NUR 355 EXAM 2 >EBP QUIZ 2024 WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
An area of concern due to a gap in knowledge that requires a solution that can be
described, explained, or predicted to improve practice is a
a. Research problem.
b. purpose statement.
c. null hypothesis.
d. research hypothesis.
Which one of the following could form the basis for a potential research study?
a. The majority of patients are admitted btw the hours of midnight and 4 a.m.
b. The majority of nurses do not want to work the night shift.
c. The majority of patient falls occur on the evening shift.
d. The nurses who work the evening shift are not attentive to their patients
An example of a is: "The use of alcohol by freshman at XYZ State University
contributes to alcohol-related injuries and increasing numbers of visits to the local emergency
room."
a. purpose statement.
b. hypothesis.
c. problem statement/Research Problem.
d. research problem.
An example of a is: "To determine if brief screening for alcohol use and
nursing intervention during orientation reduces self-reported alcohol use, alcohol-related
injuries, and visits to the emergency room by college students during their freshman year."
,a. problem statement
b. Purpose statement
c. research question
d. research hypothesis
The following statement: "There will be a change in nursing practice of nurses after
completion of an EBP mentorship program as compared to before the mentorship program," is
an example of a C
a. problem statement.
b. purpose statement.
c. research hypothesis.
d. correlation.
Once an idea is generated for a research problem, what is the next step?
a. Identify variables to be studied.
b. Perform a review of the literature.
c. Conduct a survey to ascertain if the problem really exists.
d. Formulate a hypothesis.
B
A simple hypothesis: D
a. describes the associative or causal relationship between three or more variables.
b. predicts how strong the relationship is between the variables.
c. predicts an inverse relationship between the variables.
d. describes the associative or causal relationship between two variables.
The following statement: "There will be NO difference in practice of nurses after
, completion of an EBP mentorship program as compared to before mentorship program," is an
example of a
a. problem statement.
b. purpose statement.
c. directional hypothesis.
d. null hypothesis.
d. null hypothesis.
What is the purpose of formulating a hypothesis or hypotheses?
a. To validate the research problem
b. To provide direction for the research study by identifying possible outcomes
c. To identify the independent variable
d. To identify the dependent variable
b. To provide direction for the research study by identifying possible outcomes
"There will be a change in nursing practice after completion of an EBP mentorship
program as compared to before the mentorship program." In the preceding statement,
"completion of an EBP mentorship program" represents the
a. confounding variable.
b. dependent variable.
c. extraneous variable.
d. independent variable.
b. dependent variable.
10. Variables that confuse the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable,
so that the research results do not really reflect a true relationship between the independent
SOLUTIONS
An area of concern due to a gap in knowledge that requires a solution that can be
described, explained, or predicted to improve practice is a
a. Research problem.
b. purpose statement.
c. null hypothesis.
d. research hypothesis.
Which one of the following could form the basis for a potential research study?
a. The majority of patients are admitted btw the hours of midnight and 4 a.m.
b. The majority of nurses do not want to work the night shift.
c. The majority of patient falls occur on the evening shift.
d. The nurses who work the evening shift are not attentive to their patients
An example of a is: "The use of alcohol by freshman at XYZ State University
contributes to alcohol-related injuries and increasing numbers of visits to the local emergency
room."
a. purpose statement.
b. hypothesis.
c. problem statement/Research Problem.
d. research problem.
An example of a is: "To determine if brief screening for alcohol use and
nursing intervention during orientation reduces self-reported alcohol use, alcohol-related
injuries, and visits to the emergency room by college students during their freshman year."
,a. problem statement
b. Purpose statement
c. research question
d. research hypothesis
The following statement: "There will be a change in nursing practice of nurses after
completion of an EBP mentorship program as compared to before the mentorship program," is
an example of a C
a. problem statement.
b. purpose statement.
c. research hypothesis.
d. correlation.
Once an idea is generated for a research problem, what is the next step?
a. Identify variables to be studied.
b. Perform a review of the literature.
c. Conduct a survey to ascertain if the problem really exists.
d. Formulate a hypothesis.
B
A simple hypothesis: D
a. describes the associative or causal relationship between three or more variables.
b. predicts how strong the relationship is between the variables.
c. predicts an inverse relationship between the variables.
d. describes the associative or causal relationship between two variables.
The following statement: "There will be NO difference in practice of nurses after
, completion of an EBP mentorship program as compared to before mentorship program," is an
example of a
a. problem statement.
b. purpose statement.
c. directional hypothesis.
d. null hypothesis.
d. null hypothesis.
What is the purpose of formulating a hypothesis or hypotheses?
a. To validate the research problem
b. To provide direction for the research study by identifying possible outcomes
c. To identify the independent variable
d. To identify the dependent variable
b. To provide direction for the research study by identifying possible outcomes
"There will be a change in nursing practice after completion of an EBP mentorship
program as compared to before the mentorship program." In the preceding statement,
"completion of an EBP mentorship program" represents the
a. confounding variable.
b. dependent variable.
c. extraneous variable.
d. independent variable.
b. dependent variable.
10. Variables that confuse the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable,
so that the research results do not really reflect a true relationship between the independent
