NURSv500vTESTvBANKv
CHAPTERv1vDiscoveringvthevWorldvofvNursingvResearchvTestvBank
MULTIPLEvCHOICE
1. Nursesvwithvavbachelor’svdegreevinvnursingvcanvparticipatevinvthevimplementationvofvevidence-
vbasedvprotocolsvinvpractice.vThisvmeansvthatvthevBSNvnurse
a. Developsvevidence-basedvguidelines
b. Designsvresearchvstudies,vonvwhichvprotocolsvmayvbevbased
c. Evaluatesvandvrevisesvevidence-basedvprotocols
d. Contributesvpracticevwisdomvwhenvapplyingvprotocolsvinvpatientvsettings
e. MentorsvPhDvresearchersvinvthevclinicalvsettingvduringvprotocolvdevelopment
ANS:v D
NursesvwithvavBSNvdegreevhavevknowledgevofvthevresearchvprocessvandvskillsvinvreadingvandvcrit
icallyvappraisingvstudies.vTheyvassistvwithvthevimplementationvofvevidence-
basedvguidelines,vprotocols,valgorithms,vandvpoliciesvinvpractice.vThisvimpliesvthatvnursesvprovi
devtheirvpointvofvview,vfromvthevclinician’svvantage,vwhenvnewvprotocolsvarevbeingvputvintovprac
tice,vandvcontinuevtovprovidevfeedback,vregardingvthevpositivevandvnegativevaspectsvofvthosevprot
ocols.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vAnalysis REF:v Pagev4
2. Researchvisvdesignedvtovtestvthevideavofvprovidingvcompanionvdogsvtoveldersvinvavmajorvhospital
,vinvordervtovdeterminevtheveffectvuponvthevelders’vlevelvofvorientation.v(Thevdogs’vlevelvofvorient
ationvwillvnotvbevavfocusvofvthevresearch.)vThisvtypevofvstudyvcanvdovwhichvofvthevfollowing?
a. Control
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
ANS:v A
Controlvisvthevabilityvtovmanipulatevthevsituationvtovproducevthevdesiredvoutcome.vDescriptionvin
volvesvidentifyingvandvunderstandingvthevnaturevofvnursingvphenomenavand,vsometimes,vthevrela
tionshipsvamongvthem.vExplanationvclarifiesvthevrelationshipsvamongvphenomenavandvidentifies
vthevreasonsvwhyvcertainveventsvoccur.vThevabilityvtovestimatevthevprobabilityvofvavspecificvoutco
mevinvavgivenvsituationvinvnursingvpracticevisvknownvasvprediction.vThevresearcher’svfocusvisvonv
predictingvwhatvisvlikely.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev13
3. Avresearchervwantsvtovfindvoutvwhethervchildrenvwithvautismvwhovarevhospitalizedvonvavpediatri
cvwardvwillvrequirevmorevhoursvofvnursingvcarevthanvaveragevchildrenvwhenvthevparentsvorvcaregi
versvarevnotvpresent.vWhatvtypevofvresearchvoutcomevdoesvthisvprovide?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction
,NURSv500vTESTvBANKv
CHAPTERv1vDiscoveringvthevWorldvofvNursingvResearchvTestvBank
ANS:v D
Controlvisvthevabilityvtovmanipulatevthevsituationvtovproducevthevdesiredvoutcome.vDescriptionvin
volvesvidentifyingvandvunderstandingvthevnaturevofvnursingvphenomenavand,vsometimes,vthevrela
tionshipsvamongvthem.vExplanationvclarifiesvthevrelationshipsvamongvphenomenavandvidentifies
vthevreasonsvwhyvcertainveventsvoccur.vThevabilityvtovestimatevthevprobabilityvofvavspecificvoutco
mevinvavgivenvsituationvinvnursingvpracticevisvknownvasvprediction.vThevresearcher’svfocusvisvonv
predictingvwhatvisvlikely.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev16
4. Avresearchervwhovdesiresvtovdeterminevthevcause-and-
effectvrelationshipvbetweenvrequiringvthatvallvchildrenvundervthevagevofv8vwillvridevinvspecialvcarev
harnessesvandvthevsubsequentvratevofvchildren’svspinalvcordvinjuryvwillvconsequentlyvutilizevwhi
chvformvofvnursingvresearch?
