Nursing Research Test Bank
Course Introduction
Nursing Research is a foundational course that introduces students to the principles and methods of scientific inquiry as applied to nursing practice. The course emphasizes the importance of evidence-based practice, enabling students to critically appraise and apply research findings to improve patient outcomes. Topics include research design, data collection and analysis techniques, ethical considerations in human subjects research, review of literature, and dissemination of research results. Students will also gain skills in formulating research questions, developing proposals, and interpreting statistical data pertinent to the nursing 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) 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
Q2) Which research technique would be used by a nurse researcher who wishes to compare bonding patterns of neonatal intensive care (NIC)infants to non-NIC infants to test various theories about infant-parent bonding?
A) Experimental
B) Exploratory
C) Grounded-theory
D) Quasi-experimental
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Introduction to the Quantitative Research
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Q1) To learn whether there is a statistically significant difference between the control group and the experimental group in a study,the nurse would review which section of the research report?
A) Introduction
B) Methods
C) Purpose
D) Results
Answer: D
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) When designing a study,which has the greatest influence as a researcher decides which type of qualitative study design to use?
A) Funding and resources
B) Literature review
C) Population
D) Research question
Answer: D
Q2) A researcher conducts a study to examine the feelings of cancer patients at various points during their disease,including at diagnosis,when beginning chemotherapy,and during remission.Which type of study will the researcher use for this study?
A) Ethnographic
B) Grounded Theory
C) Historical
D) Phenomenological
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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Q1) Which patient information requires deidentifying in order to maintain privacy?
(Select all that apply)
A) E-mail addresses
B) Full-face photographs
C) State of residence
D) Medical record numbers
Q2) If a health care provider discloses information about a patient to a researcher for a study,the provider and the researcher must have a(n):
A) agreement about the study's purpose.
B) data use agreement.
C) limited data set.
D) written study proposal.
Q3) A researcher using a small sample of an easily distinguishable group of subjects wishes to use extensive quotes in the research report.This researcher risks:
A) a loss of study validity.
B) breaching confidentiality.
C) losing objectivity.
D) reduction of benefits to subjects.
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Chapter 5: Research Problems,Purposes,and Hypotheses
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Q1) Which statement differentiates research variables from research concepts?
A) Concepts are more abstract than variables.
B) Concepts are usually studied in quantitative research.
C) Variables are less subject to manipulation and measurement.
D) Variables cannot be concisely defined or clearly described.
Q2) All of the following aspects of a research proposal are part of the research hypothesis except:
A) methodology.
B) outcomes.
C) population.
D) variables.
Q3) Which is included in a statement of a research study purpose?
A) A description of gaps in knowledge about the research problem.
B) A discussion of the significance of the research problem.
C) A review of what is known about the research problem.
D) A statement about how the research problem will be studied.
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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Q1) Which is most important in a critical appraisal of a body of literature?
A) Counting the available resources to determine whether more information is necessary.
B) Examining the quality and content of the resources to determine the credibility and validity of each.
C) Reviewing the reference lists in each study to find other relevant studies and landmark studies.
D) Searching the literature thoroughly using appropriate keywords to ensure that all relevant literature is included.
Q2) When conducting a literature search,which electronic product would a nurse researcher use to track and store reference information?
A) Cumulative Index of Nursing and Health Literature (CINAHL)
B) EndNotes or Ref Works
C) Google Scholar
D) Science Direct
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Chapter 7: Understanding Theory and Research
Frameworks
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Q1) The nurse researcher plans to evaluate self-care and its effects on disease prevention.The nurse identifies various health promotion activities-such as proper diet,exercise,and hours of sleep per night-as components of self-care.In this example,"self-care" is a:
A) concept.
B) construct.
C) theory.
D) variable.
Q2) A nurse researcher develops a study to assist patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus to lose weight by altering eating patterns.The researcher states,"Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus desire to control weight to gain better glycemic control." This statement is a(n): A) assumption.
B) concept.
C) philosophy. D) theory.
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Chapter 8: Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
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Q1) 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.
Q2) In a research study,ambulatory clinic nurses teach children with asthma how to monitor peak expiratory flow volumes and how to use metered-dose inhalers to determine whether asthma control scores improve.The researcher discovers inconsistencies in how these measures were taught and how well the children understood the concepts.This represents a lack of:
A) control of extraneous variables.
