NURS 250 FINAL EXAM PRE TEST
QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing
research?
a. Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health b. Develop technology to
provide hands-on nursing care
c. Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners
d. Become full-fledged partners with other care providers - ANSWERS -a. learn
improved ways to promote and maintain health
\.Information is collected for analysis in both quantitative and qualitative
research. What is the information called?
a. Surveys
b. Answers
c. Interviews
d. Data - ANSWERS -d. data
\.Which principle underlies the ethical conduction of research in a hospital
setting?
a. Clients must grant informed consent if they are to participate.
,b. Any interventions must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
c. The client must directly and personally benefit from the research.
d. Descriptive studies are more ethical than experimental studies. - ANSWERS -
a. clients must grant informed consent if they are to participate
\.A nursing student is reading a research article from a nursing journal. The
student is aware that the opening paragraph summarizing the article and the
research findings is a good place to start. What part of the article is the nursing
student reading?
a. abstract
b. review of the literature
c. results
d. conclusions - ANSWERS -a. abstract
\.Staff nurses in an ICU setting have noticed that their clients required less
interventions for pain when the ICU was quiet. They passed their observations on
to a nurse researcher and asked the researcher to design a study about the effects
of noise on the pain levels of hospitalized clients. How does this demonstrate the
ultimate goal of expanding the nursing body of knowledge?
a. Nursing research involves clients in their care while hospitalized.
b. Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health.
c. Nursing research draws conclusions about the quality of client care.
d. Nursing research explains ongoing medical studies to clients and asks for
participation. - ANSWERS -b. nursing research helps improve ways to promote
and maintain health
,\.What nursing activity forms the bridge between theory and practice?
a. theoretic writing
b. evidence-based research
c. client-focused care
d. case management - ANSWERS -b. evidence-based research
\.After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a
medical surgical unit rewrites the procedure on assessing placement of a
nasogastric tube. What source of nursing knowledge did the nurse use in this
situation?
a. scientific knowledge
b. traditional knowledge
c. authoritative knowledge
d. philosophical knowledge - ANSWERS -a. scientific knowledge
\.When looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final step of
the process?
a. Evaluating practice change b. Searching the literature
c. Appraising evidence
d. Formulating a clinical question - ANSWERS -a. evaluating practice change
\.There are four concepts common in all nursing theories. Which one of the four
concepts is the focus of nursing?
, a. person
b. environment
c. health
d. nursing - ANSWERS -a. person
\.A client who is a chronic alcoholic is admitted to the healthcare facility with
cirrhosis of the liver, reporting pain in the abdomen. The client expresses to the
nurse that his family does not love and respect him because of his addiction to
alcohol. He admits that is unable to perform his role as the bread winner of the
family. Which of the following needs should be a priority for the nurse?
a. Pain in the abdomen
b. Low self-esteem
c. Ineffective coping
d. Impaired family patterns - ANSWERS -a. pain in the abdomen
\.Nurse researchers have predicted that a newly created mentorship program will
result in decreased absenteeism, increased retention, and decreased attrition
among a hospital's nursing staff. What does this predicted relationship represent?
a. hypothesis
b. dependent variable
c. abstract
d. methodology - ANSWERS -a. hypothesis
\.One of the primary focuses of nursing research is to:
a. quantify outcomes related to clients.
QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing
research?
a. Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health b. Develop technology to
provide hands-on nursing care
c. Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners
d. Become full-fledged partners with other care providers - ANSWERS -a. learn
improved ways to promote and maintain health
\.Information is collected for analysis in both quantitative and qualitative
research. What is the information called?
a. Surveys
b. Answers
c. Interviews
d. Data - ANSWERS -d. data
\.Which principle underlies the ethical conduction of research in a hospital
setting?
a. Clients must grant informed consent if they are to participate.
,b. Any interventions must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
c. The client must directly and personally benefit from the research.
d. Descriptive studies are more ethical than experimental studies. - ANSWERS -
a. clients must grant informed consent if they are to participate
\.A nursing student is reading a research article from a nursing journal. The
student is aware that the opening paragraph summarizing the article and the
research findings is a good place to start. What part of the article is the nursing
student reading?
a. abstract
b. review of the literature
c. results
d. conclusions - ANSWERS -a. abstract
\.Staff nurses in an ICU setting have noticed that their clients required less
interventions for pain when the ICU was quiet. They passed their observations on
to a nurse researcher and asked the researcher to design a study about the effects
of noise on the pain levels of hospitalized clients. How does this demonstrate the
ultimate goal of expanding the nursing body of knowledge?
a. Nursing research involves clients in their care while hospitalized.
b. Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health.
c. Nursing research draws conclusions about the quality of client care.
d. Nursing research explains ongoing medical studies to clients and asks for
participation. - ANSWERS -b. nursing research helps improve ways to promote
and maintain health
,\.What nursing activity forms the bridge between theory and practice?
a. theoretic writing
b. evidence-based research
c. client-focused care
d. case management - ANSWERS -b. evidence-based research
\.After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a
medical surgical unit rewrites the procedure on assessing placement of a
nasogastric tube. What source of nursing knowledge did the nurse use in this
situation?
a. scientific knowledge
b. traditional knowledge
c. authoritative knowledge
d. philosophical knowledge - ANSWERS -a. scientific knowledge
\.When looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final step of
the process?
a. Evaluating practice change b. Searching the literature
c. Appraising evidence
d. Formulating a clinical question - ANSWERS -a. evaluating practice change
\.There are four concepts common in all nursing theories. Which one of the four
concepts is the focus of nursing?
, a. person
b. environment
c. health
d. nursing - ANSWERS -a. person
\.A client who is a chronic alcoholic is admitted to the healthcare facility with
cirrhosis of the liver, reporting pain in the abdomen. The client expresses to the
nurse that his family does not love and respect him because of his addiction to
alcohol. He admits that is unable to perform his role as the bread winner of the
family. Which of the following needs should be a priority for the nurse?
a. Pain in the abdomen
b. Low self-esteem
c. Ineffective coping
d. Impaired family patterns - ANSWERS -a. pain in the abdomen
\.Nurse researchers have predicted that a newly created mentorship program will
result in decreased absenteeism, increased retention, and decreased attrition
among a hospital's nursing staff. What does this predicted relationship represent?
a. hypothesis
b. dependent variable
c. abstract
d. methodology - ANSWERS -a. hypothesis
\.One of the primary focuses of nursing research is to:
a. quantify outcomes related to clients.
