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Ruth M. Tappen
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Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Identifying a Research Topic
Multiple-Choice Questions
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Deciding how to investigate a selected research topic is considered the
A) reading, searching, discussing, and thinking stage of the study.
B) design phase of the study.
C) implementation phase of the study.
D) report of findings stage of the study.
E) identification stage of the study.
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: Deciding how to investigate a selected research topic is the design phase of a
study, when the researcher will, depending on how much is known, decide to use either a
qualitative approach or generate a hypothesis about relationships between specific
factors. The design will become the guide for implementation of the study.
2. The nurse who works on a medical-surgical unit loses several young patients to
nosocomial infections. The nurse wants to research methods to decrease the risk of this
occurring in the future. This is an example of which source of ideas for research?
A) An intriguing theory or research finding that needs further testing
B) A patient care experience that has had an impact on the nurse and their patients
C) A significant gap in the knowledge base
D) A personal experience
E) A line of inquiry that you have already begun
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: A patient care experience that has had an impact on the nurse, as well as on the
nurse’s patients or clients is exemplified by this scenario. The other options do not
exemplify this source of ideas for research.
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3. An idea becomes an actual research topic
A) after a clearly defined question or hypothesis has been focused upon.
B) when a problem has been identified.
C) after obtaining the necessary permissions.
D) when the findings are shared with those involved in the study, including financial
backers.
E) when results are published and the researcher proposes the next step.
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: An idea becomes an actual research topic after a clearly defined question or
hypothesis has been refined and focused upon.
4. Which group of individuals does Root-Bernstein (Discovering, 1997) reference when
stating that they “work at the edge of their competency”?
A) Specialists dealing in children’s cardiovascular health
B) Home visitation nurses
C) Nurses working in geriatrics
D) Hospital and clinical nurses
E) None of the above
Ans: E
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Topics with Future Potential
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: Root-Bernstein describes nurse researchers when he states that they “work at
the edge of their competency.” In his opinion, nurse researchers are “…more
curious…more persistent … and more willing to tackle bigger and more fundamental
problems” than other researchers.
5. Which topic was not one of the ten landmark studies featured in the report published
by the National Institute of Nursing Research that demonstrated the scope and impact of
nursing research?
A) Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality and nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction
B) Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with achievement of treatment goals in
adolescents with diabetes mellitus
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C) Community-based Spanish language arthritis education program
D) Intimate partner violence involving physically assaultive and coercive behaviors
employed by one individual to control another individual
E) Hypertension care and control in underserved urban African American men
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Topics with Future Potential
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: The topic of intimate partner violence involving physically assaultive and
coercive behaviors employed by one individual to control another was not in the report
published by the National Institute of Nursing Research. The topics in that report, apart
from options a, b, c, and e were: multi-site study of incidence pressure ulcers and the
relationship between risk level, demographic characteristics, diagnoses, and prescription
of preventive interventions; the kappa opioid nalbuphine produces gender- and dose-
dependent analgesia and antianalgesia in patients with postoperative pain; effects of a
school-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors in elementary-
school children; abstinence and safer sex HIV risk reduction interventions for African
American adolescents; effect of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses on
pregnancy outcomes, childhood injuries, and repeated childbearing; and transitional care
of older adults hospitalized with heart failure.
6. Which of the following best describes what is needed of a researcher in order to spot
potential topics for research on a steady, daily basis?
A) Must learn a disciplined approach to challenges
B) Must be able to tackle “one problem at a time”
C) Must develop the ability to “think research”
D) Must be able to explore all possibilities
E) Must develop a knack for “thinking outside the box”
Ans: C
Complexity: Hard
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: It is necessary to “think research” in order to identify possible research topics.
When the researcher learns to “think research,” potential research topics will become
obvious on a daily basis, possibly even several times a day.
