NURS 2031 COMPREHENSIONS QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES 2024 GRADED A+
What is the most appropriate source of information for evidence-informed practice?
A) charge nurse
B) Attending physician
C) Clinical practice guideline
D) Nightingale's notes on nursing - answer-C
rationale: these should be systematically developed and based on the most recent evidence
Why are interdisciplinary networks important in research?
A) collaboration can help solve complex problems
B) nurses do not do independent research
C) research funding needs to be spread across disciplines
D) there is overlap in the scopes of practice - answer-A
rationale: it is important for research to focus on patient outcomes, this occurs across disciplines
What drives the priorities for health care research?
A) political agenda
B) Changes in values in society
C) trends and issues in health care
D) the United Nations - answer-C
Rationale: research is frequently substantiated by solving pressing problems
Nurses inform their practice through various ways of knowing. Which of the following is NOT true about
how nurses use forms of knowledge in practice?
,A) theoretical knowing is relevant for practice
B) EMpirical knowing is acquired through the scientific process
C) personal knowing is based on opinion rather than fact
D) Ethical knowing depends on an understanding of what is good - answer-C
Rationale: personal knowing involves an existential awareness of self and others in relationship, which
goes beyond developed opinions
Which of the following statements about research methods is true?
A) qualitative research is not systematic
B) quantitative research eliminates bias
C) Quantitative research always produces better evidence
D) Qualitative research is more appropriate than quantitative research for questions about the meaning
of an experience - answer-D
Rationale: Qualitative approach is appropriate if researcher wants to understand the meaning of an
experience
Critical social theory influences nursing because it:
A) shows nurses how power imbalances influence health
B) focuses on women at the expense of men
C) Makes nurses view things negatively
D) Brings theories into nursing research that are interesting but not directly relevant to nursing practice
- answer-A
Rationale: critical social theory emphasizes the our understanding of reality and its construction by
people with the most power
What level of evidence is presented in an article that is randomized, controlled, and single-blinded?
A) Level I
B) Level II
, C) Level III
D) Level IV - answer-B
Rationale: randomized, controlled trial, BUT single-blinded. Mothers and nurses knew which mothers
were in the control vs. intervention groups.
What are the key features that improve the quality of a study?
A) Evaluated mechanisms of treatment
B) Registered as a clinical trial
C) Researchers are nurses
D) Randomization and blinding - answer-D
Rationale: These reduce bias in the research
Which of the following is the purpose of a hypothesis for any study?
A) to provide the objective of the research by identifying the expected outcome
B) to identify dependent and independent variables in a study
C) to define the appropriate measures needed to test the research
D) To provide a means to know whether or not the study of the research problem is feasible - answer-A
Rationale: hypothesis is a statement about the relationship between variables that suggests an answer
to the research question, and hence it provides a direction to the research.
Which of the following identified research problems has enough significance to warrant further
development?
A) Children between 6 and 10 years do not eat the broccoli in their school lunches
B) Women above 100 years old are at moderate risk for development of breast cancer
C) Obese males are at risk for heart attacks
D) The rate of sunscreen use among Aboriginal peoples is less than 10% - answer-C
RATIONALES 2024 GRADED A+
What is the most appropriate source of information for evidence-informed practice?
A) charge nurse
B) Attending physician
C) Clinical practice guideline
D) Nightingale's notes on nursing - answer-C
rationale: these should be systematically developed and based on the most recent evidence
Why are interdisciplinary networks important in research?
A) collaboration can help solve complex problems
B) nurses do not do independent research
C) research funding needs to be spread across disciplines
D) there is overlap in the scopes of practice - answer-A
rationale: it is important for research to focus on patient outcomes, this occurs across disciplines
What drives the priorities for health care research?
A) political agenda
B) Changes in values in society
C) trends and issues in health care
D) the United Nations - answer-C
Rationale: research is frequently substantiated by solving pressing problems
Nurses inform their practice through various ways of knowing. Which of the following is NOT true about
how nurses use forms of knowledge in practice?
,A) theoretical knowing is relevant for practice
B) EMpirical knowing is acquired through the scientific process
C) personal knowing is based on opinion rather than fact
D) Ethical knowing depends on an understanding of what is good - answer-C
Rationale: personal knowing involves an existential awareness of self and others in relationship, which
goes beyond developed opinions
Which of the following statements about research methods is true?
A) qualitative research is not systematic
B) quantitative research eliminates bias
C) Quantitative research always produces better evidence
D) Qualitative research is more appropriate than quantitative research for questions about the meaning
of an experience - answer-D
Rationale: Qualitative approach is appropriate if researcher wants to understand the meaning of an
experience
Critical social theory influences nursing because it:
A) shows nurses how power imbalances influence health
B) focuses on women at the expense of men
C) Makes nurses view things negatively
D) Brings theories into nursing research that are interesting but not directly relevant to nursing practice
- answer-A
Rationale: critical social theory emphasizes the our understanding of reality and its construction by
people with the most power
What level of evidence is presented in an article that is randomized, controlled, and single-blinded?
A) Level I
B) Level II
, C) Level III
D) Level IV - answer-B
Rationale: randomized, controlled trial, BUT single-blinded. Mothers and nurses knew which mothers
were in the control vs. intervention groups.
What are the key features that improve the quality of a study?
A) Evaluated mechanisms of treatment
B) Registered as a clinical trial
C) Researchers are nurses
D) Randomization and blinding - answer-D
Rationale: These reduce bias in the research
Which of the following is the purpose of a hypothesis for any study?
A) to provide the objective of the research by identifying the expected outcome
B) to identify dependent and independent variables in a study
C) to define the appropriate measures needed to test the research
D) To provide a means to know whether or not the study of the research problem is feasible - answer-A
Rationale: hypothesis is a statement about the relationship between variables that suggests an answer
to the research question, and hence it provides a direction to the research.
Which of the following identified research problems has enough significance to warrant further
development?
A) Children between 6 and 10 years do not eat the broccoli in their school lunches
B) Women above 100 years old are at moderate risk for development of breast cancer
C) Obese males are at risk for heart attacks
D) The rate of sunscreen use among Aboriginal peoples is less than 10% - answer-C
