Test Bank for Nursing Research Generating and Assessing
Evidence for Nursing
Rationale 1: Qualitative research most often explores the subjective experiences of
human beings.
Rationale 2: Quantitative research is often viewed as hard science. It progresses
through systematic, logical steps to collect information under controlled conditions. The
information is analyzed using statistical procedures.
Rationale 3: Qualitative research most often explores the subjective experiences of
human beings.
Rationale 4: Qualitative research most often explores the subjective experiences of
human beings.
A client has agreed to participate in a research study. Which action would constitute risk
of harm to this client?
1. Withholding information about the study
2. Suggesting that participation would greatly benefit the clients financial situation
3. Giving the client false information about his or her participation
4. Providing the clients name as a participant in the study - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Risk of harm to a research subject is exposure to the possibility of injury,
which could involve physical or psychological injury such as loss of confidentiality or
loss of privacy. Withholding information or giving false information would be a violation
of full disclosure. Participants should feel free from coercion or undue influence to
participate in a study or this would be a violation against the right of self-determination.
A nursing instructor is researching the implementation of assigning study guides for
homework points and the effect this has on the students test grades. The instructor
reports group data for published research. Which research right did the instructor
implement?
1. Right of full disclosure
2. Right of privacy
3. Right of self-determination
, 4. Risk of harm - CORRECT ANSWERS -Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: The right of full disclosure is the act of making clear the clients role in a
research situation.
Rationale 1: The journal Nursing Research was established in 1952. The National
Center for Nursing Research was created in 1985 at the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). In 1993, it was promoted to the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR).
End-of-life/palliative care was identified at NINR as an area of research for 20002004.
Rationale 2: Within the right to privacy, confidentiality is to be maintained, which means
that any information a participant relates will not be made public, and investigators must
inform research participants about the measures to provide for these rights. Such
measures may include the use of code numbers or reporting only group or aggregate
data in published research.
Rationale 3: The right of self-determination means that participants should feel free from
undue influence.
Rationale 4: Risk of harm is exposure to the possibility of injury going beyond everyday
situations.
The nurse is reviewing the history of research in nursing care for a school project. In
which chronological order should the nurse place the events that occurred in nursing
research? Start with the earliest (1) to the most recent (4):
Choice 1. The National Center for Nursing Research was created.
Choice 2. The National Institute for Nursing Research was created.
Choice 3. The journal Nursing Research was established.
Choice 4. End-of-life/palliative care research was conducted. - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Correct Answer: 2, 3, 1,4
A nursing student is assigned to develop a research question using a quantitative
approach. Which question should the student write that demonstrates this approach?
1. How do siblings react to a new baby of a second marriage after divorce of their
parents?
2. What dressing selections work best for a wound dehiscence?
3. What support do terminal cancer clients find least beneficial in hospice care?
Evidence for Nursing
Rationale 1: Qualitative research most often explores the subjective experiences of
human beings.
Rationale 2: Quantitative research is often viewed as hard science. It progresses
through systematic, logical steps to collect information under controlled conditions. The
information is analyzed using statistical procedures.
Rationale 3: Qualitative research most often explores the subjective experiences of
human beings.
Rationale 4: Qualitative research most often explores the subjective experiences of
human beings.
A client has agreed to participate in a research study. Which action would constitute risk
of harm to this client?
1. Withholding information about the study
2. Suggesting that participation would greatly benefit the clients financial situation
3. Giving the client false information about his or her participation
4. Providing the clients name as a participant in the study - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Risk of harm to a research subject is exposure to the possibility of injury,
which could involve physical or psychological injury such as loss of confidentiality or
loss of privacy. Withholding information or giving false information would be a violation
of full disclosure. Participants should feel free from coercion or undue influence to
participate in a study or this would be a violation against the right of self-determination.
A nursing instructor is researching the implementation of assigning study guides for
homework points and the effect this has on the students test grades. The instructor
reports group data for published research. Which research right did the instructor
implement?
1. Right of full disclosure
2. Right of privacy
3. Right of self-determination
, 4. Risk of harm - CORRECT ANSWERS -Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: The right of full disclosure is the act of making clear the clients role in a
research situation.
Rationale 1: The journal Nursing Research was established in 1952. The National
Center for Nursing Research was created in 1985 at the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). In 1993, it was promoted to the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR).
End-of-life/palliative care was identified at NINR as an area of research for 20002004.
Rationale 2: Within the right to privacy, confidentiality is to be maintained, which means
that any information a participant relates will not be made public, and investigators must
inform research participants about the measures to provide for these rights. Such
measures may include the use of code numbers or reporting only group or aggregate
data in published research.
Rationale 3: The right of self-determination means that participants should feel free from
undue influence.
Rationale 4: Risk of harm is exposure to the possibility of injury going beyond everyday
situations.
The nurse is reviewing the history of research in nursing care for a school project. In
which chronological order should the nurse place the events that occurred in nursing
research? Start with the earliest (1) to the most recent (4):
Choice 1. The National Center for Nursing Research was created.
Choice 2. The National Institute for Nursing Research was created.
Choice 3. The journal Nursing Research was established.
Choice 4. End-of-life/palliative care research was conducted. - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Correct Answer: 2, 3, 1,4
A nursing student is assigned to develop a research question using a quantitative
approach. Which question should the student write that demonstrates this approach?
1. How do siblings react to a new baby of a second marriage after divorce of their
parents?
2. What dressing selections work best for a wound dehiscence?
3. What support do terminal cancer clients find least beneficial in hospice care?
