TEST BANK For Understanding Nursing Research 8th Edition By Susan Grove, ISBN: 9780323826419, All 14 Chapters Covered, Verified Latest Edition

TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING NURSING
RESEARCH,8TH EDITION, SUSAN GROVE, JENNIFER
GRAY (ALL CHAPTERS) LATEST 2025

, Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building a
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nEvidence-Based Practice
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Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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1. Which statement best describes evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs
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b. A determination of the factors necessary to control hospital client response
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s to care anddelivery of care
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c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all hospital clients
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance hospital client outcomes
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ACCURATE CHOICE:-A t4


Reasoning:->>>Evidence-
based practice evolves from the integration of the best researchevidence with clinical
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expertise and hospital client needs and values. Studies that attempt to find determina
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nts ofhospital client outcomes are generally experimental or quasi-
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experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it. EBP it4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4


s a combination of guidelines and specifichospital client needs and values. Quantitati
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ve and qualitative studies appliedto the evaluation of hospital client outcomes are part
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of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
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DIFFICULT: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge) t4 t4 t4




2. The RN is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger
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research study. Which researN Rethod
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study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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Reasoning:-
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mena and therelationships among these phenomena. Control can be described as the
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ability to write a prescription to produce the desired results. Explanation clarifies the
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relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through pr
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ediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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DIFFICULT: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension) t4 t4 t4




3. The RN is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obes
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e adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being
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used inthis study? t4 t4 t4


a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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, Reasoning:-
>>>Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a g
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iven situation. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese,
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4the probability of predicting this may be calculated. Control indicates the ability to us
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e a prescribed intervention to produce the desired results. Description involvesidentify
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ing andunderstanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among
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these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and ide
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ntifies why certain events occur.
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DIFFICULT: Cognitive level: Applying (Application) t4 t4 t4




4. The RN reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared amon
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g groups of young adults who received different asthma education. Which research meth
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od doesthis represent?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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n events occur. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce
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the desired results. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature ofnur
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sing phenomenaand the relationships among these phenomena. Through prediction, th
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e probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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DIFFICULT: Cognitive level: Applying (Application) t4 t4 t4




5. A RN manager is interestedNiU
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stick injuries. To study this, the RN manager will employ whichmethod of study?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ACCURATE CHOICE:-D t4


Reasoning:-
>>>Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimatedin a give
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n situation. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to producethe
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desiredresults. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
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phenomenaand the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the rel t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4


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DIFFICULT: Cognitive level: Applying (Application) t4 t4 t4




6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and statis
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ticalanalysis during the Crimean War?
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a. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public in relation to
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d. Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water,
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, and adequate nutrition
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ACCURATE CHOICE:-D t4


Reasoning:-
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al changes, including the military’s approach to the care of the sick and society’s sense
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of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation, and preventing starvatio
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n to decrease morbidityand mortality rates. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to t
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he public, developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation, and i
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dentifying and defining the role of RNs in modern primary care were not the most impo
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DIFFICULT: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension) t4 t4 t4




7. The RN participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain manage
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ment protocols are used with randomly assigned hospital clients to measure difference
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s in postoperative recovery time. Which method of study is this?
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a. Control
b. Correlation
c. Description
d. Explanation
ACCURATE CHOICE:-A t4


Reasoning:-
>>>Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce thedesired
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results. Correlation examines the relationships between different phenomena.
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Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena
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andthe relationships amongthese phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships
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among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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DIFFICULT:
Cognitive level: ApplyinNgURpSplIicaNtiGonT) The RN reviews a study exploring experiences o
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f RNs’ decision-
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making processesregarding reporting a medical error. Which research method does this repre
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sent?
e. Control
f. Description
g. Explanation
h. Prediction
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Reasoning:-
>>>Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursingpheno t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4 t4


mena and therelationships among these phenomena. Control can be described as thea
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bility to write a prescription to produce the desired results. Explanation clarifies the r
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elationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur. Through pr
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ediction, the probability of aspecific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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DIFFICULT: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension) t4 t4 t4




8. The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late 1960s and 1
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