NUR351- QUIZ 2 MODULES 5.01-5.06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT
A nurse searches for systematic reviews that summarize the results of several studies
in one research article. Which database would be most likely to provide this
information?
A) COCHRANE
B) Google Scholar
C) PubMed
D) PsycINFO - Correct AnswersA) COCHRANE
Rationale: COCHRANE is the database that is most likely to provide access to
systematic reviews, which combine and analyze multiple relevant studies.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 290-291
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, p. 311.
Cost of access is one factor that affects nurses' ability to search for information. Which
databases are available free of charge? (Select all that apply).
- Google Scholar
- PubMed
- Cochran
- CINAHL
- MEDLINE - Correct AnswersGoogle Scholar and MEDLINE
Rationale: MEDLINE and Google Scholar are available free of charge, but CINAHL,
Cochran, and PubMed all require subscriptions for full access.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 92-98
A nurse wants information on a new subject area. Which research source is considered
the most reliable of the options provided?
A) Looking an answer up in a nursing school textbook.
,B) Asking an experienced health care professional for answers.
C) Searching Google for answers.
Disciplined research is considered to be the best method of obtaining reliable
knowledge for clinical practice.
TRUE
FALSE - Correct AnswersTrue
Rationale: Research utilization must be based on research-based findings from peer-
reviewed sources, not authority or personal experience.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 310-311
Which step of the research utilization process requires careful scrutiny of all available
evidence for its applicability to clinical practice?
A) Search
B) Examine
C) Apply
D) Decide - Correct AnswersB) Examine
Rationale: The examination step requires scrutiny of all evidence to assure credibility
and applicability to a clinical problem and determine the best research studies to use as
a basis for improving clinical practice.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 310-311
When applying the research utilization process, the clarification step occurs when the
information gathered is put into practice and outcomes are evaluated.
TRUE
FALSE - Correct AnswersFALSE
Rationale: The clarification step occurs when the clinical problem and the need for
evidence to solve the problem is clarified. The evaluation step occurs when outcomes
are evaluated.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 310-311
, Explaining a clinical problem a nurse is trying to solve or the policy a nurse is trying to
revise is an example of which step in the nursing research utilization process?
A) Decide
B) Apply
C) Clarify
D) Search - Correct AnswersC) Clarify
Rationale: Clarify is the correct step. Explaining a clinical problem you're trying to solve
or the policy you're trying to revise is an example of the clarifying step in the nursing
research process.
A nurse studies the research utilization process. Which is the correct order of the six
key steps involved in using nursing research in practice?
A) Clarify, search, examine, apply, decide, and evaluate.
B) Clarify, examine, search, decide, apply, and evaluate.
C) Clarify, search, examine, decide, apply, and evaluate.
D) Clarify, examine, decide, apply, evaluate, and search. - Correct AnswersC) Clarify,
search, examine, decide, apply, and evaluate.
Rationale: There are six key steps involved in utilizing nursing research in practice:
clarify, search, examine, decide, apply, and evaluate.
Learning to analyze research studies to determine if they are methodologically sound is
an example of which step in the nursing research utilization process?
A) Evaluate
B) Decide
C) Apply
D) Examine - Correct AnswersD) Examine
Rationale: Examine is the correct step. Learning to critically examine research studies
for credibility and methodological soundness is the third step of the research utilization
process.
A nurse studies the history of research utilization in nursing practice. Which
organization was most influential in influencing this process?
A) American Nurses Association (ANA)
B) Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing (CURN)
C) Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
D) National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - Correct AnswersB) Conduct and
Utilization of Research in Nursing (CURN)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT
A nurse searches for systematic reviews that summarize the results of several studies
in one research article. Which database would be most likely to provide this
information?
A) COCHRANE
B) Google Scholar
C) PubMed
D) PsycINFO - Correct AnswersA) COCHRANE
Rationale: COCHRANE is the database that is most likely to provide access to
systematic reviews, which combine and analyze multiple relevant studies.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 290-291
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, p. 311.
Cost of access is one factor that affects nurses' ability to search for information. Which
databases are available free of charge? (Select all that apply).
- Google Scholar
- PubMed
- Cochran
- CINAHL
- MEDLINE - Correct AnswersGoogle Scholar and MEDLINE
Rationale: MEDLINE and Google Scholar are available free of charge, but CINAHL,
Cochran, and PubMed all require subscriptions for full access.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 92-98
A nurse wants information on a new subject area. Which research source is considered
the most reliable of the options provided?
A) Looking an answer up in a nursing school textbook.
,B) Asking an experienced health care professional for answers.
C) Searching Google for answers.
Disciplined research is considered to be the best method of obtaining reliable
knowledge for clinical practice.
TRUE
FALSE - Correct AnswersTrue
Rationale: Research utilization must be based on research-based findings from peer-
reviewed sources, not authority or personal experience.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 310-311
Which step of the research utilization process requires careful scrutiny of all available
evidence for its applicability to clinical practice?
A) Search
B) Examine
C) Apply
D) Decide - Correct AnswersB) Examine
Rationale: The examination step requires scrutiny of all evidence to assure credibility
and applicability to a clinical problem and determine the best research studies to use as
a basis for improving clinical practice.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 310-311
When applying the research utilization process, the clarification step occurs when the
information gathered is put into practice and outcomes are evaluated.
TRUE
FALSE - Correct AnswersFALSE
Rationale: The clarification step occurs when the clinical problem and the need for
evidence to solve the problem is clarified. The evaluation step occurs when outcomes
are evaluated.
Remediation:
Polit and Beck: Essentials of Nursing Research, 10th edition, pp. 310-311
, Explaining a clinical problem a nurse is trying to solve or the policy a nurse is trying to
revise is an example of which step in the nursing research utilization process?
A) Decide
B) Apply
C) Clarify
D) Search - Correct AnswersC) Clarify
Rationale: Clarify is the correct step. Explaining a clinical problem you're trying to solve
or the policy you're trying to revise is an example of the clarifying step in the nursing
research process.
A nurse studies the research utilization process. Which is the correct order of the six
key steps involved in using nursing research in practice?
A) Clarify, search, examine, apply, decide, and evaluate.
B) Clarify, examine, search, decide, apply, and evaluate.
C) Clarify, search, examine, decide, apply, and evaluate.
D) Clarify, examine, decide, apply, evaluate, and search. - Correct AnswersC) Clarify,
search, examine, decide, apply, and evaluate.
Rationale: There are six key steps involved in utilizing nursing research in practice:
clarify, search, examine, decide, apply, and evaluate.
Learning to analyze research studies to determine if they are methodologically sound is
an example of which step in the nursing research utilization process?
A) Evaluate
B) Decide
C) Apply
D) Examine - Correct AnswersD) Examine
Rationale: Examine is the correct step. Learning to critically examine research studies
for credibility and methodological soundness is the third step of the research utilization
process.
A nurse studies the history of research utilization in nursing practice. Which
organization was most influential in influencing this process?
A) American Nurses Association (ANA)
B) Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing (CURN)
C) Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
D) National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - Correct AnswersB) Conduct and
Utilization of Research in Nursing (CURN)
