NURS401 Quizzes – Practice Questions and Answers Study Guide for Nursing
Exam Preparation
ch 1, 2, 3 - ANS ✔✔
Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care.
The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.
The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and values of
patients. - ANS ✔✔A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs
and values of patients.
A nurse is conducting a study on pain control for postoperative patients. The first half of the
patients are administered a long-acting oral morphine if they are tolerating oral medication. If
they are NPO they are administered small increments of IV morphine at 1 am, 3 am, and 5 am.
The other half of the patients receive the every four-hour oral pain medication and prn IV
morphine. She compares the groups and finds that the patients in the first half sleep better. This
is an example of __________________.
Quantitative Research
Mixed Methods Research
Qualitative Research
Case Study - ANS ✔✔A: Quantitative:
,Rationale: only numbers
case study: one case
mixed methods research: quantitative and qualitative parts
qualitative: no number data
What type of study design would be used to evaluate patient satisfaction in an outpatient clinic?
Exploratory-descriptive research
Qualitative research
Outcomes research
Phenomenological research - ANS ✔✔Outcomes research
outcomes research is numbers only- no qualitative
An emphasis of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Hospital Designation
Program for Excellence in Nursing is:
using standard nursing care plans based on outcomes research.
research and development of clinical practice guidelines.
utilizing evidence-based practice in nursing.
, putting qualitative research into practice in clinical settings. - ANS ✔✔utilizing evidence-based
practice in nursing.
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?
Correlation
Description
Explanation
Experimental - ANS ✔✔Experimental
Statements that will be scientifically tested as part of a research study are called:
limitations.
variables.
hypotheses.
assumptions. - ANS ✔✔hypotheses
A study that analyzes the effect of exercise on diabetes control among Native-American children
with type II diabetes would most credibly be generalizable to which population?
All people with type II diabetes
Children with type II diabetes
Exam Preparation
ch 1, 2, 3 - ANS ✔✔
Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care.
The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.
The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and values of
patients. - ANS ✔✔A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs
and values of patients.
A nurse is conducting a study on pain control for postoperative patients. The first half of the
patients are administered a long-acting oral morphine if they are tolerating oral medication. If
they are NPO they are administered small increments of IV morphine at 1 am, 3 am, and 5 am.
The other half of the patients receive the every four-hour oral pain medication and prn IV
morphine. She compares the groups and finds that the patients in the first half sleep better. This
is an example of __________________.
Quantitative Research
Mixed Methods Research
Qualitative Research
Case Study - ANS ✔✔A: Quantitative:
,Rationale: only numbers
case study: one case
mixed methods research: quantitative and qualitative parts
qualitative: no number data
What type of study design would be used to evaluate patient satisfaction in an outpatient clinic?
Exploratory-descriptive research
Qualitative research
Outcomes research
Phenomenological research - ANS ✔✔Outcomes research
outcomes research is numbers only- no qualitative
An emphasis of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Hospital Designation
Program for Excellence in Nursing is:
using standard nursing care plans based on outcomes research.
research and development of clinical practice guidelines.
utilizing evidence-based practice in nursing.
, putting qualitative research into practice in clinical settings. - ANS ✔✔utilizing evidence-based
practice in nursing.
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?
Correlation
Description
Explanation
Experimental - ANS ✔✔Experimental
Statements that will be scientifically tested as part of a research study are called:
limitations.
variables.
hypotheses.
assumptions. - ANS ✔✔hypotheses
A study that analyzes the effect of exercise on diabetes control among Native-American children
with type II diabetes would most credibly be generalizable to which population?
All people with type II diabetes
Children with type II diabetes
