of experiences may have significant effects on their health behaviors.
X.D The complexity of human beings makes it difficult to break problems into statements that
can be tested.
Evidence-based nursing practice involves which of the following? (Select all that apply.) correct
answers X..A The use of the best evidence available supporting the interventions
X..B The preferences of the individual patients and their families
X..E The expertise of the professional nurse
Dissemination of findings may involve which of the following activities? (Select all that apply.)
correct answers X. A.Publication of findings in Western Journal of Nursing Research
X. C.Poster presentation at regional conference of Sigma Theta Tau International
X.C.Oral presentation of findings at annual conference of the Society of Pediatric Nurses
What is meant by the term "evidence-based practice"? correct answers Applying research
findings; patient care data, preferences, and values; and nursing expertise to nursing practice
To build the body of knowledge of nursing, a problem amenable to study should be correct
answers based on published research findings and fit logically with what is already known.
Which of the following is not a necessary step in the research process? correct answers Review
of best practice guidelines
Which of the following are the three most common sources of research questions? correct
answers Clinical problems, replication of prior research, testing nursing theory
Which of the following is an example of a research question based on a clinical problem? correct
answers Relationship between hours of bright light and irritability of preterm infants
A nursing manager wants the unit staff to become more involved in research. The staff nurses say
they are not qualified to conduct research. Which response by the manager is best? correct
answers "You need a basic understanding of the research process because you should be good
consumers of research."
Which research design has the goal of determining a cause-and-effect relationship? correct
answers Experimental design
Which research design would be used to determine the relationship between self-concept,
physical fitness, and health habits in school-aged children? correct answers Nonexperimental
design
For data collection to be valid, what must occur? correct answers The tool must measure what it
is supposed to measure.
, What body has been established to protect participants of research? correct answers Institutional
review board
What is the current name of the agency that serves as an important source of funding for nursing
research? correct answers National Institute of Nursing Research
Quantitative research methods may be somewhat less useful in nursing because of which of the
following? Select all that apply correct answers X.B Many phenomena of interest to nurses are
not amenable to study in tightly controlled circumstances.
X.C Patient perceptions of experiences may have significant effects on their health behaviors.
X.D The complexity of human beings makes it difficult to break problems into statements that
can be tested.
Evidence-based nursing practice involves which of the following? (Select all that apply.) correct
answers X..A The use of the best evidence available supporting the interventions
X..B The preferences of the individual patients and their families
X..E The expertise of the professional nurse
Dissemination of findings may involve which of the following activities? (Select all that apply.)
correct answers X. A.Publication of findings in Western Journal of Nursing Research
X. C.Poster presentation at regional conference of Sigma Theta Tau International
X.C.Oral presentation of findings at annual conference of the Society of Pediatric Nurses
