Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing explores the integration of the best current research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to make informed decisions in healthcare. This course equips students with skills to critically appraise scientific literature, formulate clinical questions, and implement evidence-based interventions in nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on utilizing systematic processes to improve patient outcomes, promote quality care, and uphold professional standards, while also addressing barriers to evidence-based practice in diverse healthcare settings.
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Understanding Nursing Research Building an Evidence Based Practice 7th Edition by Susan K. Grove
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its
Importance in Building an Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may indicate relative risk of needle-stick injuries.To study this,the nurse manager will employ which method of study?
A) Control
B) Description
C) Explanation
D) Prediction
Answer: D
Q2) A nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)is prepared to do which of the following? Select all that apply.
A) Appraise and summarize research findings.
B) Assist with the implementation of evidence-based guidelines.
C) Conduct independent nursing studies.
D) Expand the body of nursing knowledge through independent research.
Answer: A,B
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Chapter 2: Introduction to Quantitative Research
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Q1) In a qualitative study to describe stages of grief,the researcher asks parents who have lost a child to cancer to describe their experiences with grief at specific time intervals after their children's deaths.Which assumption will the researcher make?
A) Study subjects have knowledge about theoretical concepts about grief.
B) Study subjects understand the concept of grief.
C) Subjects will be able to articulate their feelings coherently.
D) Subjects will be available for data collection at specific time intervals.
Answer: B
Q2) Conducting a research study in a natural setting means that the researcher
A) has manipulated the environment in some way.
B) has modified the environment in some way.
C) has not manipulated or changed the environment.
D) has total control of the environment.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Introduction to Qualitative Research
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Q1) Which is true about focus groups?
A) Researchers may elicit the assistance of moderators who share common characteristics with the participants.
B) A moderator or facilitator conducting a focus group will always be the researcher.
C) Focus group leaders understand that they can alter the procedures or script developed by the researcher.
D) The recommended size of a focus group is three to four participants.
Answer: A
Q2) When conducting historical research about the experiences of women refugees from the Sudan,the researcher interviews women who served as nurses among this population.These nurses represent
A) control group subjects.
B) experimental group subjects.
C) primary data sources.
D) secondary data sources.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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Q1) When conducting research to study medical devices for human use,the nurse researcher must comply with the Department of Health and Human Services human subjects' regulations as well as regulations put forth by the
A) American Nurses Association (ANA).
B) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
C) Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
D) Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethics.
Q2) Which patient information requires de-identifying to maintain privacy? Select all that apply.
A) E-mail addresses
B) Full-face photographs
C) State of residence
D) Medical record numbers
Q3) A special concern when conducting research using terminally ill cancer patients as subjects is
A) an inability to randomly assign subjects to study groups.
B) an increased risk of harm with decreased benefits.
C) difficulty enlisting subjects for participation in the study.
D) poor control of extraneous variables.
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Chapter 5: Examining Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses
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Q1) Hypotheses to be tested in a research study are frequently found in A) both quantitative and qualitative research studies.
B) qualitative research studies.
C) neither qualitative nor quantitative research studies.
D) quantitative research studies.
Q2) Which statement in a study about preoperative education and postoperative recovery times represents a research question?
A) "What are the types of preoperative education materials that may be used?"
B) "What are the constructs that facilitate adult learning among patients?"
C) "What preoperative teaching will shorten postoperative recovery time?"
D) "What is already known about preoperative teaching and postoperative recovery?"
Q3) The nurse researcher states that a research purpose is to measure the effects of bar code medication administration on medication errors.This is a study purpose for which type of research?
A) Correlational
B) Grounded theory
C) Outcomes
D) Quasi-experimental
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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Q1) Why might Wikipedia be a questionable reference for a study citation?
A) It does not contain factual information.
B) It does not provide ideas for other resources.
C) It is an online resource.
D) It is an open,editable format.
Q2) Some studies cited in a literature review may be decades old.The researcher may decide to use studies from this far back because these studies
A) are groundbreaking or landmark studies.
B) are particularly well-written studies.
C) are peer-reviewed,relevant studies.
D) are still considered current studies.
Q3) An author uses an electronic source in portable document format (PDF).Which is true about citing this source in a literature review?
A) It is necessary to provide the URL used to retrieve the article electronically.
B) It is not treated differently than a print version of the article.
C) The original print article must be located.
D) The page numbers will not be available for citation.
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Chapter 7: Understanding Theory and Research
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Q1) Which statement is true about theory and qualitative studies?
A) Qualitative studies rely on conceptual frameworks and not on theory.
B) Qualitative studies are not based on theory.
C) Qualitative studies may be used to create theory.
D) Qualitative studies use theory in the same way as quantitative studies.
Q2) Which statement is true about research frameworks?
A) Every qualitative study has an implicit or explicit research framework.
B) Research frameworks for psychological studies are usually derived from physiology,genetics,pathophysiology,and physics.
C) Research frameworks come from grand nursing theories.
D) A research framework is a concrete,logical structure of meaning.
Q3) Which is an important characteristic of a variable?
A) It is broad and encompasses several ideas.
B) It is constant from one instance to another.
C) It is less specific than a concept.
D) It is measurable and changeable.
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Chapter 8: Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
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Q1) Which statement is true about a descriptive study design?
A) It is not possible to operationally define variables in this type of study.
B) Sample selection and size cannot be controlled in descriptive studies.
C) This type of design is used to identify problems occurring in practice.
