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Course Introduction
Advanced Nursing Research is designed to deepen students' understanding of research methodologies and evidence-based practice within the nursing profession. The course emphasizes the critical appraisal of quantitative and qualitative research, ethical considerations in human subject research, and the development and implementation of research proposals. Students will explore statistical analyses, data interpretation, and strategies for translating research findings into practice to improve patient outcomes and healthcare systems. Through theoretical and practical components, the course prepares nurses to contribute to scholarly inquiry and to lead research initiatives in clinical, academic, or policy-making settings.
Recommended Textbook Nursing Research 7th Edition by
Geri LoBiondo Wood
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Chapter 1: Integrating the Processes of Research and
Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) In designating the research functions of the nursing staff,which function would be expected of a nurse with a baccalaureate nursing degree?
A) Use skills of critical appraisal to understand and appraise the steps of the research process
B) Provide expert consulting about the way in which clinical services are delivered
C) Develop methods to monitor the quality of nursing practice in the clinical setting
D) Provide leadership in applying scientific knowledge in nursing practice
Answer: A
Q2) The nurse researcher is analyzing a research article.Where can the researcher expect to find the research question and study purpose noted?
A) Introduction
B) Data analysis
C) Findings
D) Data collection
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Research Questions, hypotheses, and Clinical Questions
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Q1) The nurse researcher notes the following statements in a research article: "This study explored changes in coping and emotion that occur between the preoperative and the postoperative period.Further,the relationship between coping and emotion preoperatively and postoperatively were evaluated.Finally,the influence of preoperative coping and emotion on postoperative emotion is documented." This section is which part of a research study?
A) Results
B) Method
C) Purpose
D) Hypothesis
Answer: C
Q2) The initial review of the literature helps the investigator to:
A) Organize the summary
B) Identify statistical tests
C) Identify the need to extend knowledge base
D) Determine the scope of the study
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Gathering and Appraising the Literature
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Q1) Which manuscript title would lead a nurse researcher to interpret the article as conceptual in nature?
A) The effects of using guided imagery relaxation on seven measures of stress
B) A study of stress experienced by mothers of young, chronically ill children
C) An exploration of the effects of change on nursing practice in acute ambulatory settings
D) Leading the initiative: the role of the advanced practice nurse practitioner in developing quality assurance programs in an ambulatory surgical setting
Answer: D
Q2) What resource represents the most comprehensive print source for nursing literature?
A) MEDLINE
B) Card catalogue
C) World Wide Web
D) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Introduction to Qualitative Research
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Q1) The term triangulation in research refers to:
A) A mathematical technique
B) The use of multiple methods to collect and interpret data accurately (information collected becomes repetitive)
C) Possible applications of the results of qualitative studies
Q2) What are steps in the qualitative research process? (Select all that apply).
A) Sample
B) Data collection
C) Review of the literature
D) Evaluation
E) Findings
F) Implementation
G) Conclusions
Q3) Which of Kearney's categories of qualitative findings could lead to synthesis of a shared experience or process or integration of concepts that provides a complex picture of a phenomenon?
A) Restricted by a priori
B) Descriptive categories
C) Shared pathway or meaning
D) Depiction of experiential variation
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Chapter 5: Qualitative Approaches to Research
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Q1) What criterion of scientific rigor for qualitative research is met when the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?
A) Confirmability
B) Auditability
C) Fittingness
D) Credibility
Q2) Which factor in a research report indicates that the study used a qualitative design?
A) Hypotheses are stated.
B) The sample is described as convenient.
C) People who participated in the study are described as informants.
D) Participants were asked to complete a forced choice questionnaire to measure their understanding of the topic.
Q3) What is the foundation for the grounded theory method of qualitative research?
A) Cultural anthropology
B) Spirituality and religiosity
C) Philosophy, art, and science
D) Symbolic interaction and social science
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Chapter 6: Appraising Qualitative Research
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Q1) The nurse researcher is critiquing the data analysis that was used in a qualitative research study.Which question would most appropriately analyze credibility?
A) Has adequate time been allowed to fully understand the phenomenon?
B) Can the reader follow the researcher's thinking?
C) Does the researcher document the research process?
D) Are the findings applicable outside of the study situation?
Q2) The nurse researcher is appraising a theme for a qualitative research project.What should a theme represent in the presentation of a qualitative research study?
