Introduction to Nursing Research Final Exam Questions
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Introduction
Introduction to Nursing Research offers students foundational knowledge of the research process as it applies to nursing practice. The course explores basic research concepts, methodologies, data collection, and ethical considerations, equipping students to critically analyze and apply research findings in clinical settings. Emphasis is placed on understanding evidence-based practice, formulating research questions, interpreting scientific literature, and appreciating the role of nursing research in improving patient outcomes and advancing the profession.
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Understanding Nursing Research Building an Evidence Based Practice 6th Edition by Grove
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Research and
Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) Under Ada Sue Hinshaw,the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)began to change its focus to:
A) funding nursing rather than medical research.
B) evaluating outcomes rather than process studies.
C) increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
D) supporting the dissemination of nursing research.
Answer: C
Q2) The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger research study.Which research method will the nurse use when collecting data for this study?
A) Control
B) Description
C) Explanation
D) Prediction
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Introduction to the Quantitative Research
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Q1) A study that analyzes the effect of exercise on diabetes control among Native-American children with type II diabetes would most credibly be generalizable to which population?
A) African-Americans with type II diabetes
B) Native-American children with type I diabetes
C) Children with type II diabetes
D) All people with type II diabetes
Answer: B
Q2) The section of a research report that describes the purpose of a research study will include:
A) what relationships among key variables will be examined.
B) which various theories provide context for the research problem.
C) what is currently understood about the research problem.
D) why the research is necessary to help close a gap in knowledge.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Introduction to the Qualitative Research
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Q1) What is true about scientific rigor in qualitative nursing research?
A) Studies are rigorous only when results are quantifiable.
B) Study findings are considered trustworthy when rigor is applied.
C) Scientific rigor is not applicable with qualitative studies.
D) Scientific rigor is only used with random-controlled trials.
Answer: B
Q2) A researcher describes phrases and terms discovered in a qualitative study and describes and links these with various themes.This is an example of:
A) coding the data.
B) describing the data.
C) dwelling with the data.
D) interpreting the data.
Answer: D
Q3) What is the purpose of qualitative research?
A) To allow researchers to interject their own values into studies
B) To describe data that cannot be measured or quantified
C) To describe experiences and insight from the subject's perspective
D) To establish causal relationships among subjective data
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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Q1) According to the HIPAA privacy rules,which are covered entities that may use and disclose a limited data set to researchers for study? (Select all that apply)
A) Health plans
B) Health care providers
C) Institutional Review Boards
D) Researchers
Q2) The purpose of an institutional review board (IRB)in a university or clinical agency is to:
A) approve funding for studies based on ethical standards.
B) critically appraise ethical aspects of published studies.
C) define ethical standards for the institution.
D) protect the human rights of subjects in proposed studies.
Q3) When a researcher indicates that assent for participation was gained in a study involving 10 year-old children,this indicates which has occurred?
A) The children gave informed consent to participate in the study.
B) The children have agreed to be subjects in the study.
C) The parents granted approval for their children to participate.
D) The parents do not need to give consent because the children gave consent.
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Chapter 5: Research Problems,Purposes,and Hypotheses
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Q1) Which is an important feature of a testable hypothesis?
A) It may differ from the variables and population identified in the research purpose.
B) Methods of sampling, measurement, and data analysis are included in the hypothesis statement.
C) Relationships among the study variables must be causative.
D) Variables in a testable hypothesis are measurable or able to be manipulated.
Q2) To reduce or eliminate the influence of environmental variables on study results,the researcher may:
A) completely describe all environmental settings encountered in the study.
B) discuss these variables in the study results.
C) use a research unit in a hospital or laboratory.
D) use a qualitative study design to conduct the study.
Q3) Which type of variable is manipulated by the researcher?
A) Demographic
B) Dependent
C) Independent
D) Research
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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Q1) A researcher performs a critical appraisal of a group of studies measuring the effects of a home care education program on confidence levels of caregivers of elderly family members.The critical appraisal will include:
A) determining the theoretical frameworks used for defining confidence.
B) identifying sampling and inclusion criteria used in the studies.
C) making value judgments about the credibility and validity of concepts.
D) recording quotations relevant to the concept of confidence.
Q2) 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.
Q3) What is the purpose of a limited research review?
A) To allow the reader to become familiar with the research problem
B) To develop an initial pilot study prior to a more in-depth study
C) To direct the planning and execution of a study
D) To identify studies published after a study is performed
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Chapter 7: Understanding Theory and Research
Frameworks
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Q1) A researcher is studying how anxiety affects coping with chronic disease and theorizes that measures to reduce anxiety will improve subjects' ability to cope with day-to-day demands of self-care.In this example,anxiety and coping are:
A) assumptions.
B) concepts.
C) philosophies. D) theories.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which is true about a study framework?
A) It guides nurses in clinical practice.
B) It explains a portion of a theory.
C) It is one of the major ideas of a theory.
D) It is the underlying methodology used in research.
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Chapter 8: Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
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Q1) In a study to examine the effects of a newly modified anxiety-reducing nursing action on a group of subjects who have cancer,the control group will receive:
A) an alternative intervention.
