Nursing Research Essentials: Practice Questions for Exam Success. 2025 UPDATES. VERIFIED.
Nursing research involves systematic studies aimed at improving nursing practice, patient
outcomes, and health policies. It uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to address
clinical problems and develop evidence-based interventions. The research process follows a
structured approach similar to the nursing process, ultimately contributing to advancements in
healthcare delivery and nursing practice.
- abstracts - ✔✔-The researcher uses which portion of the research report to capture the reader's attention?
- description of variabless or concepts, examination of relationships among variables, and determination
of differences between two or more groups regarding selected variables. - ✔✔-A research question
focuses on:
- introduction - ✔✔-The sentence "The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between
health beliefs and breast self-examination" would most likely be found in which section of a research
report?
- personal experience - ✔✔-Benner (1984) emphasizes the importance of acquiring clinical knowledge
and expertise through:
-Area of concern in which there is a gap in the knowledge base needed for nursing practice. Research is
conducted to generate essential knowledge to address the practice concern with the ultimate goal of
providing evidence based practice. - ✔✔-A research problem is defined as a(n):
-Communication of research findings - ✔✔-A major focus of nursing science during the 1970s was:
-Control - ✔✔-A research study validates the positive effect that a nursing intervention, patient
journaling, has on decreasing spiritual distress during cancer recovery. This would be an example of
which type of research evidence?
-Correlational - ✔✔-The question "Is there a relationship between caffeine intake and intraocular pressure
in patients with glaucoma?" is an example of:
,-Description - ✔✔-A research study describing the benefits of ambulation following cesarean section
would be an example of which type of research evidence?
-Descriptive - ✔✔-A researcher is studying the relationship between age and involvement in social
activities. This is what type of research?
-Outcomes research - ✔✔-What type of research has a major focus on examining the long- and short-term
as well as the negative and positive results of care across a variety of settings?
-Quantitative, qualitative, and outcome research methods - ✔✔-Scientific knowledge is generated
through:
-The conduct of clinical research and obtaining increased funding for nursing research. - ✔✔-One major
focus of nursing research during the 1980s was:
-The result of care or in determining the changes in health status of patient. - ✔✔-Outcomes research in
health care is oriented toward establishing:
(o)rrhage - ✔✔-burst forth
(o)rrhea - ✔✔-discharge
(o)sclerosis - ✔✔-hardening
*random* error - ✔✔-reliability measures:
*systematic* error {internal/external validity} - ✔✔-validity measures:
> 0.8 - ✔✔-high reliability:
,■ A chronic condition is a long-term, ongoing condition that is expected to last 3 months or more and
may involve any of the following alone or in combination: functional limitations, disfigurement,
dependence on technology, medications, special diet for management of the condition, and requiring more
healthcare services than a healthy child. - ✔✔-...
■ A developmental delay results when there is failure to achieve anticipated developmental milestones
during specific developmental stages. - ✔✔-...
■ A teaching plan includes goals and expected outcomes, interventions needed to achieve the specified
goals, and a method and time for evaluation of the expected outcomes. How the teaching plan is
implemented depends on the unique characteristics of the child/family to be taught. - ✔✔-...
■ Adolescence occurs from about 1 2 years of age through the teen years. Adolescents establish their own
identities distinct from parents and other adults. They are mature physically and cognitively. The peer
group exerts the major influence at this age. - ✔✔-...
■ Adolescents at a higher risk of death due to a serious acute or chronic condition should be encouraged
to talk with their parents and jointly prepare advance directives. - ✔✔-...
■ An individualized education plan (IEP) is developed for a child with cognitive, motor, social, or
communication impairments who needs special education services in the school setting. An
individualized health plan (IHP) is developed for the child with medical conditions that need to be
managed within the school setting. - ✔✔-...
■ An individualized transition plan (ITP) is developed for adolescents with a chronic condition in
collaboration with the family to assist in identifying appropriate support programs, living arrangements,
and employment for adult life. - ✔✔-...