A) The actual written report
B) The operational definition of the study's conceptual framework
C) The labeling of similar ideas shared by the study participants
D) The relationship between the hypotheses and the research questions
Q3) The nurse researcher can expect basic social psychological processes to emerge from the data analysis of which type of qualitative studies?
A) Phenomenologic
B) Case study
C) Grounded theory
D) Ethnography
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Chapter 7: Introduction to Quantitative Research
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Q1) The nurse researcher is designing a quantitative research study.What is the overall purpose of research design?
A) To determine sample size
B) To identify the problem statement
C) To aid in the solution of a research question
D) To assist the researcher in identifying gaps in knowledge
Q2) What factor(s)would be considered to be threats to internal validity? (Select all that apply).
A) Time
B) Selection effects
C) History
D) Testing
E) Subject availability
F) Money
G) Selection bias
Q3) When would the issue of control be less important in a quantitative study?
A) When a statistically significant analysis is used
B) When an exploratory research design is used
C) When an experimental research design is used
D) When a correlational research design is used
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Chapter 8: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs
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Q1) Which statement regarding random assignment or randomization is most accurate?
A) The process decreases the influence of researcher bias but can increase the effect of systematic bias in a study.
B) The process decreases the influence of systematic bias but can increase the effect of researcher bias in a study.
C) Each subject has an equal and known probability of being assigned to any group in a study.
D) Randomization eliminates the need for informed consent.
Q2) A nurse researcher is conducting an experimental study on self-care behaviors of subjects related to hygienic practices when dining in restaurants.Which of the following characteristics or factors could be antecedent or intervening variables? (Select all that apply.)
A) Subjects' ethnicity
B) Location of the restaurants
C) A recent change in health status
D) Subjects' educational level
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Chapter 9: Nonexperimental Designs
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Q1) Which study title is most indicative of a cross-sectional design?
A) Effect of prenatal parenting classes on maternal-infant bonding in the early postpartum period
B) Change in self-esteem over time among women participating in a weight-loss support group
C) Relationship between self-esteem and successful breast feeding at 1 month and 6 months after birth
D) Women's appraisal of the diagnosis of breast cancer within the first 48 hours after initial cancer diagnosis
Q2) In what way are studies involving meta-analysis and secondary analysis similar?
A) Causality is easily determined.
B) The researcher does not directly collect the data.
C) There is maximal opportunity to manipulate the variables.
D) Issues of maturation and mortality are heightened as threats to internal validity.
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Chapter 10: Sampling
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Q1) A nurse researcher is critiquing a research study on hospital safety.The researcher notes a sample description that states,"From a list of 5,000 randomly selected acute care hospitals,the population was stratified by number of beds and academic affiliation ." Which terms most accurately describe this approach? (Select all that apply.)
A) Probability sampling
B) Purposive sampling
C) Multistage sampling
D) Stratified random sampling
E) Quota sampling
Q2) How can a nurse researcher most accurately use the technique of power analysis?
A) To estimate sample size
B) To establish sampling strata
C) To assign subjects randomly
D) To analyze sample representativeness
Q3) Why would a nurse researcher hesitate to use nonprobability sampling?
A) Reduced or limited generalizability
B) Informed consent must be obtained
C) Large, unmanageable sample sizes
D) Sample sizes are too small for most methods of statistical analysis
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Chapter 11: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) Which statement regarding informed consent is most accurate?
A) Informed consent needs to be sought only if the risks outweigh the benefits.
B) Informed consent is required if there are physical risks but not if there are psychological risks.
C) Researchers must obtain voluntary participation of subjects after informing them of possible risks and benefits.
D) A researcher is not obligated to seek informed consent if the details of the study could upset the subject and potentially affect the study outcome.
Q2) Which basic human right exists when people are treated as autonomous agents who have the freedom to choose without external controls?
A) Right to free speech
B) Right to anonymity and confidentiality
C) Right to fair treatment
D) Right to protection from discomfort and harm
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Chapter 12: Data-Collection Methods
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Q1) Which data-collection method can be assessed by asking,"Is there clear indication that the subjects understood the task and the questions? "
A) Questionnaires
B) Interviews
C) Physiologic measurement
D) Records and databases
Q2) Why would a nurse researcher choose to use physiologic data-collection methods?
