Test Bank For Nursing Research In Canada,
5th Edition by Mina Singh
Chapters 1-21
,TEST00BANK00FOR00NURSING00RESEARCH00IN00CANADA,005TH00EDITION
by00Mina00Singh,00RN,00RP,00BSc,00BScN00MEd,00PhD,00I-
FCNEI,00Cherylyn00Cameron,00RN,00PhD,00Geri00LoBiondo-
Wood,00PhD,00RN,00FAAN00and00Judith00Haber,00PhD,00RN,00FAAN
TABLE00OF00CONTENT
Part00I:00Research00Overview00Research00Vignette:00A00Program00of00Research00in00Transcultural00Nursing
1. The00Role00of00Research00in00Nursing
2. Theoretical00Framework
3. Critical00Reading00Strategies:00Overview00of00the00Research00Process
4. Developing00Research00Questions,00Hypotheses,00and00Clinical00Questions
5. Finding00and00Appraising00the00Literature
6. Legal00and00Ethical00Issues
Part00II:00Qualitative00Research00Research00Vignette:00Creating00Qualitatively00Derived00Knowledge00for00a00Practice00Discipline
7. Introduction00to00Qualitative00Research
8. Qualitative00Approaches00to00Research
Part00III:00Quantitative00Research00Research00Vignette:00Tackling00the00Prevention00of00Falls00Among00Older00Adults
9. Introduction00to00Quantitative00Research
10. Experimental00and00Quasiexperimental00Designs
11. Non-experimental00Designs
Part00IV:00Processes00Related00to00Research00Research00Vignette:00Partnering00with00parents00to00reduce00newborn00pain00-
00evidence00and00implementation
12. Sampling
13. Data00Collection00Methods
14. Rigour00in00Research
15. Qualitative00Data00Analysis
16. Quantitative00Data00Analysis
17. Presenting00the00Findings
Part00V:00Critiquing00Research00Research00Vignette:00A00Program00of00Research
18. Critiquing00Qualitative00Research
19. Critiquing00Quantitative00Research
Part00VI:00Application00of00Research:00Evidence-Informed00Practice00Research00Vignette:00From00my00Ph.D.00to00her00Post-
Doctoral00studies:00Building00a00Survivorship00Cancer00Care00Program
20. Developing00an00Evidence-Informed00Practice00Research00Vignette:00Social00Support00Needs00of00Older00Adults
,Chapter0001:00The00Role00of00Research00in00Nursing
LoBiondo-Wood:00Nursing00Research00in00Canada,005th00Edition
MULTIPLE00CHOICE
1. A00key00step00to00the00development00of00nursing00research00was
a. the00endowment00of00nursing00research00chairs.
b. universities00offering00baccalaureate00nursing00programs.
c. a00baccalaureate00degree00becoming00the00entry00to00practice.
d. the00Canadian00Nurses00Association00developing00a00research00mandate.
ANSWER:0 0 B
Feedback
A Endowment00of00nursing00research00chairs00did00not00occur00until00the00number0
0of00nurses00with00PhD00degrees00increased.
B Universities00offering00baccalaureate00nursing00programs00provided00an00introdu
ction00to00research00within00the00BScN00programs00and00led00to00further00nursing0
0education00at00the
MSN00and00PhD00levels.
C Baccalaureate00degrees00becoming00the00entry00to00practice00did00not00occ
ur00until00the00twenty-first00century.
D The00Canadian00Nurses00Association00did00not00develop00a00research00mandate00
until00the
end00of00the00twentieth00century.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Application
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
2. How00is00nursing00research00significant00to00the00profession00of00nursing?
a. Responsibility00is00more00specifically00defined.
b. Liability00within00the00practice00of00nursing00is00decreased.
c. A00specialized00body00of00knowledge00is00generated00for00use00in00the00delivery00of00healt
h00care.
d. The00scope00of00nursing00practice00is00expanded00into00areas00formerly00reserv
ed00for00other00disciplines.
ANSWER:0 0 C
Feedback
A Research00aids00in00documenting00accountability00of00nurses,00but00professional
guidelines00regarding00responsibility00already00exist.
B Liability00is00a00legal00concept.00Research00does00not00promote00liability.
C Theory-based00nursing00research00provides00a00foundation00for00evidence-
informed00nursing00care.
