NURS 250 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing research?
A. Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health
B. Become full-fledged partners with other care providers
C. Develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care
D. Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners - Answers -A. Learn
improved ways to promote and maintain health
Information is collected for analysis in both quantitative and qualitative research. What
is the information called?
A. Surveys
B. Interviews
C. Answers
D. Data - Answers -D. Data
Which principle underlies the ethical conduction of research in a hospital setting?
A. Any interventions must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
B. The client must directly and personally benefit from the research.
C. Clients must grant informed consent if they are to participate. D. Descriptive studies
are more ethical than experimental studies. - Answers -C. Clients must grant informed
consent if they are to participate.
A nursing student is reading a research article from a nursing journal. The student is
aware that the opening paragraph summarizing the article and the research findings is a
good place to start. What part of the article is the nursing student reading?
A. Results
B. Conclusions
C. Review of the literature D. Abstract - Answers -D. Abstract
Staff nurses in an ICU setting have noticed that their clients required less interventions
for pain when the ICU was quiet. They passed their observations on to a nurse
researcher and asked the researcher to design a study about the effects of noise on the
pain levels of hospitalized clients. How does this demonstrate the ultimate goal of
expanding the nursing body of knowledge?
A. Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health.
B. Nursing research explains ongoing medical studies to clients and asks for
participation.
C. Nursing research draws conclusions about the quality of client care.
,D. Nursing research involves clients in their care while hospitalized. - Answers -A.
Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health.
What nursing activity forms the bridge between theory and practice?
A. Evidence-based research
B. Theoretic writing
C. Client-focused care
D. Case management - Answers -A. Evidence-based research
After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a medical
surgical unit rewrites the procedure on assessing placement of a nasogastric tube.
What source of nursing knowledge did the nurse use in this situation?
A. Authoritative knowledge
B. Traditional knowledge
C. Philosophical knowledge
D. Scientific knowledge - Answers -D. Scientific knowledge
When looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final step of the
process?
A. Formulating a clinical question B. Evaluating practice change
C. Appraising evidence
D. Searching the literature - Answers -B. Evaluating practice change
There are four concepts common in all nursing theories. Which one of the four concepts
is the focus of nursing?
A. Health
B. Person
C. Physician
D. Reports - Answers -B. Person
A client who is a chronic alcoholic is admitted to the healthcare facility with cirrhosis of
the liver, reporting pain in the abdomen. The client expresses to the nurse that his
family does not love and respect him because of his addiction to alcohol. He admits that
is unable to perform his role as the bread winner of the family. Which of the following
needs should be a priority for the nurse?
A. Pain in the abdomen
B. Low self-esteem
C. Impaired family patterns
D. Ineffective coping - Answers -A. Pain in the abdomen
, Nurse researchers have predicted that a newly created mentorship program will result in
decreased absenteeism, increased retention, and decreased attrition among a hospital's
nursing staff. What does this predicted relationship represent?
A. Abstract
B. Hypothesis
C. Methodology
D. Dependent variable - Answers -B. Hypothesis
One of the primary focuses of nursing research is to:
A. quantify outcomes related to clients.
B. prevent further disease and death.
C. generate knowledge to guide practice.
D. determine outcomes for clients. - Answers -C. generate knowledge to guide practice.
One step in implementing evidence-based practice is to ask a question about a clinical
area of interest or an intervention. The most common method is the PICO format. Which
of the following accurately defines the letters in the PICO acronym?
A. P = population
B. I = institution
C. O = output
D. C = compromise - Answers -A. P = population
Which statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks?
A. Theoretic frameworks advance the ethical aspects of practice.
B. Theoretic frameworks guide psychosocial nursing care.
C. Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice. D. Theoretic
frameworks guide physiologic nursing care. - Answers -C. Theoretic frameworks
advance nursing knowledge and practice.
A client undergoing chemotherapy for a brain tumor believes that having a good attitude
will help in the healing process. This is an example of what type of knowledge?
A. Process
B. Virtue
C. Philosophy
D. Science - Answers -C. Philosophy
Which of the following terms is part of quantitative research?
A. concept
B. ethnography
C. process
What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing research?
A. Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health
B. Become full-fledged partners with other care providers
C. Develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care
D. Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners - Answers -A. Learn
improved ways to promote and maintain health
Information is collected for analysis in both quantitative and qualitative research. What
is the information called?
A. Surveys
B. Interviews
C. Answers
D. Data - Answers -D. Data
Which principle underlies the ethical conduction of research in a hospital setting?
A. Any interventions must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
B. The client must directly and personally benefit from the research.
C. Clients must grant informed consent if they are to participate. D. Descriptive studies
are more ethical than experimental studies. - Answers -C. Clients must grant informed
consent if they are to participate.
A nursing student is reading a research article from a nursing journal. The student is
aware that the opening paragraph summarizing the article and the research findings is a
good place to start. What part of the article is the nursing student reading?
A. Results
B. Conclusions
C. Review of the literature D. Abstract - Answers -D. Abstract
Staff nurses in an ICU setting have noticed that their clients required less interventions
for pain when the ICU was quiet. They passed their observations on to a nurse
researcher and asked the researcher to design a study about the effects of noise on the
pain levels of hospitalized clients. How does this demonstrate the ultimate goal of
expanding the nursing body of knowledge?
A. Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health.
B. Nursing research explains ongoing medical studies to clients and asks for
participation.
C. Nursing research draws conclusions about the quality of client care.
,D. Nursing research involves clients in their care while hospitalized. - Answers -A.
Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health.
What nursing activity forms the bridge between theory and practice?
A. Evidence-based research
B. Theoretic writing
C. Client-focused care
D. Case management - Answers -A. Evidence-based research
After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a medical
surgical unit rewrites the procedure on assessing placement of a nasogastric tube.
What source of nursing knowledge did the nurse use in this situation?
A. Authoritative knowledge
B. Traditional knowledge
C. Philosophical knowledge
D. Scientific knowledge - Answers -D. Scientific knowledge
When looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final step of the
process?
A. Formulating a clinical question B. Evaluating practice change
C. Appraising evidence
D. Searching the literature - Answers -B. Evaluating practice change
There are four concepts common in all nursing theories. Which one of the four concepts
is the focus of nursing?
A. Health
B. Person
C. Physician
D. Reports - Answers -B. Person
A client who is a chronic alcoholic is admitted to the healthcare facility with cirrhosis of
the liver, reporting pain in the abdomen. The client expresses to the nurse that his
family does not love and respect him because of his addiction to alcohol. He admits that
is unable to perform his role as the bread winner of the family. Which of the following
needs should be a priority for the nurse?
A. Pain in the abdomen
B. Low self-esteem
C. Impaired family patterns
D. Ineffective coping - Answers -A. Pain in the abdomen
, Nurse researchers have predicted that a newly created mentorship program will result in
decreased absenteeism, increased retention, and decreased attrition among a hospital's
nursing staff. What does this predicted relationship represent?
A. Abstract
B. Hypothesis
C. Methodology
D. Dependent variable - Answers -B. Hypothesis
One of the primary focuses of nursing research is to:
A. quantify outcomes related to clients.
B. prevent further disease and death.
C. generate knowledge to guide practice.
D. determine outcomes for clients. - Answers -C. generate knowledge to guide practice.
One step in implementing evidence-based practice is to ask a question about a clinical
area of interest or an intervention. The most common method is the PICO format. Which
of the following accurately defines the letters in the PICO acronym?
A. P = population
B. I = institution
C. O = output
D. C = compromise - Answers -A. P = population
Which statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks?
A. Theoretic frameworks advance the ethical aspects of practice.
B. Theoretic frameworks guide psychosocial nursing care.
C. Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice. D. Theoretic
frameworks guide physiologic nursing care. - Answers -C. Theoretic frameworks
advance nursing knowledge and practice.
A client undergoing chemotherapy for a brain tumor believes that having a good attitude
will help in the healing process. This is an example of what type of knowledge?
A. Process
B. Virtue
C. Philosophy
D. Science - Answers -C. Philosophy
Which of the following terms is part of quantitative research?
A. concept
B. ethnography
C. process