a. Descriptivevresearch
b. Outcomesvresearch
c. Qualitativevresearch
d. Quantitativevresearch
ANS:v D
Quantitativevresearch,vthevmostvfrequentlyvusedvmethod,visvavformal,vobjective,vsystematicvmeth
odologyvtovdescribevvariables,vtestvrelationships,vandvexaminevcause-and-
effectvinteractions.vQuantitativevresearchvincludesvexperimentalvresearch,vwhichvisvthevmethodvf
orvtestingvcause-and-
effectvrelationshipsvbetweenvandvamongvspecificvvariables.vQualitativevresearchvmethodsvarevus
edvforvexplainingvmeaningsvandvdescribingvexperiencesvinvcontext.vDescriptivevresearchvinvolv
esvidentifyingvandvunderstandingvthevnaturevofvphenomenavand,vsometimes,vthevrelationshipsva
mongvthem.vOutcomesvresearchvexaminesvthevendvresultvofvcarevinvhugevpopulations,vmostvoftenv
retrospectively,vusingvavdatabase.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev3
5. Despitevthevpresencevofvanvintraventricularvdrain,vthevintracranialvpressurevofvanvICUvneurovpati
entvremainsvincreased.vThevnursevrecalibratesvthevmachine,vmakesvsurevthevmonitorvisvonvthevsa
mevlevelvasvthevdrain,vchecksvallvconnections,vandvthenvnotifiesvthevphysician,vwhovcomesvtovthev
unitvandvinsertsvavnewvdrain.vWhatvtypevofvreasoningvpromptsvthevnursevtovrecalibrate,vensurevpr
opervplacement,vandvcheckvconnections?
a. Abstractvreasoning
b. Concretevthinking
c. Logisticvreasoning
d. Realityvtesting
ANS:v C
Logisticvreasoningvisvusedvtovbreakvavwholevintovpartsvthatvcanvbevcarefullyvexamined.vConcretev
thinkingvisvorientedvtowardvandvlimitedvbyvtangiblevthingsvorvbyveventsvthatvarevobservedvandvex
periencedvinvreality.vAbstractvreasoningvisvorientedvtowardvthevdevelopmentvofvanvideavwithoutva
pplicationvto,vorvassociationvwith,vavparticularvinstance.vRealityvtestingvisvusedvtovvalidatevwhatvis
vobservedvinvthevempirical vworld.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev6
6. Avnursevwithvconsiderablevclinicalvexpertisevdevelopsvavpolicyvforvmanagingvagitatedvpatients
,NURSv500vTESTvBANKv
CHAPTERv1vDiscoveringvthevWorldvofvNursingvResearchvTestvBank
invthevemergencyvdepartment.vThevresultantvpolicyvemanatesvfrom
, NURSv500vTESTvBANKv
CHAPTERv1vDiscoveringvthevWorldvofvNursingvResearchvTestvBank
a. Abstractvreasoning
b. Concretevthinking
c. Logisticvreasoning
d. Realityvtesting
ANS:v A
Abstractvreasoningvisvorientedvtowardvthevdevelopmentvofvanvideavwithoutvapplicationvto,vorvass
ociationvwith,vavparticularvinstance.vConcretevthinkingvisvorientedvtowardvandvlimitedvbyvtangibl
evthingsvorvbyveventsvthatvarevobservedvandvexperiencedvinvreality.vLogisticvreasoningvisvusedvtovb
reakvavwholevintovpartsvthatvcanvbevcarefullyvexamined.vRealityvtestingvisvusedvtovvalidatevwhatvi
svobservedvinvthevempiricalvworld.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev7
7. Avnursevwithvconsiderablevclinicalvexpertisevdevelopsvavpolicyvforvmanagingvagitatedvpatientsvi
nvthevemergencyvdepartment.vThevtypevofvreasoningvthevnursevusesvtovdovthisvisv
v reas
oning.
