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NUR 302 EXAM CHAPTER 1-17 WITH COMPLETE 600
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
LATEST UPDATED VERSION THIS YEAR
Question: The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of
obese adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being
used in this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D
Through prediction the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability of
predicting this may be calculated.
Question: Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and values of
patients.
b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care.
c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best
research evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
Question: The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a
larger research study. Which research method will the nurse use when collecting data for this
study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired outcome.
Question: The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared
among groups of adolescents who received different asthma education. Which research method
does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
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c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events
occur.
Question: A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may
indicate relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this, the nurse manager will employ which
method of study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
Question: The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain
management protocols are used with randomly assigned patients to measure differences in
postoperative recovery time. Which method of study is this?
a. Control
b. Correlation
c. Description
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d. Explanation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
Question: The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late 1960s and
1970s served to:
a. determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions.
b. establish the concept of evidence-based practice.
c. provide funding for nursing research.
d. provide direction for nursing research. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D
The theories developed in the 1960s and 1970s helped to direct future nursing research.
Question: Under Ada Sue Hinshaw, the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) began to
change its focus to:
a. funding nursing rather than medical research.
b. evaluating outcomes rather than process studies.
c. increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
d. supporting the dissemination of nursing research. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Under Ada Sue Hinshaw, the national Center for Nursing Research (NCNR) changed its name to
the NINR to increase the status and funding of nursing research.
NUR 302 EXAM CHAPTER 1-17 WITH COMPLETE 600
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
LATEST UPDATED VERSION THIS YEAR
Question: The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of
obese adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being
used in this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D
Through prediction the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability of
predicting this may be calculated.
Question: Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and values of
patients.
b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care.
c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A. Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best
research evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
Question: The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a
larger research study. Which research method will the nurse use when collecting data for this
study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired outcome.
Question: The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared
among groups of adolescents who received different asthma education. Which research method
does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
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c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events
occur.
Question: A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may
indicate relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this, the nurse manager will employ which
method of study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
Question: The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain
management protocols are used with randomly assigned patients to measure differences in
postoperative recovery time. Which method of study is this?
a. Control
b. Correlation
c. Description
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d. Explanation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
Question: The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late 1960s and
1970s served to:
a. determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions.
b. establish the concept of evidence-based practice.
c. provide funding for nursing research.
d. provide direction for nursing research. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D
The theories developed in the 1960s and 1970s helped to direct future nursing research.
Question: Under Ada Sue Hinshaw, the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) began to
change its focus to:
a. funding nursing rather than medical research.
b. evaluating outcomes rather than process studies.
c. increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
d. supporting the dissemination of nursing research. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Under Ada Sue Hinshaw, the national Center for Nursing Research (NCNR) changed its name to
the NINR to increase the status and funding of nursing research.