D) Variables may be manipulated to avoid bias in this type of study.
Q2) A researcher conducts a quasi-experimental study to determine whether there is improved weight gain among premature infants who are fed according to cue-based protocols.The researcher trained neonatal intensive care nurses to apply cue-based feeding to orally fed infants and notes a statistical difference in weight gain between infants fed according to cue-based protocols and those fed according to standard protocols.Which might be a threat to internal validity in this study?
A) The concept of cue-based feeding is not well defined.
B) The study sample is homogeneous.
C) Some infants developed gastroenteritis.
D) Not all nurses received cue-based protocol education.
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Chapter 9: Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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Q1) Which of the following is true about sample size in a qualitative study?
A) It is determined by the sensitivity of the measurement tools.
B) It is considered adequate when the researcher detects no new knowledge.
C) It is influenced by the expected effect size and the probability of a type II error.
D) It is determined by the number of variables and data analysis techniques.
Q2) In a qualitative study,a sample may be too small if
A) the depth of information is low.
B) the effect size is too large.
C) the saturation of information is high.
D) the scope of the study is narrow.
Q3) A researcher wishes to identify all school-age children who have type 2 diabetes mellitus in a local community to develop a sampling methodology for a study of this population.Which might serve as a barrier to obtaining this information?
A) Affordable Care Act (ACA)
B) Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
C) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
D) Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Q4) The individual units of the population and sample are called
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Chapter 10: Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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Q1) A researcher may use which strategy to reduce the potential for measurement error when evaluating obesity in study subjects?
A) Measure weight,abdominal girth,and BMI on all subjects.
B) Train multiple data collectors to take measurements.
C) Use scales in several different clinical settings to obtain data.
D) Utilize a single measure,such as BMI,applied to all subjects.
Q2) A researcher develops a new instrument to measure coping skills and conducts a pilot study to compare the new tool with an existing tool that measures this concept.This is an example of evidence of validity from
A) contrasting groups.
B) convergence.
C) divergence.
D) readability.
Q3) A researcher reports that a measure is highly sensitive when diagnosing patients.The reviewer understands that this test
A) has a low percentage of false negatives.
B) has a low percentage of false positives.
C) has a high percentage of false negatives.
D) has a high percentage of false positives.
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Chapter 11: Understanding Statistics in Research
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Q1) Which is true about the measure of a data set's range?
A) It is an average score.
B) It is calculated using central scores.
C) It is determined only for interval-level data.
D) It is sensitive to outliers in a data set.
Q2) A researcher will present demographic data about ethnicity,gender,and diagnoses about a study population using which method?
A) Continuous frequency distribution
B) Grouped frequency distribution
C) Percentage frequency distribution
D) Ungrouped frequency distribution
Q3) A researcher evaluates the internal consistency (reliability)a newly developed scale used in a pilot study and notes a Cronbach alpha coefficient of space 0.72.The researcher will
A) compare the measure with scores from another group of subjects.
B) test the scale for validity prior to using it in another study.
C) try another measure with better reliability in another pilot study.
D) use the scale in the larger study and continue to monitor coefficient results.
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Chapter 12: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following are accurate statements about critical appraisal of research following presentation and publication? Select all that apply.
A) Nurses who attend research conferences note that critical appraisals and questions often precede presentations of studies.
B) Critical appraisals assist researchers in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their studies and generating ideas for further research.
C) Participants listening to critiques of studies always gain insight into the conduct of research.
D) Experiencing the critique process can increase the conference participants' ability to evaluate studies.
E) Published research critiques often decrease the reader's understanding of the study and the quality of the study findings.
Q2) The goal of a critical appraisal should be to
A) determine where faults exist in the study design.
B) evaluate whether a proposed study is feasible.
C) identify the meaning and credibility of the study.
D) review the credentials and expertise of the researcher.
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Chapter 13: Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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Q1) A researcher evaluates data from a variety of studies,including those involving qualitative and quantitative research,and uses findings from qualitative studies to interpret synthesized quantitative studies.This is an example of A) meta-synthesis.
B) mixed-method synthesis.
C) multilevel synthesis.
D) parallel synthesis.
Q2) What is true about a meta-analysis?
A) It helps to determine whether studies should be replicated.
B) It identifies and appraises previous research.
C) It pools results from previous studies into a single quantitative analysis.
D) It replicates previous studies to confirm statistical results.
Q3) To develop a clinical question when reviewing the effectiveness of nursing interventions,the nurse will use which format?
A) PICOS
B) PRISMA
C) Study design
D) Systematic review
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Chapter 14: Introduction to Additional Research
Methodologies in Nursing: Mixed Methods and Outcomes
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Q1) Which is an example of a distal outcome in outcomes research?
A) Glucose monitoring skills in patients receiving diabetic teaching
B) Hospital readmission rates in patients admitted for myocardial infarction
C) Pain scores before and after pain medication
D) Patient perception of tobacco advertising among COPD patients
Q2) Which organization includes nursing-sensitive outcomes measures in its performance measurement portfolio?
A) Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality
B) Department of Health and Human Services
C) National Guideline Clearinghouse
D) National Quality Forum
Q3) The National Quality Forum was established in 1999 for which purpose?
A) To identify and develop nursing-sensitive quality measures
B) To support state and health system efforts to implement and evaluate medical liability reform models
C) To allow the AHRQ to expand its work supporting comparative effectiveness research
D) To set standards for healthcare performance measures
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