NURS 3312 Exam 1 Questions and All
Correct Answers Graded A+ 2025-2026
Updated.
Evidence-Base Practice - Answer this occurs when the nurse can integrate best current
evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of
optimal health care.
-Cultivate a spirit of inquiry
-Ask clinical questions
-search for the best evidence
-critically appraise the evidence
-integrate the evidence with clinical expertise and client/family preferences and values
-implement and evaluate the outcomes of the intervention - Answer What are the 6 steps in
the Evidence Base Practice model?
research - Answer this entails using formal and systematic processes to address problems
and answer questions.
1. Research is often done in a controlled setting
2. research evidence suggests that their is one best solution to a problem
3. research may ignore the significance of life events to the individual
4. not all published research is flawless
5. Evidence Based Practice should promote cost-effective care, but isn't always included. -
Answer What are the 5 reasons why some people consider Evidence Based Practice a
theory?
qualitative and quantitative - Answer what are the 2 approaches of research in nursing?
qualitative - Answer this research method uses thoughts, feelings, emotions and
environment to study.
quantitative - Answer this research method uses statistics, numbers, values and
measurements to study.
naturalism - Answer the idea that maintains that reality is relative or contextual and
constructed by individuals who are experiencing a phenomenon.
,research process - Answer the process where decisions are made that result in detailed plan
or proposal for study and implementation of a plan.
P-patient, population, problem of interest
I- Intervention or therapy to consider
C- Comparison of interventions, such as no treatment
O- outcome of the intervention - Answer Describe the PICO system
logistics or mechanics - Answer methodology determines:
experimental or non-experimental factors - Answer research design determines:
sample - Answer this is the targeted population.
pilot study - Answer this is the "practice round" of the study. Used to improve the real study.
public - Answer research findings must be made ____.
CINAHL - Answer what is the most comprehensive database for nursing research?
critique - Answer this involves reading and evaluating articles and allows nurses to
determine whether findings are sufficient quality.
content analysis - Answer when the research uses a qualitative approach, data analysis
involves searching for themes and patterns, this is known as:
scientific validation - Answer scrutinizing how a study was conceptualized, designed, and
conducted in order to make a judgement about the overall quality of its findings.
comparative analysis - Answer this involves assessing study findings for their implementation
potential
cost-benefit analysis - Answer this involves the consideration of the potential risks and
benefits of both implementing a change based of a study's findings and not implementing a
change.
, research - Answer a nurse needs to be able to function within a ____ team.
-protection of human rights
-ethical standards of beneficence, respect for human dignity
-fair treatment upheld - Answer What are the 3 main ethical considerations?
Right not to be harmed
Right to full disclosure
Right to self-determination
Right to Privacy - Answer What are the patient rights in terms of data collection and research
confidentiality - Answer this means that any information a participant relates will not be
made public or available to others without the participants consent:
Theory - Answer a system of ideas that is presumed to explain a given phenomenon.
practice discipline - Answer a field that is the central focus of a person's profession
modify - Answer Sometimes theories ____ or build on one another
conceptual frame-work - Answer a group of related ideas, statements or concepts
tangible - Answer what kind of results do natural sciences typically produce?
paradigm - Answer this is a pattern of shared understanding and assumptions about reality
and the world.
-client/person
-environment
-health
-nursing - Answer what are the 4 metaparadigms for nursing?
midlevel or middle range theories - Answer this is the type of theory that focuses on the
explanation of concepts such as pain, self-esteem, learning and hardiness.
Correct Answers Graded A+ 2025-2026
Updated.
Evidence-Base Practice - Answer this occurs when the nurse can integrate best current
evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of
optimal health care.
-Cultivate a spirit of inquiry
-Ask clinical questions
-search for the best evidence
-critically appraise the evidence
-integrate the evidence with clinical expertise and client/family preferences and values
-implement and evaluate the outcomes of the intervention - Answer What are the 6 steps in
the Evidence Base Practice model?
research - Answer this entails using formal and systematic processes to address problems
and answer questions.
1. Research is often done in a controlled setting
2. research evidence suggests that their is one best solution to a problem
3. research may ignore the significance of life events to the individual
4. not all published research is flawless
5. Evidence Based Practice should promote cost-effective care, but isn't always included. -
Answer What are the 5 reasons why some people consider Evidence Based Practice a
theory?
qualitative and quantitative - Answer what are the 2 approaches of research in nursing?
qualitative - Answer this research method uses thoughts, feelings, emotions and
environment to study.
quantitative - Answer this research method uses statistics, numbers, values and
measurements to study.
naturalism - Answer the idea that maintains that reality is relative or contextual and
constructed by individuals who are experiencing a phenomenon.
,research process - Answer the process where decisions are made that result in detailed plan
or proposal for study and implementation of a plan.
P-patient, population, problem of interest
I- Intervention or therapy to consider
C- Comparison of interventions, such as no treatment
O- outcome of the intervention - Answer Describe the PICO system
logistics or mechanics - Answer methodology determines:
experimental or non-experimental factors - Answer research design determines:
sample - Answer this is the targeted population.
pilot study - Answer this is the "practice round" of the study. Used to improve the real study.
public - Answer research findings must be made ____.
CINAHL - Answer what is the most comprehensive database for nursing research?
critique - Answer this involves reading and evaluating articles and allows nurses to
determine whether findings are sufficient quality.
content analysis - Answer when the research uses a qualitative approach, data analysis
involves searching for themes and patterns, this is known as:
scientific validation - Answer scrutinizing how a study was conceptualized, designed, and
conducted in order to make a judgement about the overall quality of its findings.
comparative analysis - Answer this involves assessing study findings for their implementation
potential
cost-benefit analysis - Answer this involves the consideration of the potential risks and
benefits of both implementing a change based of a study's findings and not implementing a
change.
, research - Answer a nurse needs to be able to function within a ____ team.
-protection of human rights
-ethical standards of beneficence, respect for human dignity
-fair treatment upheld - Answer What are the 3 main ethical considerations?
Right not to be harmed
Right to full disclosure
Right to self-determination
Right to Privacy - Answer What are the patient rights in terms of data collection and research
confidentiality - Answer this means that any information a participant relates will not be
made public or available to others without the participants consent:
Theory - Answer a system of ideas that is presumed to explain a given phenomenon.
practice discipline - Answer a field that is the central focus of a person's profession
modify - Answer Sometimes theories ____ or build on one another
conceptual frame-work - Answer a group of related ideas, statements or concepts
tangible - Answer what kind of results do natural sciences typically produce?
paradigm - Answer this is a pattern of shared understanding and assumptions about reality
and the world.
-client/person
-environment
-health
-nursing - Answer what are the 4 metaparadigms for nursing?
midlevel or middle range theories - Answer this is the type of theory that focuses on the
explanation of concepts such as pain, self-esteem, learning and hardiness.