■ Approximately 10 million children in the United States have a chronic condition. - ✔✔-...
■ Because adolescents fear disclosure of confidential information, they may avoid seeking health care.
When adolescents have a reportable disease, it is important to inform them that confidentiality cannot be
maintained, as a report must be made to a public health agency. - ✔✔-...
, ■ Bereavement support must be provided to the family, making sure that siblings are not overlooked.
Allow siblings to participate in planning the memorial service. Encourage parents to allow siblings to
express their emotions. - ✔✔-...
■ Caregiver burden, the ongoing pressure of caring for children with special healthcare needs, causes
fatigue and makes it difficult for the parents to meet other family obligations. - ✔✔-...
■ Caring for a dying child is difficult, and nurses need special preparation to meet the needs of the child
and family while managing their own personal stress. - ✔✔-...
■ Children may experience loss through death of a parent, sibling, grandparent, pet, or friend, and through
losses associated with relocation, trauma, and loss of an object. - ✔✔-...
■ Children need to become more actively involved in decisions about their care as their decision-making
abilities develop. Even though they cannot provide informed consent, federal guidelines mandate that
children as young as 7 years of age receive information about treatment procedures and research project
participation and give their assent. - ✔✔-...
■ Children who are medically fragile are those dependent on a medical device for survival or prevention
of further disability. - ✔✔-...
■ Children who are medically fragile or dependent on technology are entitled to a free and appropriate
education and education services in the school setting. The school administration is obligated to plan for
and ensure that the personnel resources and equipment needed to provide care are consistently available. -
✔✔-...
■ Children with chronic health conditions require regular health promotion, health screening, and health
maintenance care, as well as specialized health services to assist the child and family in the management
of the condition. - ✔✔-...
■ Children with life-threatening illnesses often learn about death and their own illness through exposure
to other ill and dying children. Even if they have not been told they are dying, they will know their
condition is worsening with extra treatments, feeling ill, and cues from their parents. - ✔✔-...
Nursing research involves systematic studies aimed at improving nursing practice, patient
outcomes, and health policies. It uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to address
clinical problems and develop evidence-based interventions. The research process follows a
structured approach similar to the nursing process, ultimately contributing to advancements in
healthcare delivery and nursing practice.
- abstracts - ✔✔-The researcher uses which portion of the research report to capture the reader's attention?
- description of variabless or concepts, examination of relationships among variables, and determination
of differences between two or more groups regarding selected variables. - ✔✔-A research question
focuses on:
- introduction - ✔✔-The sentence "The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between
health beliefs and breast self-examination" would most likely be found in which section of a research
report?
- personal experience - ✔✔-Benner (1984) emphasizes the importance of acquiring clinical knowledge
and expertise through:
-Area of concern in which there is a gap in the knowledge base needed for nursing practice. Research is
conducted to generate essential knowledge to address the practice concern with the ultimate goal of
providing evidence based practice. - ✔✔-A research problem is defined as a(n):
-Communication of research findings - ✔✔-A major focus of nursing science during the 1970s was:
-Control - ✔✔-A research study validates the positive effect that a nursing intervention, patient
journaling, has on decreasing spiritual distress during cancer recovery. This would be an example of
which type of research evidence?
-Correlational - ✔✔-The question "Is there a relationship between caffeine intake and intraocular pressure
in patients with glaucoma?" is an example of:
,-Description - ✔✔-A research study describing the benefits of ambulation following cesarean section
would be an example of which type of research evidence?
-Descriptive - ✔✔-A researcher is studying the relationship between age and involvement in social
activities. This is what type of research?
-Outcomes research - ✔✔-What type of research has a major focus on examining the long- and short-term
as well as the negative and positive results of care across a variety of settings?
