Chapter_01.bnk
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A key step to the development of nursing research was
a. the endowment of nursing research chairs.
b. universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs.
c. a baccalaureate degree becoming the entry to practice.
d. the Canadian Nurses Association developing a research mandate.
ANS: b
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. How is nursing research significant to the profession of nursing?
a. Responsibility is more specifically defined.
b. Liability within the practice of nursing is decreased.
c. A specialized body of knowledge is generated for use in the delivery
of health care.
d. The scope of nursing practice is expanded into areas formerly
reserved for other disciplines.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Why are nursing practice–oriented scientific investigations valuable?
a. They validate the effectiveness of particular nursing interventions.
b. They encourage consumers to question the quality of health care.
c. They limit the theory base for clinical decision making.
d. They mandate health care reform.
,ANS: a
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
4.When a change in nursing practice results in decreased cost of care,
what additional factor must be considered before general
implementation of this change?
a. Ensuring compliance of the change by nurses with diverse educational
backgrounds.
b. Maintaining or improving the quality of care resulting from the
change in practice.
c. Encouraging patients to be active partners in their health care
decisions.
d. Disseminating the change beyond the discipline of nursing.
ANS: b
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
5.Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the
nursing research process?
a. To identify potential participants for clinical research studies
b. To assist in collecting accurate data for clinical research studies
c. To teach patients and families about the usefulness of participation in
research
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their
own clinical practice
ANS: d
PTS: 1
,DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. How are nursing theory and nursing research related?
a. Nursing theory and nursing research are independent of each other
and have no direct relationship.
b. Without nursing theory, research conducted by nurses would not have
an impact on nursing practice.
c. Nursing research drives the direction and specific content of nursing
theory.
d. Nursing theory and nursing research both advance the knowledge base
of nursing.
ANS: d
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
7.Which action demonstrates the role of an intelligent consumer of
nursing research?
a. Designing a research study.
b. Analyzing data to determine outcomes.
c. Evaluating the credibility of the research findings.
d. Replicate the study in another setting to confirm the findings.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Evaluating (Evaluation)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
8. In designating research functions to nursing staff, which of the
following functions would you designate to a staff registered nurse?
, a. Protecting human participants by promoting the ethical principles of
research.
b. Providing expert consultation about the way in which clinical services
are delivered.
c. Developing methods to monitor the quality of nursing practice in the
clinical setting.
d. Providing scientific development and leadership by assisting others in
applying scientific knowledge in nursing practice.
ANS: a
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
9. Which of the following statements regarding the role of the nurse in
research is true?
a. Nurses must be prepared at the baccalaureate level to have any role in
nursing research.
b. Master's-prepared nurses (those with MSN, MN, or MS degrees) are
primarily responsible for using the findings of nursing research in
clinical practice.
c. One role of the nurse is to identify issues in clinical practice that are
suitable for research.
d. Data analysis is only conducted by a PhD-level nurse.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
Which of Florence Nightingale's actions formed the foundation for
10.
modern-day nursing research methods?
a. Establishing the St. Thomas Hospital School of Nursing in England.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A key step to the development of nursing research was
a. the endowment of nursing research chairs.
b. universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs.
c. a baccalaureate degree becoming the entry to practice.
d. the Canadian Nurses Association developing a research mandate.
ANS: b
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. How is nursing research significant to the profession of nursing?
a. Responsibility is more specifically defined.
b. Liability within the practice of nursing is decreased.
c. A specialized body of knowledge is generated for use in the delivery
of health care.
d. The scope of nursing practice is expanded into areas formerly
reserved for other disciplines.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Why are nursing practice–oriented scientific investigations valuable?
a. They validate the effectiveness of particular nursing interventions.
b. They encourage consumers to question the quality of health care.
c. They limit the theory base for clinical decision making.
d. They mandate health care reform.
,ANS: a
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
4.When a change in nursing practice results in decreased cost of care,
what additional factor must be considered before general
implementation of this change?
a. Ensuring compliance of the change by nurses with diverse educational
backgrounds.
b. Maintaining or improving the quality of care resulting from the
change in practice.
c. Encouraging patients to be active partners in their health care
decisions.
d. Disseminating the change beyond the discipline of nursing.
ANS: b
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
5.Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the
nursing research process?
a. To identify potential participants for clinical research studies
b. To assist in collecting accurate data for clinical research studies
c. To teach patients and families about the usefulness of participation in
research
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their
own clinical practice
ANS: d
PTS: 1
,DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. How are nursing theory and nursing research related?
a. Nursing theory and nursing research are independent of each other
and have no direct relationship.
b. Without nursing theory, research conducted by nurses would not have
an impact on nursing practice.
c. Nursing research drives the direction and specific content of nursing
theory.
d. Nursing theory and nursing research both advance the knowledge base
of nursing.
ANS: d
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
7.Which action demonstrates the role of an intelligent consumer of
nursing research?
a. Designing a research study.
b. Analyzing data to determine outcomes.
c. Evaluating the credibility of the research findings.
d. Replicate the study in another setting to confirm the findings.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Evaluating (Evaluation)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
8. In designating research functions to nursing staff, which of the
following functions would you designate to a staff registered nurse?
, a. Protecting human participants by promoting the ethical principles of
research.
b. Providing expert consultation about the way in which clinical services
are delivered.
c. Developing methods to monitor the quality of nursing practice in the
clinical setting.
d. Providing scientific development and leadership by assisting others in
applying scientific knowledge in nursing practice.
ANS: a
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
9. Which of the following statements regarding the role of the nurse in
research is true?
a. Nurses must be prepared at the baccalaureate level to have any role in
nursing research.
b. Master's-prepared nurses (those with MSN, MN, or MS degrees) are
primarily responsible for using the findings of nursing research in
clinical practice.
c. One role of the nurse is to identify issues in clinical practice that are
suitable for research.
d. Data analysis is only conducted by a PhD-level nurse.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance
Which of Florence Nightingale's actions formed the foundation for
10.
modern-day nursing research methods?
a. Establishing the St. Thomas Hospital School of Nursing in England.
