ANCC NONCLINICAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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T-test - Answer: Compares one variable (perhaps BP) between two groups
P-value - Answer: Represents the probability of error involved in accepting the observed
results as a valid representative of the population.
Think of P-value as statistical significance of a hypothesis.
Standard deviation - Answer: The measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data
from the average.
Confidence interval - Answer: Measures the reliability of an estimate. With defined limits
at each end, this specifices the probability of including the parameter being estimated.
The Nurse Practice Act is enacted by which organization?
A. National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. Federal legislature
C. State board of nursing
D. State's legislature
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,E. American Nurses Association - Answer: C. State's legislature
Cohort study - Answer: Follows individuals with a particular condition over a period of
time.
Best design to obtain valid information about the prognosis of a condition.
Randomized controlled trial - Answer: Best design to determine the benefits/risks of an
intervention.
Cross-sectional study - Answer: Best designs to evaluate a diagnostic test.
Qualitative research - Answer: Explores phenomena through descriptions or people and
events.
Subjective data
Includes: case studies, field studies, participant observation, and ethnographic studies.
Non-experimental research - Answer: In non-experimental research the researcher
cannot control, manipulate, or alter the predictor variable or subjects.
Relies on interpretation, observation, or interactions to arrive to a conclusion.
Includes: descriptive and ex-post facto/correlational research.
Experimental research - Answer: In experimental research, the researcher manipulates
one or more variables and controls and measures any change in other variables.
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, Quasi-experimental - Answer: Similar to traditional experimental design but lacks the
comparison group as well as randomization.
This is not randomized (controlled but not random).
Sentinel events - Answer: An accident that results in death.
Root cause analysis - Answer: An approach designed to breakdown and analyze the
cause of an adverse event.
Patient-centered care - Answer: Patient-centered care is involving the patient and their
families in all aspects of their care.
Care is provided in the manner the patient values, and decides.
Clinical decision making should be led by the patient's decision.
Experimental - Answer: Random sampling is used to conduct experiment.
Quantitative research - Answer: Measurable.
Relative risk - Answer: The ratio of the probability of an event occurring in an exposed
group to the probabilty of the event occuring in a comparision, non-exposed group.
Systematic review - Answer: Strongest level of evidence
Randomized controlled trials - Answer: Second strongest level of evidence
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T-test - Answer: Compares one variable (perhaps BP) between two groups
P-value - Answer: Represents the probability of error involved in accepting the observed
results as a valid representative of the population.
Think of P-value as statistical significance of a hypothesis.
Standard deviation - Answer: The measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data
from the average.
Confidence interval - Answer: Measures the reliability of an estimate. With defined limits
at each end, this specifices the probability of including the parameter being estimated.
The Nurse Practice Act is enacted by which organization?
A. National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. Federal legislature
C. State board of nursing
D. State's legislature
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,E. American Nurses Association - Answer: C. State's legislature
Cohort study - Answer: Follows individuals with a particular condition over a period of
time.
Best design to obtain valid information about the prognosis of a condition.
Randomized controlled trial - Answer: Best design to determine the benefits/risks of an
intervention.
Cross-sectional study - Answer: Best designs to evaluate a diagnostic test.
Qualitative research - Answer: Explores phenomena through descriptions or people and
events.
Subjective data
Includes: case studies, field studies, participant observation, and ethnographic studies.
Non-experimental research - Answer: In non-experimental research the researcher
cannot control, manipulate, or alter the predictor variable or subjects.
Relies on interpretation, observation, or interactions to arrive to a conclusion.
Includes: descriptive and ex-post facto/correlational research.
Experimental research - Answer: In experimental research, the researcher manipulates
one or more variables and controls and measures any change in other variables.
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, Quasi-experimental - Answer: Similar to traditional experimental design but lacks the
comparison group as well as randomization.
This is not randomized (controlled but not random).
Sentinel events - Answer: An accident that results in death.
Root cause analysis - Answer: An approach designed to breakdown and analyze the
cause of an adverse event.
Patient-centered care - Answer: Patient-centered care is involving the patient and their
families in all aspects of their care.
Care is provided in the manner the patient values, and decides.
Clinical decision making should be led by the patient's decision.
Experimental - Answer: Random sampling is used to conduct experiment.
Quantitative research - Answer: Measurable.
Relative risk - Answer: The ratio of the probability of an event occurring in an exposed
group to the probabilty of the event occuring in a comparision, non-exposed group.
Systematic review - Answer: Strongest level of evidence
Randomized controlled trials - Answer: Second strongest level of evidence
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