B) internal validity.
C) intervention fidelity.
D) precision of measurement.
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Chapter 9: Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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Q1) A researcher wishes to study the effects of a nursing intervention on children with cancer and obtains a sample of school-age children hospitalized for cancer treatment in a local hospital.This sample represents the:
A) accessible population.
B) general population
C) target population.
D) theoretical population.
Q2) The goal of sampling theory is to:
A) clearly define sample types used in research studies.
B) determine the best way to achieve representative samples.
C) develop methods for collecting data more efficiently.
D) provide frameworks for data analysis.
Q3) When using stratified random sampling,the researcher is able to:
A) achieve greater control over subject selection.
B) avoid discussion of the effects of extraneous variables.
C) lower the costs associated with sampling.
D) use a smaller sample size.
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Chapter 10: Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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Q1) A researcher administers two instruments known to measure opposite concepts and performs correlational analyses on the results.The original measure has a negative correlation of ?7?0.6 with the new measure.This indicates:
A) both measures are valid.
B) neither measure is valid.
C) only the first measure is valid.
D) only the second measure is valid.
Q2) A researcher tests a measurement tool's validity by administering it to a group of subjects who don't have health insurance and a group who have health insurance to examine attitudes about access to health care.The researcher is looking for evidence of validity from:
A) contrasting groups.
B) convergence.
C) divergence.
D) readability.
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Chapter 11: Understanding Statistics in Research
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Q1) Which describes an outlier?
A) A data point with a value outside what is predicted by other data points
B) Any data point far from the median point, but still within 2 standard deviations from the mean.
C) A study result that is directly attributable to randomness.
D) A study score from a subject lost to attrition after the study begins.
Q2) A review of demographic data shows that mothers with higher levels of education have fewer children.In this example,the r value is likely to be:
A) = 0.
B) <0.
C) >0.
D) not definable.
Q3) A researcher wishes to present data identifying pain scores for a group of subjects using a grouped frequency distribution table.Which is true about using this method?
A) Each group must have equivalent ranges in scores.
B) Ranges may overlap from one group to the next.
C) Some data may not fit into any group.
D) There should be no more than five groups of scores.
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Chapter 12: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing Practice
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Q1) When reading a research article in a refereed journal,the nurse researcher is assured that the article:
A) describes a study undergoing review.
B) has been previously published.
C) is printed in abstract form only.
D) is of high quality and standards.
Q2) A reviewer critically appraising a study about self-care behaviors of adolescents who have cystic fibrosis evaluates comparisons of this sample to those from studies of young adults with cystic fibrosis.This appraiser is evaluating the:
A) credibility and meaning of the study.
B) framework and key concepts of the study.
C) limitations of the study.
D) reliability and validity of the study.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 13: Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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Q1) What is true about reporting the mean difference between two groups in a meta-analysis?
A) It is a measure of differences between nominal data for the two groups.
B) It is an estimate of the effect of differences between the two groups of subjects.
C) It is not used to examine differences in ratio-level data.
D) It is appropriate only when the same scale is used to measure outcomes.
Q2) Which method will a researcher use to evaluate a group of qualitative studies?
A) Meta-analysis
B) Meta-synthesis
C) Mixed-methods systematic review
D) Systematic review
Q3) What is the purpose of the PRISMA statement?
A) To help researchers develop a clinical question before a review
B) To help determine whether studies reviewed should be replicated
C) To improve reporting of meta-analyses and systematic reviews
D) To outline the abstract when reporting on meta-analyses and other reviews
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Chapter 14: Outcomes Research
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Q1) Which is an example of a type of nursing service that might be evaluated in outcomes research?
A) Application of wound care products
B) Clinical care protocol implementation
C) Glucose monitoring for newly diagnosed diabetics
D) Using a Braden Scale for skin assessment
Q2) The development of the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set and the Universal Minimum Health Data Set was helped by:
A) establishing guidelines for outcomes research.
B) identifying the contribution of nursing care to patient outcomes.
C) prescribing data elements to be monitored in outcomes research.
D) reporting financial and statistical data from hospitals.
Q3) Which would be an example of an interdependent role for nurses in the Nursing Role and Effectiveness Model?
A) Administering a medication to a patient
B) Arranging for home health care services
C) Initiating a fall risk protocol
D) Performing an admission assessment
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