NR511 Week 1 Exam Prep – Practice Questions
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What is the goal of nursing research?
A. Make decisions regarding nursing education based on published literature
B. Determine topics that could develop nursing knowledge
C. Gather information from published literature to make decisions about application to
clinical practice
D. Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge - correct answerD.
Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge
Which is the most important question to ask in evidence-based practice?
A. What findings constitute evidence?
B. How will the findings be used?
C. Is this a randomized controlled trial?
D. What theory is being utilized? - correct answerB.
How will the findings be used?
Nursing research should be utilized by:
A. Nurses at the bedside
B. Advanced practice nurses
C. Nurse researchers
D. Nurses at all levels of practice - correct answerD.
Nurses at all levels of practice
A clinical guideline may be found useful if the guideline was:
A. Published 2 years ago
B. Created using one group
C. Authored by a relatively unknown source
D. Funded by an anonymous source - correct answerA.
Published 2 years ago
Practice guidelines are designed to:
A. Be inflexible
B. Be utilized in every circumstance
C. Provide a reference point for decision making
D. Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of a profession -
correct answerc. Provide a reference point for decision making.
Which of the following is an example of determining whether a crucial element of a
guideline is applicable to your patients?
A. There are no intended specific patients in the guideline.
B. You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for primary-care
providers.
,C. Your patients have a much lower prevalence of a condition than the patients in the
guideline.
D. You are a pediatric oncologist and the guidelines were written for geriatric specialists.
- correct answerYou are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for
primary-care providers.
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level I evidence?
A. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
B. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
C. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
D. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies - correct answerB.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level II evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
C. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
D. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies - correct answerC.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level III evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Opinion of authorities and expert committees - correct answerA.
Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level IV evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization - correct answerA.Well
designed control trials without randomization
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level V evidence?
A. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
B. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
C. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - correct answerC.
Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VI evidence?
A. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well--designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - correct answerC.
, Well--designed case control or cohort studies
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VII evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - correct answerB.
Opinion of authorities and expert committees
Identify the primary challenge for insurance carriers in today's health delivery model.
A. Preventing illness
B. Screening for disease
C. Educating the public
D. Reducing health-care spending - correct answerD.
Reducing health-care spending
Medicare benefits were offered to U.S. beneficiaries beginning in 1965. What was the
service added with the Medicare D plan in 2006?
A. Health-care screening
B. Health-care education
C. Pharmaceutical coverage
D. Durable medical equipment coverage - correct answerC.
Pharmaceutical coverage
The cost of care provided by an APRN is approximately:
A. One-quarter that of a physician
B. One-third that of a physician
C. One-half that of a physician
D. One and one-half that of a physician - correct answerC.
One-half that of a physician
How do bundled payments differ from fee-for-service or global capitation?
A. Bundled payments are designed to reduce the number of payments to providers.
B. Bundled payments align payment to care outcomes delivered by the team.
C. Bundled payments reduce the amount of paperwork required for payment.
D. Bundled payments allow for streamlined and coordinated billing for providers. -
correct answerB.
Bundled payments align payment to care outcomes delivered by the team.
Patients require education prior to accessing health-care services for the following
reason:
A. Many patients do not understand policy benefits and payment responsibility.
B. Services may change across the beneficiary year.
C. Copayments and deductibles may have already been met by the patient.
D. Coding may need to be adjusted to meet the terms of the patient's benefits. - correct
answerA.
& Review | Latest Update 2026 | Graded A+
What is the goal of nursing research?
A. Make decisions regarding nursing education based on published literature
B. Determine topics that could develop nursing knowledge
C. Gather information from published literature to make decisions about application to
clinical practice
D. Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge - correct answerD.
Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge
Which is the most important question to ask in evidence-based practice?
A. What findings constitute evidence?
B. How will the findings be used?
C. Is this a randomized controlled trial?
D. What theory is being utilized? - correct answerB.
How will the findings be used?
Nursing research should be utilized by:
A. Nurses at the bedside
B. Advanced practice nurses
C. Nurse researchers
D. Nurses at all levels of practice - correct answerD.
Nurses at all levels of practice
A clinical guideline may be found useful if the guideline was:
A. Published 2 years ago
B. Created using one group
C. Authored by a relatively unknown source
D. Funded by an anonymous source - correct answerA.
Published 2 years ago
Practice guidelines are designed to:
A. Be inflexible
B. Be utilized in every circumstance
C. Provide a reference point for decision making
D. Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of a profession -
correct answerc. Provide a reference point for decision making.
Which of the following is an example of determining whether a crucial element of a
guideline is applicable to your patients?
A. There are no intended specific patients in the guideline.
B. You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for primary-care
providers.
,C. Your patients have a much lower prevalence of a condition than the patients in the
guideline.
D. You are a pediatric oncologist and the guidelines were written for geriatric specialists.
- correct answerYou are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for
primary-care providers.
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level I evidence?
A. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
B. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
C. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
D. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies - correct answerB.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level II evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
C. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
D. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies - correct answerC.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level III evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Opinion of authorities and expert committees - correct answerA.
Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level IV evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization - correct answerA.Well
designed control trials without randomization
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level V evidence?
A. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
B. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
C. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - correct answerC.
Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VI evidence?
A. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well--designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - correct answerC.
, Well--designed case control or cohort studies
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VII evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - correct answerB.
Opinion of authorities and expert committees
Identify the primary challenge for insurance carriers in today's health delivery model.
A. Preventing illness
B. Screening for disease
C. Educating the public
D. Reducing health-care spending - correct answerD.
Reducing health-care spending
Medicare benefits were offered to U.S. beneficiaries beginning in 1965. What was the
service added with the Medicare D plan in 2006?
A. Health-care screening
B. Health-care education
C. Pharmaceutical coverage
D. Durable medical equipment coverage - correct answerC.
Pharmaceutical coverage
The cost of care provided by an APRN is approximately:
A. One-quarter that of a physician
B. One-third that of a physician
C. One-half that of a physician
D. One and one-half that of a physician - correct answerC.
One-half that of a physician
How do bundled payments differ from fee-for-service or global capitation?
A. Bundled payments are designed to reduce the number of payments to providers.
B. Bundled payments align payment to care outcomes delivered by the team.
C. Bundled payments reduce the amount of paperwork required for payment.
D. Bundled payments allow for streamlined and coordinated billing for providers. -
correct answerB.
Bundled payments align payment to care outcomes delivered by the team.
Patients require education prior to accessing health-care services for the following
reason:
A. Many patients do not understand policy benefits and payment responsibility.
B. Services may change across the beneficiary year.
C. Copayments and deductibles may have already been met by the patient.
D. Coding may need to be adjusted to meet the terms of the patient's benefits. - correct
answerA.
