NUR 253 Exam 1Complete Bundle | 2025-2026 Practice Questions
with Correct Answers, Study Notes, Covering All Major Nursing
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What step of the nursing process should be ongoing and continuous
throughout the entire nursing process? - Answer-assessment
How would a nurse collect objective data? - Answer-physical exam
What is the acronym to remember situation, background, assessment,
and recommendation? - Answer-SBAR
T or F a partial assessment is done when the client first enters a health
care facility? - Answer-false
Which of the following is not a component of the definition of EBP?
Clinical expertise
Nursing research
Organizational culture
Patient preferences - Answer-Organizational culture
How can nurses who use EBP best be described?
As change agents
As early adopters
As innovators
As laggards - Answer-As change agents
To promote EBP, which of the following must be addressed? (Select
all that apply.)
Lack of commitment to EBP
Lack of computer skills
Lack of time
Lack of value placed on research in practice - Answer-all
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,When a student nurse performs a dressing change as instructed by the
patient's nurse, the evidence for this practice was derived from:
Borrowed knowledge
Authority
Trial and error
Intuition - Answer-Authority
What are the four major concepts of the theory of diffusion of
innovation? - Answer-innovation, time, communication channels,
social system
A hierarchy is a:
- system for ranking people or things according to their importance.
- model for implementing EBP.
- technique for assigning people to research groups.
- type of study design. - Answer-
- system for ranking people or things according to their importance.
T/F
No ethical concerns can arise from implementing EBP. - Answer-
False
____________, _______________, _____________ barriers can
prevent adoption of EBP. - Answer-Individual, organizational,
research-related
For nurses to use EBP to improve patient care, they must be
committed to being early ___________ - Answer- adopters of
innovators
T/F
The purpose of research is to prove something is true. - Answer-False
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, It is possible for a descriptive, qualitative study to be applied to
practice. (T/F) - Answer-True
Applied research is designed to find answers to problems in clinical
practice. (T/F) - Answer-True
The four main purposes of research are to describe, explain, predict,
and examine cause. (T/F) - Answer-True
In a research article, you would expect to see a description of the
sample in the review of literature section. (T/F) - Answer-False
When there is a conflict, the therapeutic imperative takes precedence
over the research imperative. (T/F) - Answer-True
Studies involving children can receive an expedited review. (T/F) -
Answer-False
It is a requirement for an IRB to have a member from outside the
organization conducting the study. (T/F) - Answer-True
The Belmont Report identified three ethical principles for guiding
research.... - Answer-respect for persons, beneficence, and justice.
Which of the following can be used to identify researchable
problems? (Select all that apply.)
-Current nursing theories
-Personal clinical experiences
-Philosophical questions
-National initiatives - Answer-A,B,D
In an article, a nurse reads the following statement: This study aims to
examine the effect of guided imagery on postoperative pain in adults.
This statement is an example of a:
problem statement.
research question.
purpose statement.
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with Correct Answers, Study Notes, Covering All Major Nursing
Topics/NURS 253 Exam 1 ||Already Graded A+
What step of the nursing process should be ongoing and continuous
throughout the entire nursing process? - Answer-assessment
How would a nurse collect objective data? - Answer-physical exam
What is the acronym to remember situation, background, assessment,
and recommendation? - Answer-SBAR
T or F a partial assessment is done when the client first enters a health
care facility? - Answer-false
Which of the following is not a component of the definition of EBP?
Clinical expertise
Nursing research
Organizational culture
Patient preferences - Answer-Organizational culture
How can nurses who use EBP best be described?
As change agents
As early adopters
As innovators
As laggards - Answer-As change agents
To promote EBP, which of the following must be addressed? (Select
all that apply.)
Lack of commitment to EBP
Lack of computer skills
Lack of time
Lack of value placed on research in practice - Answer-all
pg. 1
,When a student nurse performs a dressing change as instructed by the
patient's nurse, the evidence for this practice was derived from:
Borrowed knowledge
Authority
Trial and error
Intuition - Answer-Authority
What are the four major concepts of the theory of diffusion of
innovation? - Answer-innovation, time, communication channels,
social system
A hierarchy is a:
- system for ranking people or things according to their importance.
- model for implementing EBP.
- technique for assigning people to research groups.
- type of study design. - Answer-
- system for ranking people or things according to their importance.
T/F
No ethical concerns can arise from implementing EBP. - Answer-
False
____________, _______________, _____________ barriers can
prevent adoption of EBP. - Answer-Individual, organizational,
research-related
For nurses to use EBP to improve patient care, they must be
committed to being early ___________ - Answer- adopters of
innovators
T/F
The purpose of research is to prove something is true. - Answer-False
pg. 2
, It is possible for a descriptive, qualitative study to be applied to
practice. (T/F) - Answer-True
Applied research is designed to find answers to problems in clinical
practice. (T/F) - Answer-True
The four main purposes of research are to describe, explain, predict,
and examine cause. (T/F) - Answer-True
In a research article, you would expect to see a description of the
sample in the review of literature section. (T/F) - Answer-False
When there is a conflict, the therapeutic imperative takes precedence
over the research imperative. (T/F) - Answer-True
Studies involving children can receive an expedited review. (T/F) -
Answer-False
It is a requirement for an IRB to have a member from outside the
organization conducting the study. (T/F) - Answer-True
The Belmont Report identified three ethical principles for guiding
research.... - Answer-respect for persons, beneficence, and justice.
Which of the following can be used to identify researchable
problems? (Select all that apply.)
-Current nursing theories
-Personal clinical experiences
-Philosophical questions
-National initiatives - Answer-A,B,D
In an article, a nurse reads the following statement: This study aims to
examine the effect of guided imagery on postoperative pain in adults.
This statement is an example of a:
problem statement.
research question.
purpose statement.
pg. 3