a. Problematic
b. Operational
c. Logistic
d. Inductive
ANS:v D
Inductivevreasoningvinvolvesvreasoningvthatvmovesvfromvthevspecificvtovthevgeneral,vwherebyvpa
rticularvinstancesvarevobservedvandvthenvcombinedvintovavlargervwholevorvgeneralvstatement.vProb
lematicvreasoningvinvolvesv(1)videntifyingvavproblemvandvfactorsvinfluencingvit,v(2)vselectingvsol
utionsvtovthevproblem,vandv(3)vresolvingvthevproblem.vOperationalvreasoningvinvolvesvthevidenti
ficationvofvandvdiscriminationvamongvmanyvalternativesvandvviewpoints.
Logisticvreasoningvisvusedvtovbreakvthevwholevintovpartsvthatvcanvbevcarefullyvexamined,vasvthevre
lationshipsvamongvthevpartsvcanvalsovbe.
DIF: CognitivevLevel:vSynthesis REF:v Pagev7
8. Whatvisvthevbestvexplanationvofvintuitionvthatvformsvavlegitimatevsourcevofvknowledgevinvn
ursing?
a. Itvisvbasedvonvknowledgevthoroughlyvincorporatedvintovthoughtvbutvseldomv
articulated.
b. Itvisvbasedvonvavgiftvfromvthevuniversevandvshouldvbevhonoredvwhenvitvarrives.
c. Itvisvnevervinaccurate.
d. Itvisvavrevisitingvofvoldvknowledge,vaccompaniedvbyvdeepvreflection.
ANS:v A
Intuitionvisvthevrevisitingvofvoldvknowledgevaccompaniedvbyvdeepvreflection.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev5
9. Whyvisvoperationalvreasoningvnecessaryvforvresearch?
a. Abstractvconceptsvarevofvnovusevtovnursing.
b. Standardvinterventionsvarevobtainedvfromvoperationalvreasoning.
c. Itvallowsvthevresearchervtovmeasurevthevconceptsvstudied.
d. Itvfacilitatesvthevresearcher’svrapportvwithvfamilies.
CHAPTERv1vDiscoveringvthevWorldvofvNursingvResearchvTestvBank
MULTIPLEvCHOICE
1. Nursesvwithvavbachelor’svdegreevinvnursingvcanvparticipatevinvthevimplementationvofvevidence-
vbasedvprotocolsvinvpractice.vThisvmeansvthatvthevBSNvnurse
a. Developsvevidence-basedvguidelines
b. Designsvresearchvstudies,vonvwhichvprotocolsvmayvbevbased
c. Evaluatesvandvrevisesvevidence-basedvprotocols
d. Contributesvpracticevwisdomvwhenvapplyingvprotocolsvinvpatientvsettings
e. MentorsvPhDvresearchersvinvthevclinicalvsettingvduringvprotocolvdevelopment
ANS:v D
NursesvwithvavBSNvdegreevhavevknowledgevofvthevresearchvprocessvandvskillsvinvreadingvandvcrit
icallyvappraisingvstudies.vTheyvassistvwithvthevimplementationvofvevidence-
basedvguidelines,vprotocols,valgorithms,vandvpoliciesvinvpractice.vThisvimpliesvthatvnursesvprovi
devtheirvpointvofvview,vfromvthevclinician’svvantage,vwhenvnewvprotocolsvarevbeingvputvintovprac
tice,vandvcontinuevtovprovidevfeedback,vregardingvthevpositivevandvnegativevaspectsvofvthosevprot
ocols.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vAnalysis REF:v Pagev4
2. Researchvisvdesignedvtovtestvthevideavofvprovidingvcompanionvdogsvtoveldersvinvavmajorvhospital
,vinvordervtovdeterminevtheveffectvuponvthevelders’vlevelvofvorientation.v(Thevdogs’vlevelvofvorient
ationvwillvnotvbevavfocusvofvthevresearch.)vThisvtypevofvstudyvcanvdovwhichvofvthevfollowing?
