Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building an Evidence-Ba
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition
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 expert
values. Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally experimental or qua
be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it. EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific
Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are part of EBP but d
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 stud
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 relationsh
phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired result
relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the proba
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 whos
overweight. Which research method is being used in this 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. By kno
parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability of predicting this may be calculated. Control in
prescribed intervention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understand
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships amon
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 y
different asthma education. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
, 5. A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may indicate relative risk
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. Contro
prescribed intervention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understand
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships amon
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 du
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,
and adequate nutrition
ANS: D
Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and social changes, including
the care of the sick and society’s sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation,
decrease morbidity and mortality rates. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the public, developin
analysis and nursing documentation, and identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health c
important results.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
7. The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain management protocols a
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
between different phenomena. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursin
relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and id
occur.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
8. The nurse reviews a study exploring experiences of nurses’ decision-making processes regarding repor
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 relationsh
phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired result
relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the proba
can be estimated in a given situation.
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition
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 expert
values. Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally experimental or qua
be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it. EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific
Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are part of EBP but d
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 stud
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 relationsh
phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired result
relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the proba
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 whos
overweight. Which research method is being used in this 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. By kno
parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability of predicting this may be calculated. Control in
prescribed intervention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understand
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships amon
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 y
different asthma education. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
, 5. A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may indicate relative risk
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. Contro
prescribed intervention to produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understand
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships amon
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 du
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,
and adequate nutrition
ANS: D
Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and social changes, including
the care of the sick and society’s sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation,
decrease morbidity and mortality rates. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the public, developin
analysis and nursing documentation, and identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health c
important results.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
7. The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain management protocols a
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
between different phenomena. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursin
relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and id
occur.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
8. The nurse reviews a study exploring experiences of nurses’ decision-making processes regarding repor
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 relationsh
phenomena. Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired result
relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through prediction, the proba
can be estimated in a given situation.
