NUR 3405 Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Derek is considering where he will search for literature. Given his research question, he identifies
MEDLINE as the best place to start.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A. Devise search strategy
B. Document search decisions and actions
C. Abstract
D. Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E. Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER A.
Molly keeps detailed notes to track her literature review progress. She uses EndNote to capture a
running bibliography of papers she retrieves.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER B.
After Sandra reads the full text of each source, she adds details about relevant articles to matrix. the
process helps her pull out the most important details from the article, including the finings and her
own personal rating of the article.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
,B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER C.
Creating abstracts - brief summaries - provides tremendous payoffs. You are drawing on key pieces of
information you have discovered to create notes that will be useful to you and others.
Sofia uses Boolean operators and wildcard characters to expand her search results as she navigates
each database
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Developing skills for effectively searching electronic databases will make it easier to access the best
and most applicable evidence when conducting a literature search. Key skills to develop are selection
g best keywords and terms to use to guide your search on a topic
Dianna looks across all of the research she's reviewed and considers questions such as, "What is the
pattern of evidence"?, How much evidence is there?", and "To what types of people or settings does
that evidence apply?"
What stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
,E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER E.
When beginning a literature search for relevant evidence, the researcher selects databases to review.
Which database is most likely to include nursing studies?
A. CINAHL
B. Google Scholar
C. PubMed
D. Medline - CORRECT ANSWER A.
A nurse is completing a literature review, the nurse has several ideas for a focus, but has not nailed
down a specific topic for a examine. Which step would be most helpful to follow at this stage?
A. Retrieve and print source materials
B. Review abstracts for articles
C. Formulate a clear research question
D. Screen and read articles - CORRECT ANSWER C.
A nurse is trying to pride the best search results possible suing keywords searches. What is an
appropriate tip to provide in order to achieve this goal? (Select all that apply.)
A. Use wildcard characters
B. Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators)
C. Create a presentation to summarize results
D. Evaluate and lazy studies
E. Create an abstract - CORRECT ANSWER A, B
A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and asks questions such as, "What is the
pattern of evidence?", How much evidence is there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?" The
nurse is in what stage of the literature review process?
A. Devise a search strategy
, B. Formulate and refine primary and secondary questions
C. Evaluate and analyze the studies
D. Read and screen sources - CORRECT ANSWER C.
When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the most reliable way to identify new
scholarly references?
A. Search novel Internet websites for up-to-date information
B. Change topics and use new key search terms
C. Review materials in commercial websites
D. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Sofia's assignment is to conduct a literature search on a "description of nursing students" involvement
in faculty research endeavors. Sofia was instructed to use PubMEd as her database for her literature
search. What should Sofia's next step be?
A. She should go to PubMed and input search terms
B. She should devise a search strategy
C. She should search for themes - CORRECT ANSWER A
Sofia did not devise a search strategy and went directly to PubMed and entered terms "nursing
students", "faculty", and "research" to find out relevant information about the description of nursing
students' involvement in faculty research endeavors,
How many results would you expect to see from her search?
A. less than 100
B. 100-200
C. More than 1,000 - CORRECT ANSWER C
Sofia is frustrated because she is trying to find relevant information for her assignment. her search so
has resulted in thousands of studies that don't apply to her research topic. Sofia reviews her textbook,
returns to PubMed, limits her search to the last five years, and identifies MeSH terms for her
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Derek is considering where he will search for literature. Given his research question, he identifies
MEDLINE as the best place to start.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A. Devise search strategy
B. Document search decisions and actions
C. Abstract
D. Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E. Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER A.
Molly keeps detailed notes to track her literature review progress. She uses EndNote to capture a
running bibliography of papers she retrieves.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER B.
After Sandra reads the full text of each source, she adds details about relevant articles to matrix. the
process helps her pull out the most important details from the article, including the finings and her
own personal rating of the article.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
,B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER C.
Creating abstracts - brief summaries - provides tremendous payoffs. You are drawing on key pieces of
information you have discovered to create notes that will be useful to you and others.
Sofia uses Boolean operators and wildcard characters to expand her search results as she navigates
each database
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Developing skills for effectively searching electronic databases will make it easier to access the best
and most applicable evidence when conducting a literature search. Key skills to develop are selection
g best keywords and terms to use to guide your search on a topic
Dianna looks across all of the research she's reviewed and considers questions such as, "What is the
pattern of evidence"?, How much evidence is there?", and "To what types of people or settings does
that evidence apply?"
What stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
,E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - CORRECT ANSWER E.
When beginning a literature search for relevant evidence, the researcher selects databases to review.
Which database is most likely to include nursing studies?
A. CINAHL
B. Google Scholar
C. PubMed
D. Medline - CORRECT ANSWER A.
A nurse is completing a literature review, the nurse has several ideas for a focus, but has not nailed
down a specific topic for a examine. Which step would be most helpful to follow at this stage?
A. Retrieve and print source materials
B. Review abstracts for articles
C. Formulate a clear research question
D. Screen and read articles - CORRECT ANSWER C.
A nurse is trying to pride the best search results possible suing keywords searches. What is an
appropriate tip to provide in order to achieve this goal? (Select all that apply.)
A. Use wildcard characters
B. Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators)
C. Create a presentation to summarize results
D. Evaluate and lazy studies
E. Create an abstract - CORRECT ANSWER A, B
A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and asks questions such as, "What is the
pattern of evidence?", How much evidence is there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?" The
nurse is in what stage of the literature review process?
A. Devise a search strategy
, B. Formulate and refine primary and secondary questions
C. Evaluate and analyze the studies
D. Read and screen sources - CORRECT ANSWER C.
When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the most reliable way to identify new
scholarly references?
A. Search novel Internet websites for up-to-date information
B. Change topics and use new key search terms
C. Review materials in commercial websites
D. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Sofia's assignment is to conduct a literature search on a "description of nursing students" involvement
in faculty research endeavors. Sofia was instructed to use PubMEd as her database for her literature
search. What should Sofia's next step be?
A. She should go to PubMed and input search terms
B. She should devise a search strategy
C. She should search for themes - CORRECT ANSWER A
Sofia did not devise a search strategy and went directly to PubMed and entered terms "nursing
students", "faculty", and "research" to find out relevant information about the description of nursing
students' involvement in faculty research endeavors,
How many results would you expect to see from her search?
A. less than 100
B. 100-200
C. More than 1,000 - CORRECT ANSWER C
Sofia is frustrated because she is trying to find relevant information for her assignment. her search so
has resulted in thousands of studies that don't apply to her research topic. Sofia reviews her textbook,
returns to PubMed, limits her search to the last five years, and identifies MeSH terms for her