D Nursing00research00expands00the00discipline00of00nursing00as00it00pertains0
0to00nursing00practice.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Comprehension
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
, 3. Why00are00nursing00practice–
oriented00scientific00investigations00valuable?
a. They00validate00the00effectiveness00of00particular00nursing00interventions.
b. They00encourage00consumers00to00question00the00quality00of00health00care.
c. They00limit00the00theory00base00for00clinical00decision00making.
d. They00mandate00health00care00reform.
ANSWER:0 0 A
Feedback
A Practice-
focused00research00supports00the00effectiveness00of00nursing00interventions00and
reinforces00quality00of00nursing00care.
B On00the00contrary,00they00help00reassure00consumers00about00the00quality00of00he
alth00care.
C They00support00the00development00of00the00theory00base00for00clinical00decision00
making.
D They00reinforce00the00effectiveness00of00current00nursing00practice.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Comprehension
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
4. When00a00change00in00nursing00practice00results00in00decreased00cost00of00care,00what00a
dditional00factor00must00be00considered00before00general00implementation00of00this00chan
ge?
a. Ensuring00compliance00of00the00change00by00nurses00with00diverse00ed
ucational00backgrounds
b. Maintaining00or00improving00the00quality00of00care00resulting00from00the00change00in00practi
ce
c. Encouraging00patients00to00be00active00partners00in00their00health00care00decisions
d. Disseminating00the00change00beyond00the00discipline00of00nursing
ANSWER:0 0 B
Feedback
A Not00all00nurses00are00responsible00for00supervising00compliance00with00new00mea
sures.
B Nurses00are00accountable00to00maintain00quality00patient00care00despite00cost-
cutting
measures.
C Nurses00should00encourage00patient00participation00in00care00despite00co
st-cutting00measures.
D Nurses00are00not00responsible00for00reforming00other00disciplines.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Analysis
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
5. Why00do00nurses00who00do00not00conduct00research00need00to00understand00the00nursing00resea
rch00process?
a. To00identify00potential00participants00for00clinical00research00studies
b. To00assist00in00collecting00accurate00data00for00clinical00research00studies
c. To00teach00patients00and00families00about00the00usefulness00of00participation00in00research
d. To00be00able00to00evaluate00nursing00research00reports00for00relevance00to00their
5th Edition by Mina Singh
Chapters 1-21
,TEST00BANK00FOR00NURSING00RESEARCH00IN00CANADA,005TH00EDITION
by00Mina00Singh,00RN,00RP,00BSc,00BScN00MEd,00PhD,00I-
FCNEI,00Cherylyn00Cameron,00RN,00PhD,00Geri00LoBiondo-
Wood,00PhD,00RN,00FAAN00and00Judith00Haber,00PhD,00RN,00FAAN
TABLE00OF00CONTENT
Part00I:00Research00Overview00Research00Vignette:00A00Program00of00Research00in00Transcultural00Nursing
1. The00Role00of00Research00in00Nursing
2. Theoretical00Framework
3. Critical00Reading00Strategies:00Overview00of00the00Research00Process
4. Developing00Research00Questions,00Hypotheses,00and00Clinical00Questions
5. Finding00and00Appraising00the00Literature
6. Legal00and00Ethical00Issues
Part00II:00Qualitative00Research00Research00Vignette:00Creating00Qualitatively00Derived00Knowledge00for00a00Practice00Discipline
7. Introduction00to00Qualitative00Research
8. Qualitative00Approaches00to00Research
Part00III:00Quantitative00Research00Research00Vignette:00Tackling00the00Prevention00of00Falls00Among00Older00Adults
9. Introduction00to00Quantitative00Research
10. Experimental00and00Quasiexperimental00Designs
11. Non-experimental00Designs
Part00IV:00Processes00Related00to00Research00Research00Vignette:00Partnering00with00parents00to00reduce00newborn00pain00-
00evidence00and00implementation
12. Sampling
13. Data00Collection00Methods
14. Rigour00in00Research
15. Qualitative00Data00Analysis
16. Quantitative00Data00Analysis
17. Presenting00the00Findings
Part00V:00Critiquing00Research00Research00Vignette:00A00Program00of00Research
18. Critiquing00Qualitative00Research
19. Critiquing00Quantitative00Research
Part00VI:00Application00of00Research:00Evidence-Informed00Practice00Research00Vignette:00From00my00Ph.D.00to00her00Post-
Doctoral00studies:00Building00a00Survivorship00Cancer00Care00Program
20. Developing00an00Evidence-Informed00Practice00Research00Vignette:00Social00Support00Needs00of00Older00Adults
,Chapter0001:00The00Role00of00Research00in00Nursing
LoBiondo-Wood:00Nursing00Research00in00Canada,005th00Edition
MULTIPLE00CHOICE
1. A00key00step00to00the00development00of00nursing00research00was
a. the00endowment00of00nursing00research00chairs.
b. universities00offering00baccalaureate00nursing00programs.
c. a00baccalaureate00degree00becoming00the00entry00to00practice.
d. the00Canadian00Nurses00Association00developing00a00research00mandate.