-Quantitative, qualitative, and outcome research methods - ✔✔-Scientific knowledge is generated
through:
-The conduct of clinical research and obtaining increased funding for nursing research. - ✔✔-One major
focus of nursing research during the 1980s was:
-The result of care or in determining the changes in health status of patient. - ✔✔-Outcomes research in
health care is oriented toward establishing:
(o)rrhage - ✔✔-burst forth
(o)rrhea - ✔✔-discharge
(o)sclerosis - ✔✔-hardening
*random* error - ✔✔-reliability measures:
*systematic* error {internal/external validity} - ✔✔-validity measures:
> 0.8 - ✔✔-high reliability:
,■ A chronic condition is a long-term, ongoing condition that is expected to last 3 months or more and
may involve any of the following alone or in combination: functional limitations, disfigurement,
dependence on technology, medications, special diet for management of the condition, and requiring more
healthcare services than a healthy child. - ✔✔-...
■ A developmental delay results when there is failure to achieve anticipated developmental milestones
during specific developmental stages. - ✔✔-...
■ A teaching plan includes goals and expected outcomes, interventions needed to achieve the specified
goals, and a method and time for evaluation of the expected outcomes. How the teaching plan is
implemented depends on the unique characteristics of the child/family to be taught. - ✔✔-...
■ Adolescence occurs from about 1 2 years of age through the teen years. Adolescents establish their own
identities distinct from parents and other adults. They are mature physically and cognitively. The peer
group exerts the major influence at this age. - ✔✔-...
■ Adolescents at a higher risk of death due to a serious acute or chronic condition should be encouraged
to talk with their parents and jointly prepare advance directives. - ✔✔-...
■ An individualized education plan (IEP) is developed for a child with cognitive, motor, social, or
communication impairments who needs special education services in the school setting. An
individualized health plan (IHP) is developed for the child with medical conditions that need to be
managed within the school setting. - ✔✔-...
■ An individualized transition plan (ITP) is developed for adolescents with a chronic condition in
collaboration with the family to assist in identifying appropriate support programs, living arrangements,
and employment for adult life. - ✔✔-...
■ Approximately 10 million children in the United States have a chronic condition. - ✔✔-...
■ Because adolescents fear disclosure of confidential information, they may avoid seeking health care.
When adolescents have a reportable disease, it is important to inform them that confidentiality cannot be
maintained, as a report must be made to a public health agency. - ✔✔-...
, ■ Bereavement support must be provided to the family, making sure that siblings are not overlooked.
Allow siblings to participate in planning the memorial service. Encourage parents to allow siblings to
express their emotions. - ✔✔-...
■ Caregiver burden, the ongoing pressure of caring for children with special healthcare needs, causes
fatigue and makes it difficult for the parents to meet other family obligations. - ✔✔-...
■ Caring for a dying child is difficult, and nurses need special preparation to meet the needs of the child
and family while managing their own personal stress. - ✔✔-...
■ Children may experience loss through death of a parent, sibling, grandparent, pet, or friend, and through
losses associated with relocation, trauma, and loss of an object. - ✔✔-...
■ Children need to become more actively involved in decisions about their care as their decision-making
abilities develop. Even though they cannot provide informed consent, federal guidelines mandate that
children as young as 7 years of age receive information about treatment procedures and research project
participation and give their assent. - ✔✔-...
■ Children who are medically fragile are those dependent on a medical device for survival or prevention
of further disability. - ✔✔-...
■ Children who are medically fragile or dependent on technology are entitled to a free and appropriate
education and education services in the school setting. The school administration is obligated to plan for
and ensure that the personnel resources and equipment needed to provide care are consistently available. -
✔✔-...
■ Children with chronic health conditions require regular health promotion, health screening, and health
maintenance care, as well as specialized health services to assist the child and family in the management
of the condition. - ✔✔-...
■ Children with life-threatening illnesses often learn about death and their own illness through exposure
to other ill and dying children. Even if they have not been told they are dying, they will know their
condition is worsening with extra treatments, feeling ill, and cues from their parents. - ✔✔-...
