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,Chapter 01: The Role of Research in Nursing
LoBiondo-Wood: Nursing Research in Canada, 5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A key step to the development of nursing research was
a. the endowment of nursing research chairs.
b. universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs.
c. a baccalaureate degree becoming the entry to practice.
d. the Canadian Nurses Association developing a research mandate.
ANSWER: B
Feedback
A Endowment of nursing research chairs did not occur until the number of nurses with
PhD degrees increased.
B Universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs provided an introduction to research
within the BScN programs and led to further nursing education at the MSN and PhD
levels.
C Baccalaureate degrees becoming the entry to practice did not occur until the
twenty-first century.
D The Canadian Nurses Association did not develop a research mandate until the end of the
twentieth century.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
2. How is nursing research significant to the profession of nursing?
a. Responsibility is more specifically defined.
b. Liability within the practice of nursing is decreased.
c. A specialized body of knowledge is generated for use in the delivery of health care.
d. The scope of nursing practice is expanded into areas formerly reserved for
otherdisciplines.
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A Research aids in documenting accountability of nurses, but professional guidelines
regarding responsibility already exist.
B Liability is a legal concept. Research does not promote liability.
C Theory-based nursing research provides a foundation for evidence-informed nursing care.
D Nursing research expands the discipline of nursing as it pertains to nursing practice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
,3. Why are nursing practice–oriented scientific investigations valuable?
a. They validate the effectiveness of particular nursing interventions.
b. They encourage consumers to question the quality of health care.
c. They limit the theory base for clinical decision making.
d. They mandate health care reform.
ANSWER: A
Feedback
A Practice-focused research supports the effectiveness of nursing interventions and reinforces
quality of nursing care.
B On the contrary, they help reassure consumers about the quality of health care.
C They support the development of the theory base for clinical decision making.
D They reinforce the effectiveness of current nursing practice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
4. When a change in nursing practice results in decreased cost of care, what additional
factormust be considered before general implementation of this change?
a. Ensuring compliance of the change by nurses with diverse educational
backgrounds
b. Maintaining or improving the quality of care resulting from the change in practice
c. Encouraging patients to be active partners in their health care decisions
d. Disseminating the change beyond the discipline of nursing
ANSWER: B
Feedback
A Not all nurses are responsible for supervising compliance with new measures.
B Nurses are accountable to maintain quality patient care despite cost-cutting measures.
C Nurses should encourage patient participation in care despite cost-cutting
measures.
D Nurses are not responsible for reforming other disciplines.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
5. Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research process?
a. To identify potential participants for clinical research studies
b. To assist in collecting accurate data for clinical research studies
c. To teach patients and families about the usefulness of participation in research
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical
practice
ANSWER: D
, Feedback
A Nurses nwho ndo nnot nconduct nresearch nwould nnot ninfluence
nparticipantnidentification.
B Nurses nwho ndo nnot nconduct nresearch nwould nnot ninfluence ndata ncollection.
C Nurses nwho ndo nnot nconduct nresearch nwould nnot ninfluence nparticipant nrecruitment.
D Nurses nshould nbe nable nto nunderstand nthe nresearch nprocess nby nreading
n research nreports nand ndetermining nif nthey n should nmodify ntheir npractice
n based non nresearch
evidence.
DIF: Cognitive nLevel: nComprehension
MSC: nNCLEX nClient nCare nNeeds nCategory: nSafe nand nEffective nCare nEnvironment; nHealth
nPromotionnand nMaintenance
6. Hownarennursingntheoryn and nnursingnresearch nrelated?
a. Nursingntheorynandnnursingnresearch narenindependent nofneach nother nand
nhavennondirect nrelationship.
b. Without nnursingntheory, nresearchnconductednbynnursesnwouldnnot nhavenannimpact
nonnnursingnpractice.
c. Nursingnresearchndrives nthendirectionnandn specific ncontent nofnnursingntheory.
d. Bothn advance n the n knowledge nbasenofnnursing.
ANSWER: n D
Feedback
A Theory nand nresearch nare nrelated nto neach nother.
B Research nstudies nmay nbe nconducted nwithout na nclear ntheoretical nframework
n andstill ninfluence npractice.
C Quantitative nnursing nresearch ntests nnursing ntheory nbut ndoes nnot ninfluence ncontent.
D Theory nand nnursing nresearch nboth ninfluence nhow nnursing npractice nis nconducted.
DIF: Cognitive nLevel: nComprehension
MSC: nNCLEX nClient nCare nNeeds nCategory: nSafe nand nEffective nCare nEnvironment; nHealth
nPromotionnand nMaintenance
7. Which nactionndemonstrates nthe nrole nof nan nintelligent nconsumer nof nnursing nresearch?
a. Designingna nresearch nstudy
b. Analyzing n data nto n determine noutcomes
c. Evaluating nthe ncredibility nof nthe nresearch nfindings
d. Replicate nthe nstudy nin nanother nsetting nto nconfirm nthe nfindings
ANSWER: n C
Feedback
A A nconsumer napplies nresearch nto npractice. nConsumers nare nnot nresponsible
nforndesigning na nstudy.
B A nconsumer ndoes nnot nconduct ndata nanalysis nof na nstudy. nThe nstudy’s nprimary
ninvestigator nanalyzes ndata.
C A nconsumer nof nnursing nresearch nneeds nto nunderstand nthe nresearch nprocess
n todetermine nthe nmerit nand nrelevance nof nevidence nfor nresearch nstudies.