B) no intervention.
C) the newly modified intervention.
D) the standard intervention.
Q2) A researcher administers a written test to evaluate knowledge of insulin administration and glucose monitoring to a group of subjects at annual intervals over the next decade.This is an example of which type of study design?
A) Correlational
B) Cross-sectional
C) Descriptive
D) Longitudinal
Q3) Which action will the researcher take to improve construct validity?
A) Allow data collectors to know which subjects are assigned to which groups
B) Ensure that operational definitions reflect theoretical constructs
C) Make sure that the researcher is involved in data collection
D) Utilize only one measurement method to measure study variables
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Chapter 9: Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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Q1) The goal of appropriate sampling in research is to:
A) accurately reflect the characteristics of the target population.
B) completely define the traits of the accessible population.
C) identify all attributes of the sample population.
D) study an entire population.
Q2) Which type of setting is most commonly used in qualitative research?
A) Controlled
B) Multiple
C) Natural
D) Partially controlled
Q3) In a study of patients who have dementia,a researcher wishes to examine the effects of moderate exercise on patients' abilities to perform self-care.The researcher decides to use subjects between 70 and 80 years of age who have been diagnosed with dementia for less than 1 year.A patient who is 65 years old meets:
A) eligibility criteria.
B) exclusion criteria.
C) inclusion criteria.
D) sampling criteria.
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Chapter 10: Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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Q1) A screening test has a specificity of 92%.This means that there is a(n):
A) 92% chance of a true positive.
B) 92% chance of a false positive.
C) 8% chance of a false positive.
D) 8% chance of a true positive.
Q2) In a study involving multiple data collectors,the researcher helps to ensure consistency in data collection by:
A) describing the study participant recruitment process in the research summary.
B) detailing the training process of the data collectors in the research report.
C) discarding data that includes even minor deviations in data collection methods.
D) minimizing the influence of intervening forces on the study findings.
Q3) A researcher reviews study data about head circumference in newborns and notes that study personnel are measuring from the end of the measuring tape and not from the zero point,which is 1 cm from the end.This is an example of which type of measurement error?
A) Indirect
B) Random
C) Reliability
D) Systematic
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Chapter 11: Understanding Statistics in Research
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Q1) The concept of degrees of freedom refers to:
A) the level of significance for a study.
B) the standard deviation from the mean among data.
C) the variability of a given score based on other scores.
D) whether statistical analysis is one- or two-tailed.
Q2) A researcher develops a study to examine the effects of Keep Yourself Safe Screening (KYSS)on the incidence of intimate partner violence (IPV).The study level of significance is 0.05.The null hypothesis,that KYSS will have no effect on IPV,is found to be true.When reviewing the study for Type II errors,the reviewer understands that:
A) a level of significance of 0.01 would decrease the risk of a Type II error.
B) the level of significance does not affect the chance of a Type II error.
C) there is a 5% chance that the null hypothesis is false.
D) there is a 5% chance that the null hypothesis is true.
Q3) Which is true about the variance for scores in a data set?
A) A larger variance value usually indicates a smaller dispersion of scores.
B) It can be calculated for nominal scores.
C) The calculated score has no absolute value.
D) The variance indicates the range of scores.
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Chapter 12: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for
Nursing Practice
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Q1) A determination that findings in a qualitative study are applicable to other populations is an evaluation of a study's:
A) generalizability.
B) reliability.
C) transferability.
D) validity.
Q2) What will the reviewer assess when critically appraising a study framework?
A) How the variables and concepts are evaluated and measured
B) What the research hypothesis is and how it was developed
C) Whether the literature review is complete
D) Whether the study variables link to key concepts
Q3) A reviewer conducting a critical appraisal of a research study compares and contrasts study methods with those that are ideal,representing which step of the research process?
A) Analysis
B) Comparison
C) Comprehension
D) Evaluation
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Chapter 13: Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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Q1) In a meta-analysis,the researcher displays a symmetrical funnel plot of the data from a group of studies.This indicates:
A) heterogenicity of study samples.
B) limited publication bias.
C) methodological bias.
D) reporting bias.
Q2) Which standards were developed to help nursing students develop the skills,knowledge,and attitudes needed to continuously improve quality and safety?
A) EBP
B) IRB
C) QSEN
D) Magnet
Q3) A study yielding negative results is withheld for publication for several years,contributing to which type of bias?
A) Citation bias
B) Location bias
C) Outcome-reporting bias
D) Time-lag bias
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Chapter 14: Outcomes Research
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Q1) In an outcome study,a researcher demonstrates a link between the number of mothers who successfully breastfeed their infants and the number of maternal-child nurses who are baccalaureate prepared.This illustrates:
A) interdependent nursing role functions.
B) nursing-sensitive patient outcomes.
C) patient-sensitive outcomes.
D) the Nursing Role Effectiveness Model.
Q2) What type of sample is generally used in outcomes studies?
A) Small sample
B) Heterogeneous sample
C) Homogeneous sample
D) Volunteer sample
Q3) Which type of study design is commonly used in outcomes studies?
A) Phenomenological
B) Qualitative
C) Quasi-experimental
D) Random-control trial
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