7. As noted in Johns (2008), thinking for oneself, sharing ideas with others, and trying
new approaches requires
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,Advanced Nursing Research, 3e 1
Ruth M. Tappen
Test Bank
Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Identifying a Research Topic
Multiple-Choice Questions
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Deciding how to investigate a selected research topic is considered the
A) reading, searching, discussing, and thinking stage of the study.
B) design phase of the study.
C) implementation phase of the study.
D) report of findings stage of the study.
E) identification stage of the study.
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: Deciding how to investigate a selected research topic is the design phase of a
study, when the researcher will, depending on how much is known, decide to use either a
qualitative approach or generate a hypothesis about relationships between specific
factors. The design will become the guide for implementation of the study.
2. The nurse who works on a medical-surgical unit loses several young patients to
nosocomial infections. The nurse wants to research methods to decrease the risk of this
occurring in the future. This is an example of which source of ideas for research?
A) An intriguing theory or research finding that needs further testing
B) A patient care experience that has had an impact on the nurse and their patients
C) A significant gap in the knowledge base
D) A personal experience
E) A line of inquiry that you have already begun
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: A patient care experience that has had an impact on the nurse, as well as on the
nurse’s patients or clients is exemplified by this scenario. The other options do not
exemplify this source of ideas for research.
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Chapter 1
3. An idea becomes an actual research topic
A) after a clearly defined question or hypothesis has been focused upon.
B) when a problem has been identified.
C) after obtaining the necessary permissions.
D) when the findings are shared with those involved in the study, including financial
backers.
E) when results are published and the researcher proposes the next step.
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: An idea becomes an actual research topic after a clearly defined question or
hypothesis has been refined and focused upon.
4. Which group of individuals does Root-Bernstein (Discovering, 1997) reference when
stating that they “work at the edge of their competency”?
A) Specialists dealing in children’s cardiovascular health
B) Home visitation nurses
C) Nurses working in geriatrics
D) Hospital and clinical nurses
E) None of the above
Ans: E
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Topics with Future Potential
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: Root-Bernstein describes nurse researchers when he states that they “work at
the edge of their competency.” In his opinion, nurse researchers are “…more
curious…more persistent … and more willing to tackle bigger and more fundamental
problems” than other researchers.
5. Which topic was not one of the ten landmark studies featured in the report published
by the National Institute of Nursing Research that demonstrated the scope and impact of
nursing research?
A) Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality and nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction
B) Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with achievement of treatment goals in
adolescents with diabetes mellitus
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Chapter 1
C) Community-based Spanish language arthritis education program
D) Intimate partner violence involving physically assaultive and coercive behaviors
employed by one individual to control another individual
E) Hypertension care and control in underserved urban African American men
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Topics with Future Potential
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: The topic of intimate partner violence involving physically assaultive and
coercive behaviors employed by one individual to control another was not in the report
published by the National Institute of Nursing Research. The topics in that report, apart
from options a, b, c, and e were: multi-site study of incidence pressure ulcers and the
relationship between risk level, demographic characteristics, diagnoses, and prescription
of preventive interventions; the kappa opioid nalbuphine produces gender- and dose-
dependent analgesia and antianalgesia in patients with postoperative pain; effects of a
school-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors in elementary-
school children; abstinence and safer sex HIV risk reduction interventions for African
American adolescents; effect of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses on
pregnancy outcomes, childhood injuries, and repeated childbearing; and transitional care
of older adults hospitalized with heart failure.
6. Which of the following best describes what is needed of a researcher in order to spot
potential topics for research on a steady, daily basis?
A) Must learn a disciplined approach to challenges
B) Must be able to tackle “one problem at a time”
C) Must develop the ability to “think research”
D) Must be able to explore all possibilities
E) Must develop a knack for “thinking outside the box”
Ans: C
Complexity: Hard
Ahead: Research Defined
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Identifying a Research Topic
Feedback: It is necessary to “think research” in order to identify possible research topics.
When the researcher learns to “think research,” potential research topics will become
obvious on a daily basis, possibly even several times a day.
7. As noted in Johns (2008), thinking for oneself, sharing ideas with others, and trying
new approaches requires
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