Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Question Bank
Course Introduction
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing explores the integration of the best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to optimize nursing care and outcomes. The course examines methodologies for searching, appraising, and applying scholarly research within nursing contexts, emphasizing the critical evaluation of available evidence to inform decision-making and policy. Students gain skills in formulating clinical questions, interpreting research findings, and implementing changes in health care practice based on empirical data, thus fostering a spirit of inquiry and a commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care.
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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) 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
Q2) The nurse researcher wishes to review a body of qualitative studies about women's attitudes toward health care in order to develop an overall interpretation of these findings.Which type of review will the nurse researcher use?
A) Meta-analysis
B) Meta-synthesis
C) Mixed-methods systematic review
D) Systematic review
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Introduction to the Quantitative Research
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Q1) The methodology portion of the research report is used to:
A) describe the study design.
B) discuss the implications of the study.
C) provide a theoretical framework for the study.
D) summarize the purpose, methods, and results.
Answer: A
Q2) The nurse participates in data collection for a clinical drug trial in which subjects are randomly assigned to either a treatment or a placebo group to measure the effects of the drug on a specific outcome.This is which type of study?
A) Correlational
B) Descriptive
C) Experimental
D) Quasi-experimental
Answer: C
Q3) In which type of research study does the researcher have the most control?
A) Correlational
B) Descriptive
C) Experimental
D) Quasi-experimental
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Introduction to the Qualitative Research
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Q1) What is a key element of hermeneutics in research?
A) Analysis of documents and interviews to identify themes and subthemes in data
B) Bracketing of the researcher's own perceptions for the duration of the study
C) Description of phenomena without interpretation by the researcher
D) Focusing solely on phenomena themselves without consideration of biases
Answer: A
Q2) A researcher utilizes an emic approach in a research study in order to:
A) gather data about lived experiences of individuals.
B) trying to understand behaviors from within a culture.
C) examine individual human behavior according to personal biases.
D) use techniques such as bracketing and intuiting.
Answer: B
Q3) When gathering data for a study using observational methods,it is important for the data collector to:
A) be observant of all that is done and said and unsaid.
B) direct subjects by setting the stage through structured questions.
C) record those actions and words that are related to the focus of the study.
D) participate directly with subjects in order to better understand them.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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Q1) Which unethical study in previous history involved withholding a treatment from subjects in order to study the effects of a disease progression on subjects?
A) The Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital Study
B) The Nazi Medical Experiments
C) The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
D) The Willowbrook Study
Q2) 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.
Q3) 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
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Chapter 5: Research Problems,Purposes,and Hypotheses
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Q1) Which is true about a causal hypothesis?
A) It describes the effects of independent variables on dependent variables.
B) It predicts a negative or positive interaction between variables.
C) It proposes positive or negative relationships among variables.
D) It states that a relationship exists between variables without indicating direction.
Q2) Which type of variable is manipulated by the researcher?
A) Demographic
B) Dependent
C) Independent
D) Research
Q3) Which is true about a dependent variable in a research study? It is:
A) manipulated by the researcher to test the research hypothesis.
B) the cause of changes in other variables in a research study.
C) the experimental variable in a research study.
D) the outcome the researcher wishes to predict.
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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Q1) When appraising a literature review,one aspect of determining the breadth of the review is:
A) whether the review provides direction for the proposed study.
B) the number and percentages of sources from the past 5 to 10 years.
C) whether landmark or seminal studies have been used.
D) the disciplines of the study authors and journals cited in the review.
Q2) In a literature review,the author identifies themes present in articles under review and describes connections among these themes.This is an example of:
A) analysis.
B) appraisal.
C) synthesis.
D) theorizing.
Q3) Once relevant studies have been identified,the researcher's next step is to:
A) determine the expertise of each study's authors.
B) obtain full-text copies of each of these articles.
C) review the study design and methodology of each article.
D) write the literature review based on abstract information.
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Chapter 7: Understanding Theory and Research
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Q1) When reviewing various theoretical frameworks,the nurse researcher identifies several viewpoints about how nurses should engage with terminally ill patients.These viewpoints represent:
A) abstract ideas.