D A nconsumer ncan napply nresearch nfindings nto npractice nbut ndoes nnot nhave nto
nreplicate
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,Chapter 01: The Role of Research in Nursing
LoBiondo-Wood: Nursing Research in Canada, 5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A key step to the development of nursing research was
a. the endowment of nursing research chairs.
b. universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs.
c. a baccalaureate degree becoming the entry to practice.
d. the Canadian Nurses Association developing a research mandate.
ANSWER: B
Feedback
A Endowment of nursing research chairs did not occur until the number of nurses with
PhD degrees increased.
B Universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs provided an introduction to research
within the BScN programs and led to further nursing education at the MSN and PhD
levels.
C Baccalaureate degrees becoming the entry to practice did not occur until the
twenty-first century.
D The Canadian Nurses Association did not develop a research mandate until the end of the
twentieth century.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
2. How is nursing research significant to the profession of nursing?
a. Responsibility is more specifically defined.
b. Liability within the practice of nursing is decreased.
c. A specialized body of knowledge is generated for use in the delivery of health care.
d. The scope of nursing practice is expanded into areas formerly reserved for
otherdisciplines.
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A Research aids in documenting accountability of nurses, but professional guidelines
regarding responsibility already exist.
B Liability is a legal concept. Research does not promote liability.
C Theory-based nursing research provides a foundation for evidence-informed nursing care.
D Nursing research expands the discipline of nursing as it pertains to nursing practice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
,3. Why are nursing practice–oriented scientific investigations valuable?
a. They validate the effectiveness of particular nursing interventions.
b. They encourage consumers to question the quality of health care.
c. They limit the theory base for clinical decision making.
d. They mandate health care reform.
ANSWER: A
Feedback
A Practice-focused research supports the effectiveness of nursing interventions and reinforces
quality of nursing care.
B On the contrary, they help reassure consumers about the quality of health care.
C They support the development of the theory base for clinical decision making.
D They reinforce the effectiveness of current nursing practice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
4. When a change in nursing practice results in decreased cost of care, what additional
factormust be considered before general implementation of this change?
a. Ensuring compliance of the change by nurses with diverse educational
backgrounds
b. Maintaining or improving the quality of care resulting from the change in practice
c. Encouraging patients to be active partners in their health care decisions
d. Disseminating the change beyond the discipline of nursing
ANSWER: B
Feedback
A Not all nurses are responsible for supervising compliance with new measures.
B Nurses are accountable to maintain quality patient care despite cost-cutting measures.
C Nurses should encourage patient participation in care despite cost-cutting
measures.
D Nurses are not responsible for reforming other disciplines.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotionand
Maintenance
5. Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research process?
a. To identify potential participants for clinical research studies
b. To assist in collecting accurate data for clinical research studies
c. To teach patients and families about the usefulness of participation in research
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical
practice
ANSWER: D
, Feedback
A Nurses nwho ndo nnot nconduct nresearch nwould nnot ninfluence
nparticipantnidentification.
B Nurses nwho ndo nnot nconduct nresearch nwould nnot ninfluence ndata ncollection.
C Nurses nwho ndo nnot nconduct nresearch nwould nnot ninfluence nparticipant nrecruitment.
D Nurses nshould nbe nable nto nunderstand nthe nresearch nprocess nby nreading
n research nreports nand ndetermining nif nthey n should nmodify ntheir npractice
n based non nresearch
evidence.
DIF: Cognitive nLevel: nComprehension
MSC: nNCLEX nClient nCare nNeeds nCategory: nSafe nand nEffective nCare nEnvironment; nHealth
nPromotionnand nMaintenance
6. Hownarennursingntheoryn and nnursingnresearch nrelated?
a. Nursingntheorynandnnursingnresearch narenindependent nofneach nother nand
nhavennondirect nrelationship.
b. Without nnursingntheory, nresearchnconductednbynnursesnwouldnnot nhavenannimpact
nonnnursingnpractice.
c. Nursingnresearchndrives nthendirectionnandn specific ncontent nofnnursingntheory.
d. Bothn advance n the n knowledge nbasenofnnursing.
ANSWER: n D
Feedback
A Theory nand nresearch nare nrelated nto neach nother.
B Research nstudies nmay nbe nconducted nwithout na nclear ntheoretical nframework
n andstill ninfluence npractice.
C Quantitative nnursing nresearch ntests nnursing ntheory nbut ndoes nnot ninfluence ncontent.
D Theory nand nnursing nresearch nboth ninfluence nhow nnursing npractice nis nconducted.
DIF: Cognitive nLevel: nComprehension
MSC: nNCLEX nClient nCare nNeeds nCategory: nSafe nand nEffective nCare nEnvironment; nHealth
nPromotionnand nMaintenance
7. Which nactionndemonstrates nthe nrole nof nan nintelligent nconsumer nof nnursing nresearch?
a. Designingna nresearch nstudy
b. Analyzing n data nto n determine noutcomes
c. Evaluating nthe ncredibility nof nthe nresearch nfindings
d. Replicate nthe nstudy nin nanother nsetting nto nconfirm nthe nfindings
ANSWER: n C
Feedback
A A nconsumer napplies nresearch nto npractice. nConsumers nare nnot nresponsible
nforndesigning na nstudy.
B A nconsumer ndoes nnot nconduct ndata nanalysis nof na nstudy. nThe nstudy’s nprimary
ninvestigator nanalyzes ndata.
C A nconsumer nof nnursing nresearch nneeds nto nunderstand nthe nresearch nprocess
n todetermine nthe nmerit nand nrelevance nof nevidence nfor nresearch nstudies.
D A nconsumer ncan napply nresearch nfindings nto npractice nbut ndoes nnot nhave nto
nreplicate