ANSWER:0 0 B
Feedback
A Endowment00of00nursing00research00chairs00did00not00occur00until00the00number0
0of00nurses00with00PhD00degrees00increased.
B Universities00offering00baccalaureate00nursing00programs00provided00an00introdu
ction00to00research00within00the00BScN00programs00and00led00to00further00nursing0
0education00at00the
MSN00and00PhD00levels.
C Baccalaureate00degrees00becoming00the00entry00to00practice00did00not00occ
ur00until00the00twenty-first00century.
D The00Canadian00Nurses00Association00did00not00develop00a00research00mandate00
until00the
end00of00the00twentieth00century.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Application
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
2. How00is00nursing00research00significant00to00the00profession00of00nursing?
a. Responsibility00is00more00specifically00defined.
b. Liability00within00the00practice00of00nursing00is00decreased.
c. A00specialized00body00of00knowledge00is00generated00for00use00in00the00delivery00of00healt
h00care.
d. The00scope00of00nursing00practice00is00expanded00into00areas00formerly00reserv
ed00for00other00disciplines.
ANSWER:0 0 C
Feedback
A Research00aids00in00documenting00accountability00of00nurses,00but00professional
guidelines00regarding00responsibility00already00exist.
B Liability00is00a00legal00concept.00Research00does00not00promote00liability.
C Theory-based00nursing00research00provides00a00foundation00for00evidence-
informed00nursing00care.
D Nursing00research00expands00the00discipline00of00nursing00as00it00pertains0
0to00nursing00practice.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Comprehension
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
, 3. Why00are00nursing00practice–
oriented00scientific00investigations00valuable?
a. They00validate00the00effectiveness00of00particular00nursing00interventions.
b. They00encourage00consumers00to00question00the00quality00of00health00care.
c. They00limit00the00theory00base00for00clinical00decision00making.
d. They00mandate00health00care00reform.
ANSWER:0 0 A
Feedback
A Practice-
focused00research00supports00the00effectiveness00of00nursing00interventions00and
reinforces00quality00of00nursing00care.
B On00the00contrary,00they00help00reassure00consumers00about00the00quality00of00he
alth00care.
C They00support00the00development00of00the00theory00base00for00clinical00decision00
making.
D They00reinforce00the00effectiveness00of00current00nursing00practice.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Comprehension
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
4. When00a00change00in00nursing00practice00results00in00decreased00cost00of00care,00what00a
dditional00factor00must00be00considered00before00general00implementation00of00this00chan
ge?
a. Ensuring00compliance00of00the00change00by00nurses00with00diverse00ed
ucational00backgrounds
b. Maintaining00or00improving00the00quality00of00care00resulting00from00the00change00in00practi
ce
c. Encouraging00patients00to00be00active00partners00in00their00health00care00decisions
d. Disseminating00the00change00beyond00the00discipline00of00nursing
ANSWER:0 0 B
Feedback
A Not00all00nurses00are00responsible00for00supervising00compliance00with00new00mea
sures.
B Nurses00are00accountable00to00maintain00quality00patient00care00despite00cost-
cutting
measures.
C Nurses00should00encourage00patient00participation00in00care00despite00co
st-cutting00measures.
D Nurses00are00not00responsible00for00reforming00other00disciplines.
DIF: Cognitive00Level:00Analysis
MSC:00NCLEX00Client00Care00Needs00Category:00Safe00and00Effective00Care00Environment;00Healt
h00Promotion00and00Maintenance
5. Why00do00nurses00who00do00not00conduct00research00need00to00understand00the00nursing00resea
rch00process?
a. To00identify00potential00participants00for00clinical00research00studies
b. To00assist00in00collecting00accurate00data00for00clinical00research00studies
c. To00teach00patients00and00families00about00the00usefulness00of00participation00in00research
d. To00be00able00to00evaluate00nursing00research00reports00for00relevance00to00their