HESI Research Practice Questions And Correct Answer.

1 Why should the registered nurse practicing nursing at the bedside be concerned about research for the delivery of quality nursing care? A. Research provides the nurse with the knowledge needed to make sound clinical decisions. B. One study can change nursing practice dramatically. C. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires all nurses to be consumers of research. D. Traditional nursing care is no longer appropriate for twenty-first century nursing. - correct answer A. Research provides the nurse with the knowledge needed to make sound clinical decisions. Clinical decisions should be based on knowledge about patient outcomes, not just tradition. Practice should never change on the basis of just one study. The Joint Commission regulates health care settings, not the practice of nursing. Much of "traditional" practice has been found to lead to positive patient outcomes 2 Why should the average consumer of health care be concerned about nursing research? A. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference. B. The nursing profession needs to define its place in the health care system. C. Accrediting agencies must determine how best to use the technology needed to provide nursing care. D. Nurses must justify the cost of their services for reimbursement purposes. - correct answer A. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference. Nursing is accountable to consumers when they can demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of nursing care. Options B and C focus on the nursing profession, not the consumer, and therefore do not answer the question. Nursing research builds knowledge about effective nursing interventions, as well as the cost-effectiveness of nursing care. 3 The nurse in an intensive care unit is engaged in nursing practice that is evidence based. The nurse recognizes which sequence of steps that will culminate in evidence-based practice? A. Evaluate, act, appraise and assess, gather, and ask B. Appraise and assess, act, ask, gather, and evaluate C. Ask, gather, assess and appraise, act, and evaluate D. Gather, ask, evaluate, act, appraise and assess - correct answer C. Ask, gather, assess and appraise, act, and evaluate The correct sequence of steps involved in the process of evidence-based practice consists of ask, gather, assess and appraise, act, and evaluate. 4 To be important to nursing practice, nursing theory must be supported by what? A. Educational environment B. Nursing research C. Patient outcomes D. Expansive body of science - correct answer B. Nursing research Although nursing research cannot prove or disprove a theory, it can support the theory. Nursing theory arises from clinical practice and has been developed by both practitioners and educators. Because theory cannot be tested directly, patient outcomes cannot directly support theory. Theory is part of an expansive body of science. 5 A nurse researcher is searching for the purpose of a study in a research report. Where is the most likely place to find the purpose in the report? A. At the end of the research design section B. At the end of the literature review section C. At the end of the sampling section D. At the end of the conclusion section - correct answer B. At the end of the literature review section