Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based
Practice Environment
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, What Is Nursing Research?
1. Which group is best served by clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses’ clients
D) Nurse researchers
Ans: C
Feedback:
Nursing research is systematic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence
about issues of importance to the nursing profession. Although nursing research
addresses such areas as nursing education, administration, and informatics, clinical
nursing research has become prominent because it is the basis for evidence-based
practice. Clinical nursing research is designed to guide nursing practice and to
improve the health and quality of life of nurses’ clients, not the researchers who
conducted the study or nursing administrators.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Moderate
Page 1
,Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, What Is Nursing Research?
2. Which sentence is an example of a clinical nursing research question?
A) What percentage of nurses has a master’s or doctorate degree?
B) What factors influence clients’ weight gain following a smoking cessation
intervention?
C) In what ways do nursing students benefit from a course on evidence-based
practice?
D) What is the appropriate course of action when a nurse is faced with a moral
dilemma?
Ans: B
Feedback:
The answers to clinical nursing research questions have the potential to improve
the health and quality of life of their clients. Clinical nursing research questions
focus directly on clients’ needs, experiences, and health behaviors, and the answers
to such questions can inform nurses’ decisions or lead to strategies to improve
nursing practice.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Easy
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, The Importance of Research in Nursing
3. Which goal is the highest priority for research in the nursing profession?
A) To generate evidence to inform nurses’ decisions and actions
B) To conduct research focused on the context of nursing practice
C) To document the role that nurses serve in society
D) To establish priorities for areas of study by nurse researchers
Ans: A
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, Feedback:
There is considerable agreement that research findings from rigorous studies can
provide especially strong evidence for informing nurses’ decisions and actions.
Nurses are accepting the need to base specific nursing actions and decisions on
research evidence indicating that the actions are clinically appropriate, cost-
effective, and result in positive outcomes for clients.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, The Importance of Research in Nursing
4. In the United States, in what area does research play an important role for
the nursing profession?
A) Nurses’ opportunities for practicing internationally
B) Credentialing and the status of nursing
C) Nurses’ salaries and work environments
D) Nurses’ education
Ans: B
Feedback:
In the United States, research plays an important role in nursing in terms of
credentialing and status. In particular, research and efforts to promote evidence-
based practice (EBP) are key elements of the Magnet Recognition Program.
Changes to nursing practice now occur regularly because of EBP efforts, and these
efforts enhance the status of the profession.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
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Practice Environment
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, What Is Nursing Research?
1. Which group is best served by clinical nursing research?
A) Nursing administrators
B) Practicing nurses
C) Nurses’ clients
D) Nurse researchers
Ans: C
Feedback:
Nursing research is systematic inquiry designed to develop trustworthy evidence
about issues of importance to the nursing profession. Although nursing research
addresses such areas as nursing education, administration, and informatics, clinical
nursing research has become prominent because it is the basis for evidence-based
practice. Clinical nursing research is designed to guide nursing practice and to
improve the health and quality of life of nurses’ clients, not the researchers who
conducted the study or nursing administrators.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Moderate
Page 1
,Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, What Is Nursing Research?
2. Which sentence is an example of a clinical nursing research question?
A) What percentage of nurses has a master’s or doctorate degree?
B) What factors influence clients’ weight gain following a smoking cessation
intervention?
C) In what ways do nursing students benefit from a course on evidence-based
practice?
D) What is the appropriate course of action when a nurse is faced with a moral
dilemma?
Ans: B
Feedback:
The answers to clinical nursing research questions have the potential to improve
the health and quality of life of their clients. Clinical nursing research questions
focus directly on clients’ needs, experiences, and health behaviors, and the answers
to such questions can inform nurses’ decisions or lead to strategies to improve
nursing practice.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Easy
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, The Importance of Research in Nursing
3. Which goal is the highest priority for research in the nursing profession?
A) To generate evidence to inform nurses’ decisions and actions
B) To conduct research focused on the context of nursing practice
C) To document the role that nurses serve in society
D) To establish priorities for areas of study by nurse researchers
Ans: A
Page 2
, Feedback:
There is considerable agreement that research findings from rigorous studies can
provide especially strong evidence for informing nurses’ decisions and actions.
Nurses are accepting the need to base specific nursing actions and decisions on
research evidence indicating that the actions are clinically appropriate, cost-
effective, and result in positive outcomes for clients.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Page and Header: 2, The Importance of Research in Nursing
4. In the United States, in what area does research play an important role for
the nursing profession?
A) Nurses’ opportunities for practicing internationally
B) Credentialing and the status of nursing
C) Nurses’ salaries and work environments
D) Nurses’ education
Ans: B
Feedback:
In the United States, research plays an important role in nursing in terms of
credentialing and status. In particular, research and efforts to promote evidence-
based practice (EBP) are key elements of the Magnet Recognition Program.
Changes to nursing practice now occur regularly because of EBP efforts, and these
efforts enhance the status of the profession.
Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
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