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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence-based protocols
in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
a. Develops evidence-based guidelines
b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based
c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols
d. Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings
e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
ANS: D
Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge of the research process and skills in reading and critically
appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-based guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and
policies in practice. This implies that nurses provide their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new
protocols are being put into practice, and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and negative
aspects of those protocols.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: Page 4
2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital, in order to
determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ level of orientation will not be a focus of
the research.) This type of study can do which of the following?
a. Control
,
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
ANS: A
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description involves
identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them.
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur.
The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as
prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 13
3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a pediatric ward will
require more hours of nursing care than average children when the parents or caregivers are not present. What
type of research outcome does this provide?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction
ANS: D
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description involves
identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them.
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur.
The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as
prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 16
,
4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between requiring that all children
under the age of 8 will ride in special care harnesses and the subsequent rate of children’s spinal cord injury will
consequently utilize which form of nursing research?
a. Descriptive research
b. Outcomes research
c. Qualitative research
d. Quantitative research
ANS: D
Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective, systematic methodology to
describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-effect interactions. Quantitative research includes
experimental research, which is the method for testing cause-and-effect relationships between and among
specific variables. Qualitative research methods are used for explaining meanings and describing experiences in
context. Descriptive research involves identifying and understanding the nature of phenomena and,
sometimes, the relationships among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of care in huge
populations, most often retrospectively, using a database.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 3
5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU neuro patient remains
increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the monitor is on the same level as the drain, checks
all connections, and then notifies the physician, who comes to the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of
reasoning prompts the nurse to recalibrate, ensure proper placement, and check connections?
a. Abstract reasoning
b. Concrete thinking
c. Logistic reasoning
d. Reality testing
,
ANS: C
Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined. Concrete thinking is
oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are observed and experienced in reality.
Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development of an idea without application to, or association with, a
particular instance. Reality testing is used to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 6
6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patients in the
emergency department. The resultant policy emanates from
a. Abstract reasoning
b. Concrete thinking
c. Logistic reasoning
d. Reality testing
ANS: A
Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development of an idea without application to, or association with, a
particular instance. Concrete thinking is oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are
observed and experienced in reality. Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully
examined. Reality testing is used to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 7
7. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patients in the
emergency department. The type of reasoning the nurse uses to do this is reasoning.
a. Problematic
b. Operational
c. Logistic
Bank for Burns and Grove’s the Practice of Nursing Research 9th
FREE Chapter 1 : Discovering the World of Nursing
Edition
Research
Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Nursing Research
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence-based protocols
in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
a. Develops evidence-based guidelines
b. Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based
c. Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols
d. Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings
e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
ANS: D
Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge of the research process and skills in reading and critically
appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-based guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and
policies in practice. This implies that nurses provide their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new
protocols are being put into practice, and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and negative
aspects of those protocols.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: Page 4
2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital, in order to
determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ level of orientation will not be a focus of
the research.) This type of study can do which of the following?
a. Control
,
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
ANS: A
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description involves
identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them.
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur.
The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as
prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 13
3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a pediatric ward will
require more hours of nursing care than average children when the parents or caregivers are not present. What
type of research outcome does this provide?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction
ANS: D
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description involves
identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them.
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur.
The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as
prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 16
,
4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between requiring that all children
under the age of 8 will ride in special care harnesses and the subsequent rate of children’s spinal cord injury will
consequently utilize which form of nursing research?
a. Descriptive research
b. Outcomes research
c. Qualitative research
d. Quantitative research
ANS: D
Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective, systematic methodology to
describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-effect interactions. Quantitative research includes
experimental research, which is the method for testing cause-and-effect relationships between and among
specific variables. Qualitative research methods are used for explaining meanings and describing experiences in
context. Descriptive research involves identifying and understanding the nature of phenomena and,
sometimes, the relationships among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of care in huge
populations, most often retrospectively, using a database.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 3
5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU neuro patient remains
increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the monitor is on the same level as the drain, checks
all connections, and then notifies the physician, who comes to the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of
reasoning prompts the nurse to recalibrate, ensure proper placement, and check connections?
a. Abstract reasoning
b. Concrete thinking
c. Logistic reasoning
d. Reality testing
,
ANS: C
Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully examined. Concrete thinking is
oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are observed and experienced in reality.
Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development of an idea without application to, or association with, a
particular instance. Reality testing is used to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 6
6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patients in the
emergency department. The resultant policy emanates from
a. Abstract reasoning
b. Concrete thinking
c. Logistic reasoning
d. Reality testing
ANS: A
Abstract reasoning is oriented toward the development of an idea without application to, or association with, a
particular instance. Concrete thinking is oriented toward and limited by tangible things or by events that are
observed and experienced in reality. Logistic reasoning is used to break a whole into parts that can be carefully
examined. Reality testing is used to validate what is observed in the empirical world.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 7
7. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patients in the
emergency department. The type of reasoning the nurse uses to do this is reasoning.
a. Problematic
b. Operational
c. Logistic
