N332 EXAM 1 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE NCLEX
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Which of the following is a critical step for the quality improvement process in health care
settings?
- Outlining general long-range goals
- Quality improvement includes identifying specific, immediate goals, not long-range goals.
- Testing practice changes slowly and tentatively
- Adopting a practice change as a new standard of care - ANS ✔✔- Adopting a practice change
as a new standard of care
What is the primary value of evidence-based nursing practice?
- Implementing the most cost-effective nursing practices when providing patient care
- Incorporating research findings with clinical expertise when individualizing patient care
- Separating nursing research as unique from the research of other disciplines
- Developing new nursing theories to promote the growth of nursing science - ANS ✔✔-
Incorporating research findings with clinical expertise when individualizing patient care
,The action that demonstrates the role of a knowledgeable consumer of nursing research is:
- designing a nursing research study.
- analyzing data to determine a study's outcomes
- evaluating the credibility of research findings.
- implementing an intervention found to be effective in one clinical case study. - ANS ✔✔-
evaluating the credibility of research findings.
Nursing research is significant to the profession of nursing because it promotes:
- more specifically defined nursing practice responsibilities.
- decreased liability within the practice of nursing.
- generation of a specialized body of nursing knowledge for use in nursing practice.
- expansion of the scope of nursing practice into other disciplines. - ANS ✔✔- generation of a
specialized body of nursing knowledge for use in nursing practice.
An aspect of the scientific investigation of nursing practice that is also fundamental concept of
American Nurses Association (ANA)'s Code for Nurses is:
,- professional accountability.
- standards of care.
- legal scope of practice.
- advanced practice nursing activities. - ANS ✔✔- professional accountability.
Nurses need to be able to understand the nursing research process:
- to identify potential subjects for clinical research studies.
- to assist as accurate data collectors in clinical research studies.
- to teach patients and families the importance of participating in research.
- to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical practice. - ANS ✔✔- to
evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical practice.
Members of the nursing staff are to participate in a unit-based clinical research study. Which
research-related actions would be expected of a nurse with a baccalaureate nursing degree?
- Using critical appraisal skills to understand and access the steps of the research process.
, - Providing expert nursing consultation about the way in which clinical services are delivered.
- Developing research methods to monitor and evaluate the quality of nursing practice in the
clinical setting.
- Providing leadership in the application of scientific knowledge to nursing practice. - ANS ✔✔-
Using critical appraisal skills to understand and access the steps of the research process.
Which statement describes the role of the nurse in research?
- Nurses must be prepared at the baccalaureate or higher level of education to have any role in
nursing research.
- Nursing with master's or higher levels of education are solely responsible for applying research
to clinical practice.
- The research role of nurses prepared at both baccalaureate and master's levels of education
includes critical appraisal skills.
- Regardless of the nursing education level, only the nurse with the most comprehensive
understanding of statistical methods should interpret research findings. - ANS ✔✔- The
research role of nurses prepared at both baccalaureate and master's levels of education
includes critical appraisal skills.
A novice nurse researcher is comparing the process used in nursing research and in evidence-
based practice. What differences, if any, exist between the two processes?
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Which of the following is a critical step for the quality improvement process in health care
settings?
- Outlining general long-range goals
- Quality improvement includes identifying specific, immediate goals, not long-range goals.
- Testing practice changes slowly and tentatively
- Adopting a practice change as a new standard of care - ANS ✔✔- Adopting a practice change
as a new standard of care
What is the primary value of evidence-based nursing practice?
- Implementing the most cost-effective nursing practices when providing patient care
- Incorporating research findings with clinical expertise when individualizing patient care
- Separating nursing research as unique from the research of other disciplines
- Developing new nursing theories to promote the growth of nursing science - ANS ✔✔-
Incorporating research findings with clinical expertise when individualizing patient care
,The action that demonstrates the role of a knowledgeable consumer of nursing research is:
- designing a nursing research study.
- analyzing data to determine a study's outcomes
- evaluating the credibility of research findings.
- implementing an intervention found to be effective in one clinical case study. - ANS ✔✔-
evaluating the credibility of research findings.
Nursing research is significant to the profession of nursing because it promotes:
- more specifically defined nursing practice responsibilities.
- decreased liability within the practice of nursing.
- generation of a specialized body of nursing knowledge for use in nursing practice.
- expansion of the scope of nursing practice into other disciplines. - ANS ✔✔- generation of a
specialized body of nursing knowledge for use in nursing practice.
An aspect of the scientific investigation of nursing practice that is also fundamental concept of
American Nurses Association (ANA)'s Code for Nurses is:
,- professional accountability.
- standards of care.
- legal scope of practice.
- advanced practice nursing activities. - ANS ✔✔- professional accountability.
Nurses need to be able to understand the nursing research process:
- to identify potential subjects for clinical research studies.
- to assist as accurate data collectors in clinical research studies.
- to teach patients and families the importance of participating in research.
- to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical practice. - ANS ✔✔- to
evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical practice.
Members of the nursing staff are to participate in a unit-based clinical research study. Which
research-related actions would be expected of a nurse with a baccalaureate nursing degree?
- Using critical appraisal skills to understand and access the steps of the research process.
, - Providing expert nursing consultation about the way in which clinical services are delivered.
- Developing research methods to monitor and evaluate the quality of nursing practice in the
clinical setting.
- Providing leadership in the application of scientific knowledge to nursing practice. - ANS ✔✔-
Using critical appraisal skills to understand and access the steps of the research process.
Which statement describes the role of the nurse in research?
- Nurses must be prepared at the baccalaureate or higher level of education to have any role in
nursing research.
- Nursing with master's or higher levels of education are solely responsible for applying research
to clinical practice.
- The research role of nurses prepared at both baccalaureate and master's levels of education
includes critical appraisal skills.
- Regardless of the nursing education level, only the nurse with the most comprehensive
understanding of statistical methods should interpret research findings. - ANS ✔✔- The
research role of nurses prepared at both baccalaureate and master's levels of education
includes critical appraisal skills.
A novice nurse researcher is comparing the process used in nursing research and in evidence-
based practice. What differences, if any, exist between the two processes?