A) Cost and subject acceptance
B) Reduced researcher time
C) Data collected includes patient body weights
D) Interrater reliability determination is unnecessary
Q3) Which data-collection method would be most appropriate in studying bullying behavior in elementary school aged girls?
A) An unstructured interview
B) Asking parents about their children's experience with bullying
C) Responses of the children on a paper-and-pencil bullying scale
D) Concealment of the researcher without intervention in children's behavior
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Chapter 13: Reliability and Validity
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Q1) What is the method or format of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient that a nurse researcher can expect to use as a test for reliability?
A) Comparison of each item in the scale simultaneously with each other item
B) Determination of the correlation between the odd- and even-numbered items of an instrument
C) Determination of a correlation based on the consistency of responses to all items of a single-test form
D) Demonstration of a high degree of agreement when the behavior or change is observed by two or more observers
Q2) Why should nurse researchers critiquing research reports be concerned with the assessment of the validity and reliability of study instruments?
A) To determine the utility of the instruments for triangulation
B) To assess the relationships between the hypotheses and the research questions
C) To determine whether the concepts and variables were measured adequately
D) To assess whether the concept under study is being treated as a dependent or an independent variable
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Chapter 14: Data Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
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Q1) The nurse researcher is interested in estimating how reliably data can be used to generalize the findings of a study.Which type of data analysis should be used to allow this to occur?
A) Inferential statistics
B) Descriptive statistics
C) Nonparametric statistics
D) Mathematical statistics
Q2) Which data measurement scales typically use nonparametric tests of significance? (Select all that apply.)
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
Q3) The nurse researcher is interested in describing the assignment of numbers to objects or events.How can this be best achieved?
A) Through use of prediction
B) Through use of dispersion
C) Through use of variability
D) Through use of measurement
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Chapter 15: Understanding Research Findings
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Q1) What elements are included in the results section of a research report?
A) Instruments
B) Data
C) Design
D) Theory
Q2) Which section of the report allows a nurse researcher to review critical summary numbers for each test?
A) Results
B) Discussion
C) Literature review
D) Methods
Q3) In which section of the report will the nurse researcher address limitations or weaknesses of the study?
A) Results
B) Discussion
C) Literature review
D) Methods
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Chapter 16: Appraising Quantitative Research
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Q1) A nurse researcher is critically appraising a research report and asks the question "Was interrater reliability calculated? " Which data collection methods and procedures would this question evaluate?
A) Physiologic measurement
B) Interviews
C) Available data records
D) Observation
Q2) What is suggested by the following statement found in the study by Koenes and Karshmer titled "Depression: a comparison study between blind and sighted adolescents? " "The fact that the inventory [instrument] was administered verbally introduced a potential bias of social desirability."
A) Implications for practice
B) Limitations of the study
C) Generalizability of the study
D) Recommendations for future research
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Chapter 17: Developing an Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) The nurse researcher is synthesizing the findings from research critiques and is creating a summary table.Essential information to include in such a summary includes:
A) Stakeholders involved
B) Objectives of the study
C) Type of research design
D) Evaluation of study findings' usefulness
Q2) The nurse researcher is reading theoretical and clinical articles to have a broad view of the topic and related concepts before reviewing existing EBP guidelines.How should the nurse researcher begin the process of reading the articles?
A) Begin reading evidence-based guidelines and evidence reports
B) Begin reading clinical articles to understand the state of the practice
C) Begin reading theory articles to understand theoretical perspectives in critiquing studies
D) Begin reading systematic review articles to understand the state of the science
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Chapter 18: Tools for Applying Evidence to Practice
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Q1) A researcher is explaining the concept of risk in clinical trials.Which statements are correct regarding risk of an event? (Select all that apply.)
A) Identification of a risk of an event does not imply causality between the factor and the studied condition.
B) Event rate is directly tied to number of patients in the control group.
C) Relative risk is the risk of the event after the experimental treatment as a ratio of original risk.
D) The higher the relative risk, the more likely the event is causal.
Q2) How should the nurse researcher interpret an odds ratio greater than 1.0?
A) This means there is no difference in the odds of an event occurring between the experimental and control groups.
B) The event is less likely in the treatment group than the control group.
C) The event is more likely to occur in the treatment group than the control group.
D) Percent increase in risk of the event that is added after considering the percent of risk that
Would occur anyway.
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