B) assumptions.
C) concrete ideas.
D) philosophies.
Q2) 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,"effects of self-care on disease prevention" is a:
A) concept.
B) construct.
C) theory.
D) variable.
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) A nurse researcher wishes to identify rates of pertussis infection in children less than one year of age and then again at 6 years of age to examine the relationship of immunization status on infection rates in this population.This is an example of which type of study design?
A) Correlational, longitudinal
B) Correlational, cross-sectional
C) Descriptive, longitudinal
D) Descriptive, cross-sectional
Q2) Which type of study is considered strongest for testing the effectiveness of an intervention?
A) Experimental
B) Pretest/Posttest
C) Quasi-experimental
D) Randomized controlled trial
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 9: Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which type of setting is most commonly used in qualitative research?
A) Controlled
B) Multiple
C) Natural
D) Partially controlled
Q3) Which setting is the most highly controlled setting?
A) A nursing home unit
B) A research sleep lab
C) A school-based clinic
D) An intensive care unit
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Chapter 10: Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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Q1) Which is true about a test that is highly sensitive for detecting a disease?
A) There is a high probability of having a false negative result.
B) There is a high probability of having a false positive result.
C) There is a low probability of having a false negative result.
D) There is a low probability of having a false positive result.
Q2) A researcher evaluating the weight of subjects who are obese ensures that the scales used are maintained and calibrated according to the manufacturer's recommendations.This is to ensure:
A) accuracy.
B) convergence.
C) precision.
D) validity.
Q3) What type of information is typically found in an administrative database?
A) Data collected for a specific research study
B) Demographic information about a population
C) Journal accounts of subjects' responses to surveys
D) Statistical results of experimental studies
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Chapter 11: Understanding Statistics in Research
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Q1) Which is true about a sample that is heterogeneous?
A) It has a wide variation in scores.
B) Scores will be clustered around the mean.
C) The measure of range will be small.
D) The standard deviation cannot be calculated.
Q2) A researcher presents data to examine the relationship between income and weight and uses a scatterplot to display the results.The researcher places income level intervals along the vertical line in the graph.The reviewer knows that:
A) data about income represent the independent variable
B) income data are presented along the X axis.
C) the plot will show whether the relationship is negative or positive.
D) weight values will occur along the Y axis.
Q3) What is the purpose of using exploratory analysis in a research report?
A) To compare control and experimental groups
B) To develop testable hypotheses
C) To examine and describe data
D) To identify theoretical constructs
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Chapter 12: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for
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Q1) What is the focus of a critical appraisal of qualitative research studies?
A) Completeness of the literature review
B) Conceptual and operational definition of variables
C) Integrity of study design and methods
D) Validity of study measures
Q2) In which type of study design would a reviewer expect to find a discussion of extraneous variables?
A) Ethnographic
B) Qualitative
C) Quasi-experimental
D) Phenomenological
Q3) When assessing the conclusions,findings,and implications of a study,the appraiser will:
A) determine whether alternate hypotheses are possible.
B) ensure that results are not based on past research.
C) identify that findings are specific to the sample population.
D) refute the study if limitations are identified.
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Chapter 13: Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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Q1) A nurse studies the effects of teaching the MyPlate.gov materials to preschoolers by providing this education to preschoolers in a single day care center and then following their BMI scores over a 5-year period and comparing their scores to those of children from another day care center.In this study,which element is represented by the O in the PICOS acronym?
A) BMI scores
B) Five-year follow-up
C) MyPlate.gov materials
D) Preschoolers
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 14: Outcomes Research
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Q1) A nurse uses a care map to guide nursing interventions for patients with COPD.This is an example of using:
A) evidence-based practice.
B) practice patterns.
C) practice styles.
D) standards of care.
Q2) 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.
Q3) What type of sample is generally used in outcomes studies?
A) Small sample
B) Heterogeneous sample
C) Homogeneous sample
D) Volunteer sample
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