Chapter 24: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Chapter 24: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Nurses are accountable for all decisions they make regarding client care. Identify the best defense for initiating or changing any specific nursing intervention.

A)	Nursing administration has informed all units that they must update all current interventions.
B)	A new intervention has been identified as less costly to the client and hospital.
C)	The success of a new intervention is supported by strong empirical evidence.
D)	The charge nurse has read a particularly good idea for a new intervention in a reputable nursing journal.

 

 

ANS:  C                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium

TOP:   Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Application | Integrated Process: Intervention | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

 

2. Identify the best and most inclusive definition of nursing research.

A)	A rigorous method of scientific inquiry
B)	A study that will be implemented after a review by the institutional review board of the hospital
C)	Scientific knowledge generated through an exhaustive review of the literature
D)	A systematic process to test or discover information with the goal of improving client care

 

 

ANS:  D                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium

TOP:   Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Application | Integrated Process: Planning | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

 

3. Over the past several decades, nursing research has expanded and its direction has altered somewhat as demographics change and health care evolves. Along with conducting research, what are the current focus and a priority for nursing?

A)	Plan and implement studies directly related to meeting specific client care needs.
B)	Conduct research addressing the profession of nursing and nursing education.
C)	Develop evidence-based practice by evaluating and applying the credible research findings of other nurse researchers.
D)	Collaborate with other health-care workers to implement research related to client satisfaction.

 

 

ANS:  C                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium

TOP:   Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Analysis | Integrated Process: Evaluation | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

 

4. In nursing research, what is the critical link necessary to connect the researcher’s framework with the appropriate type of data collection?

A)	The research design
B)	The research question
C)	The nursing diagnosis statement
D)	The propositional statement

 

 

ANS:  A                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium

TOP:   Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Analysis | Integrated Process: Evaluation | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

 

5. What is the purpose of qualitative inquiry research?

A)	Gaining an understanding of how individuals find meaning in their world
B)	Measuring the variables identified as dependent
C)	Testing an identified hypothesis and proving a theory
D)	Generalizing relationships between concepts

 

 

ANS:  A                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium

TOP:   Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Application | Integrated Process: Planning | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment