NR 511 WEEK 1 EXAM
Questions and Answers
1. What is the goal of nursing research?
A. Make decisions regarding nursing education based on published
literature
B. Determine topics that could develop nursing knowledge
C. Gather information from published literature to make decisions
about
application to clinical practice
D. Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing
knowledge
Answer D. Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge
2. Which is the most important question to ask in evidence-based
practice?
A. What findings constitute evidence?
B. How will the findings be used?
C. Is this a randomized controlled trial?
D. What theory is being utilized?
Answer B. How will the findings be
used?
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,3. Nursing research should be utilized by
A. Nurses at the bedside
B. Advanced practice nurses
C. Nurse researchers
D. Nurses at all levels of
practice
Answer D. Nurses at all levels of practice
4. A clinical guideline may be found useful if the guideline was
A. Published 2 years ago
B. Created using one group
C. Authored by a relatively unknown source
D. Funded by an anonymous source
Answer A. Published 2 years ago
5. Practice guidelines are designed to
A. Be inflexible
B. Be utilized in every circumstance
C. Provide a reference point for decision making
D. Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of
a profes- sion
Answer c. Provide a reference point for decision making.
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, 6. Which of the following is an example of determining whether a
crucial ele- ment of a guideline is applicable to your patients?
A. There are no intended specific patients in the guideline.
B. You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written
for prima- ry-care providers.
C. Your patients have a much lower prevalence of a condition than
the patients in the guideline.
D. You are a pediatric oncologist and the guidelines were written for
geriatric specialists.
Answer You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for primary-care
providers.
7. Which of the following would be considered the research design
for Level I evidence?
A. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
B. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
C. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
D. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative
studies
Answer B. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
8. Which of the following would be considered the research design
for Level II evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
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Questions and Answers
1. What is the goal of nursing research?
A. Make decisions regarding nursing education based on published
literature
B. Determine topics that could develop nursing knowledge
C. Gather information from published literature to make decisions
about
application to clinical practice
D. Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing
knowledge
Answer D. Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge
2. Which is the most important question to ask in evidence-based
practice?
A. What findings constitute evidence?
B. How will the findings be used?
C. Is this a randomized controlled trial?
D. What theory is being utilized?
Answer B. How will the findings be
used?
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,3. Nursing research should be utilized by
A. Nurses at the bedside
B. Advanced practice nurses
C. Nurse researchers
D. Nurses at all levels of
practice
Answer D. Nurses at all levels of practice
4. A clinical guideline may be found useful if the guideline was
A. Published 2 years ago
B. Created using one group
C. Authored by a relatively unknown source
D. Funded by an anonymous source
Answer A. Published 2 years ago
5. Practice guidelines are designed to
A. Be inflexible
B. Be utilized in every circumstance
C. Provide a reference point for decision making
D. Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of
a profes- sion
Answer c. Provide a reference point for decision making.
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, 6. Which of the following is an example of determining whether a
crucial ele- ment of a guideline is applicable to your patients?
A. There are no intended specific patients in the guideline.
B. You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written
for prima- ry-care providers.
C. Your patients have a much lower prevalence of a condition than
the patients in the guideline.
D. You are a pediatric oncologist and the guidelines were written for
geriatric specialists.
Answer You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for primary-care
providers.
7. Which of the following would be considered the research design
for Level I evidence?
A. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
B. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
C. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
D. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative
studies
Answer B. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
8. Which of the following would be considered the research design
for Level II evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
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