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Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice
SUSAN K. GROVE, JENNIFER R. GRAY
7th Edition
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Grove:
Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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.
d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.
ANS: A
Feedback
A
Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
B
Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally
experimental or quasi-experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not
completely define it.
C
EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
D
Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes
are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
REF: p. 3
2. 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
ANS: B
Feedback
A
Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the
desired outcome.
B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 6
2|Page
,3. 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
ANS: D
Feedback
A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
4. 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
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: C
Feedback
A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 7
3|Page
, 5. 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
ANS: D
Feedback
A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
C
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and
statistical analysis during the Crimean War?
a. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public.
b. Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation.
c. Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care.
d. Using clinical research to evaluate the importance of sanitation, clean
drinking water, and adequate nutrition.
ANS: D
Feedback
A
This was not the most important result
B
This was not the most important result
C
This was not the most important result
D
Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and
social changes, including the military’s approach to the care of the sick and
society’s sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation,
and preventing starvation to decrease morbidity and mortality rates.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 11
7. 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
Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice
SUSAN K. GROVE, JENNIFER R. GRAY
7th Edition
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Grove:
Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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.
d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.
ANS: A
Feedback
A
Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
B
Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally
experimental or quasi-experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not
completely define it.
C
EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
D
Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes
are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
REF: p. 3
2. 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
ANS: B
Feedback
A
Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the
desired outcome.
B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 6
2|Page
,3. 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
ANS: D
Feedback
A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
4. 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
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: C
Feedback
A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 7
3|Page
, 5. 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
ANS: D
Feedback
A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired
outcome.
B
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
C
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
D
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and
statistical analysis during the Crimean War?
a. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public.
b. Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation.
c. Identifying and defining the role of nurses in modern health care.
d. Using clinical research to evaluate the importance of sanitation, clean
drinking water, and adequate nutrition.
ANS: D
Feedback
A
This was not the most important result
B
This was not the most important result
C
This was not the most important result
D
Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and
social changes, including the military’s approach to the care of the sick and
society’s sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation,
and preventing starvation to decrease morbidity and mortality rates.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 11
7. 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