a. Control
b. Describe
c. Explain
d. Predict
ANS:v A
Controlvisvthevabilityvtovmanipulatevthevsituationvtovproducevthevdesiredvoutcome.vDescriptionvin
volvesvidentifyingvandvunderstandingvthevnaturevofvnursingvphenomenavand,vsometimes,vthevrela
tionshipsvamongvthem.vExplanationvclarifiesvthevrelationshipsvamongvphenomenavandvidentifies
vthevreasonsvwhyvcertainveventsvoccur.vThevabilityvtovestimatevthevprobabilityvofvavspecificvoutco
mevinvavgivenvsituationvinvnursingvpracticevisvknownvasvprediction.vThevresearcher’svfocusvisvonv
predictingvwhatvisvlikely.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev13
3. Avresearchervwantsvtovfindvoutvwhethervchildrenvwithvautismvwhovarevhospitalizedvonvavpediatri
cvwardvwillvrequirevmorevhoursvofvnursingvcarevthanvaveragevchildrenvwhenvthevparentsvorvcaregi
versvarevnotvpresent.vWhatvtypevofvresearchvoutcomevdoesvthisvprovide?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
d. Prediction
,NURSv500vTESTvBANKv
CHAPTERv1vDiscoveringvthevWorldvofvNursingvResearchvTestvBank
ANS:v D
Controlvisvthevabilityvtovmanipulatevthevsituationvtovproducevthevdesiredvoutcome.vDescriptionvin
volvesvidentifyingvandvunderstandingvthevnaturevofvnursingvphenomenavand,vsometimes,vthevrela
tionshipsvamongvthem.vExplanationvclarifiesvthevrelationshipsvamongvphenomenavandvidentifies
vthevreasonsvwhyvcertainveventsvoccur.vThevabilityvtovestimatevthevprobabilityvofvavspecificvoutco
mevinvavgivenvsituationvinvnursingvpracticevisvknownvasvprediction.vThevresearcher’svfocusvisvonv
predictingvwhatvisvlikely.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev16
4. Avresearchervwhovdesiresvtovdeterminevthevcause-and-
effectvrelationshipvbetweenvrequiringvthatvallvchildrenvundervthevagevofv8vwillvridevinvspecialvcarev
harnessesvandvthevsubsequentvratevofvchildren’svspinalvcordvinjuryvwillvconsequentlyvutilizevwhi
chvformvofvnursingvresearch?
a. Descriptivevresearch
b. Outcomesvresearch
c. Qualitativevresearch
d. Quantitativevresearch
ANS:v D
Quantitativevresearch,vthevmostvfrequentlyvusedvmethod,visvavformal,vobjective,vsystematicvmeth
odologyvtovdescribevvariables,vtestvrelationships,vandvexaminevcause-and-
effectvinteractions.vQuantitativevresearchvincludesvexperimentalvresearch,vwhichvisvthevmethodvf
orvtestingvcause-and-
effectvrelationshipsvbetweenvandvamongvspecificvvariables.vQualitativevresearchvmethodsvarevus
edvforvexplainingvmeaningsvandvdescribingvexperiencesvinvcontext.vDescriptivevresearchvinvolv
esvidentifyingvandvunderstandingvthevnaturevofvphenomenavand,vsometimes,vthevrelationshipsva
mongvthem.vOutcomesvresearchvexaminesvthevendvresultvofvcarevinvhugevpopulations,vmostvoftenv
retrospectively,vusingvavdatabase.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev3
5. Despitevthevpresencevofvanvintraventricularvdrain,vthevintracranialvpressurevofvanvICUvneurovpati
entvremainsvincreased.vThevnursevrecalibratesvthevmachine,vmakesvsurevthevmonitorvisvonvthevsa
mevlevelvasvthevdrain,vchecksvallvconnections,vandvthenvnotifiesvthevphysician,vwhovcomesvtovthev
unitvandvinsertsvavnewvdrain.vWhatvtypevofvreasoningvpromptsvthevnursevtovrecalibrate,vensurevpr
opervplacement,vandvcheckvconnections?
