NR 511 Week 1 exam Questions with Verified Answers (Correct
Update)
Question 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
Question 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?
Question 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
Question 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
Question 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 profession
Answer: c. Provide a reference point for decision making.
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, Question 6: Which of the following is an example of determining whether a crucial element 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 primary-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.
Question 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
Question 8: Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level II
evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
C. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
D. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
Answer: C. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
Question 9: Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level III
evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
Answer: A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
Question 10: Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level IV
evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
Answer: A.Well designed control trials without randomization
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Update)
Question 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
Question 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?
Question 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
Question 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
Question 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 profession
Answer: c. Provide a reference point for decision making.
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, Question 6: Which of the following is an example of determining whether a crucial element 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 primary-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.
Question 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
Question 8: Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level II
evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
C. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
D. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
Answer: C. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
Question 9: Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level III
evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
Answer: A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
Question 10: Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level IV
evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
Answer: A.Well designed control trials without randomization
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