Question 1

An emphasis of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)Magnet Hospital Designation Program for Excellence in Nursing is:

Accepted Answer

A)   research and development of clinical practice guidelines.
B)   putting qualitative research into practice in clinical settings.
C)   using standard nursing care plans based on outcomes research.
D)   utilizing evidence-based practice in nursing. D

Question 2

Which best describes the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)competency for evidence-based practice (EBP)?

Accepted Answer

A)   Adhering to published guidelines to provide care for a specific population.
B)   Empowering clients to choose among effective disease management strategies.
C)   Relying on expert knowledge to guide care plan development for an individual patient.
D)   Using evidence gained solely from experimental studies to guide care. B

Question 3

Which are components of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)? (Choose all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)   Best research evidence
B)   Expert opinion consensus
C)   Patient needs and values
D)   Safe, cost-effective care A,C,D

Question 4

What type of study design would be used to evaluate patient satisfaction in an outpatient clinic?

Accepted Answer

A)   Exploratory-descriptive research
B)   Outcomes research
C)   Qualitative research
D)   Phenomenological research

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

A)   Control
B)   Description
C)   Explanation
D)   Prediction

Question 6

The lead agency designated to improve health care quality is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) .
B)   American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANC
C)  .
C)   Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) .
D)   National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) .

Question 7

To help fulfill the mission of the National Institute for Nursing Research-to promote and improve the health of individuals,families,communities,and populations-a study may be conducted which:

Accepted Answer

A)   assesses the effectiveness of strategies for weight management in patients with type 2 diabetes.
B)   compares the attitudes of nurses toward clients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
C)   generates up-to-date nursing diagnoses reflecting the needs of clients with type 2 diabetes.
D)   reviews hospital nurses' adherence to glucose-monitoring guidelines for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Question 8

Which type of evaluation of research yields the most precise estimates of treatment effects when describing results?

Accepted Answer

A)   Meta-analysis
B)   Meta-synthesis
C)   Mixed-methods systematic review
D)   Systematic review

Question 9

The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late 1960s and 1970s served to:

Accepted Answer

A)   determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions.
B)   establish the concept of evidence-based practice.
C)   provide funding for nursing research.
D)   provide direction for nursing research.

Question 10

What role will a new nurse graduate who has a BSN expect to play in research?

Accepted Answer

A)   Appraising studies and implementing evidence-based guidelines and protocols.
B)   Developing, evaluating, and revising evidence-based guidelines and protocols.
C)   None, since the BSN affords limited education on the research process.
D)   Synthesizing findings and leading health care teams to make evidence-based changes.

Question 11

Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale's data collection and statistical analysis during the Crimean War?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public.
B)   Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation.
C)   Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care.
D)   Using clinical research to evaluate the importance of sanitation, clean drinking water, and adequate nutrition.

Question 12

The nurse serves on a committee to develop a clinical protocol to guide dressing changes for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)abscesses.Which is the most important type of evidence to consider when formulating this protocol?

Accepted Answer

A)   Assertions from a panel of infectious disease physicians about existing protocols to treat this organism.
B)   A statistical review of experimental studies comparing various dressing change protocols and patient outcomes.
C)   A systematic review of all nursing and medical literature about the incidence of MRSA infection and various dressing change protocols.
D)   Studies identifying the correlations between variables such as dressing types and subsequent infection rates.

Question 13

Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?

Accepted Answer

A)   A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and values of patients.
B)   A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care.
C)   The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
D)   The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

A)   Experimental
B)   Exploratory
C)   Grounded-theory
D)   Quasi-experimental

Question 15

Through knowledge gained from her phenomenological qualitative study identifying levels of experience of professional nurses,Patricia Benner would identify which nurse as an expert?

Accepted Answer

A)   A hospice nurse who values the unique wishes of each patient when providing palliative care.
B)   A medical-surgical nurse who organizes care for a group of patients to ensure timely administration of medications.
C)   A neonatal intensive care nurse who is skilled in inserting peripherally inserted central catheters.
D)   A pediatric nurse who notes subtle changes and intervenes to prevent respiratory failure.

Question 16

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?

Accepted Answer

A)   Control
B)   Description
C)   Explanation
D)   Prediction

Question 17

In a position statement in 2006,the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)identified a need to:

Accepted Answer

A)   acquire clinical knowledge and expertise.
B)   focus on evidence-based practice.
C)   fund academic nursing research.
D)   prepare a workforce of nurse scientists.

Question 18

A nurse researcher wants to know how well adolescent mothers can learn to manage their children's asthma and develops an initial study to explore and define perceptions of asthma among this population.Which best describes this initial study?

Accepted Answer

A)   Correlational research
B)   Descriptive research
C)   Phenomenological research
D)   Outcomes research

Question 19

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?

Accepted Answer

A)   Meta-analysis
B)   Meta-synthesis
C)   Mixed-methods systematic review
D)   Systematic review

Question 20

The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain management protocols are used with randomly assigned patients to measure differences in postoperative recovery time.Which method of study is this?

Accepted Answer

A)   Control
B)   Correlation
C)   Description
D)   Explanation

Exam 1: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

An emphasis of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Hospital Designation Program for Excellence in Nursing is:

Which best describes the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency for evidence-based practice (EBP) ?

Which are components of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) ? (Choose all that apply.)