a. Abstractvreasoning
b. Concretevthinking
c. Logisticvreasoning
d. Realityvtesting
ANS:v C
Logisticvreasoningvisvusedvtovbreakvavwholevintovpartsvthatvcanvbevcarefullyvexamined.vConcretev
thinkingvisvorientedvtowardvandvlimitedvbyvtangiblevthingsvorvbyveventsvthatvarevobservedvandvex
periencedvinvreality.vAbstractvreasoningvisvorientedvtowardvthevdevelopmentvofvanvideavwithoutva
pplicationvto,vorvassociationvwith,vavparticularvinstance.vRealityvtestingvisvusedvtovvalidatevwhatvis
vobservedvinvthevempirical vworld.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev6
6. Avnursevwithvconsiderablevclinicalvexpertisevdevelopsvavpolicyvforvmanagingvagitatedvpatients
,NURSv500vTESTvBANKv
CHAPTERv1vDiscoveringvthevWorldvofvNursingvResearchvTestvBank
invthevemergencyvdepartment.vThevresultantvpolicyvemanatesvfrom
, NURSv500vTESTvBANKv
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a. Abstractvreasoning
b. Concretevthinking
c. Logisticvreasoning
d. Realityvtesting
ANS:v A
Abstractvreasoningvisvorientedvtowardvthevdevelopmentvofvanvideavwithoutvapplicationvto,vorvass
ociationvwith,vavparticularvinstance.vConcretevthinkingvisvorientedvtowardvandvlimitedvbyvtangibl
evthingsvorvbyveventsvthatvarevobservedvandvexperiencedvinvreality.vLogisticvreasoningvisvusedvtovb
reakvavwholevintovpartsvthatvcanvbevcarefullyvexamined.vRealityvtestingvisvusedvtovvalidatevwhatvi
svobservedvinvthevempiricalvworld.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev7
7. Avnursevwithvconsiderablevclinicalvexpertisevdevelopsvavpolicyvforvmanagingvagitatedvpatientsvi
nvthevemergencyvdepartment.vThevtypevofvreasoningvthevnursevusesvtovdovthisvisv
v reas
oning.
a. Problematic
b. Operational
c. Logistic
d. Inductive
ANS:v D
Inductivevreasoningvinvolvesvreasoningvthatvmovesvfromvthevspecificvtovthevgeneral,vwherebyvpa
rticularvinstancesvarevobservedvandvthenvcombinedvintovavlargervwholevorvgeneralvstatement.vProb
lematicvreasoningvinvolvesv(1)videntifyingvavproblemvandvfactorsvinfluencingvit,v(2)vselectingvsol
utionsvtovthevproblem,vandv(3)vresolvingvthevproblem.vOperationalvreasoningvinvolvesvthevidenti
ficationvofvandvdiscriminationvamongvmanyvalternativesvandvviewpoints.
Logisticvreasoningvisvusedvtovbreakvthevwholevintovpartsvthatvcanvbevcarefullyvexamined,vasvthevre
lationshipsvamongvthevpartsvcanvalsovbe.
DIF: CognitivevLevel:vSynthesis REF:v Pagev7
8. Whatvisvthevbestvexplanationvofvintuitionvthatvformsvavlegitimatevsourcevofvknowledgevinvn
ursing?
a. Itvisvbasedvonvknowledgevthoroughlyvincorporatedvintovthoughtvbutvseldomv
articulated.
b. Itvisvbasedvonvavgiftvfromvthevuniversevandvshouldvbevhonoredvwhenvitvarrives.
c. Itvisvnevervinaccurate.
d. Itvisvavrevisitingvofvoldvknowledge,vaccompaniedvbyvdeepvreflection.
ANS:v A
Intuitionvisvthevrevisitingvofvoldvknowledgevaccompaniedvbyvdeepvreflection.
DIF: Cognitivev Level:vApplication REF:v Pagev5
9. Whyvisvoperationalvreasoningvnecessaryvforvresearch?
a. Abstractvconceptsvarevofvnovusevtovnursing.
b. Standardvinterventionsvarevobtainedvfromvoperationalvreasoning.
c. Itvallowsvthevresearchervtovmeasurevthevconceptsvstudied.
d. Itvfacilitatesvthevresearcher’svrapportvwithvfamilies.
