NURS 250 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
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,What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing research?
A. Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health
B. Develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care
C. Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners
D. Become full-fledged partners with other care providers - Answer: A. Learn improved ways to promote
and maintain health
Before developing a procedure, a nurse reviews all current research-based literature on insertion of a
nasogastric tube. What type of nursing will be practiced based on this review?
A. Institutional practice
B. Authoritative nursing
C. Evidence-based practice
D. Fact-based nursing - Answer: C. Evidence-based practice
A nurse working in a long-established hospital learned a specific approach to administering intravenous
injections from the previous generation of nurses at the hospital. This is an example of which type of
knowledge?
A. Traditional knowledge
B. Authoritative knowledge
C. Scientific knowledge
D. Philosophy knowledge - Answer: A. Traditional knowledge
Where in a research journal article is the abstract located?
A. In the introduction
B. In the methods section
C. After the references
D. At the beginning - Answer: D. At the beginning
,A nurse researcher must decide on the method for conducting the research. The researcher that plans
to emphasize collection of numerical data and analysis would select which method of research?
A. Quantitative research
B. Qualitative research
C. Basic research
D. Applied research - Answer: A. Quantitative research
A nurse is developing a foreground question for nursing research using the PICO model. Which
component would be represented by the statement, "a 45-year-old male with coronary heart disease
and atrial fibrillation"?
A. P
B. I
C. C
D. O - Answer: A. P (patient)
Nurse researchers have predicted that a newly created mentorship program will result in decreased
absenteeism, increased retention, and decreased attrition among a hospital's nursing staff. What does
this predicted relationship represent?
A. Hypothesis
B. Dependent variable
C. Abstract
D. Methodology - Answer: A. Hypothesis
After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a medical surgical unit rewrites
the procedure on assessing placement of a nasogastric tube. What source of nursing knowledge did the
nurse use in this situation?
A. Scientific knowledge
, B. Traditional knowledge
C. Authoritative knowledge
D. Philosophical knowledge - Answer: A. Scientific knowledge
Which activity best helps the nurse apply theory to practice?
A. Theory development
B. Evidence-based research
C. Client-focused care
D. Case management - Answer: B. Evidence-based research
Which term is most closely associated with quantitative research?
A. Process
B. Concept
C. Ethnography
D. Variable - Answer: D. Variable
Which of the four concepts common in all nursing theories is the most important to nursing?
A. Person
B. Environment
C. Health
D. Nursing - Answer: A. Person
Which statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks?
A. Theoretic frameworks guide physiologic nursing care.
B. Theoretic frameworks guide psychosocial nursing care.
C. Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice.
D. Theoretic frameworks advance the ethical aspects of practice. - Answer: C. Theoretic frameworks
advance nursing knowledge and practice.
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing research?
A. Learn improved ways to promote and maintain health
B. Develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care
C. Apply knowledge to become independent practitioners
D. Become full-fledged partners with other care providers - Answer: A. Learn improved ways to promote
and maintain health
Before developing a procedure, a nurse reviews all current research-based literature on insertion of a
nasogastric tube. What type of nursing will be practiced based on this review?
A. Institutional practice
B. Authoritative nursing
C. Evidence-based practice
D. Fact-based nursing - Answer: C. Evidence-based practice
A nurse working in a long-established hospital learned a specific approach to administering intravenous
injections from the previous generation of nurses at the hospital. This is an example of which type of
knowledge?
A. Traditional knowledge
B. Authoritative knowledge
C. Scientific knowledge
D. Philosophy knowledge - Answer: A. Traditional knowledge
Where in a research journal article is the abstract located?
A. In the introduction
B. In the methods section
C. After the references
D. At the beginning - Answer: D. At the beginning
,A nurse researcher must decide on the method for conducting the research. The researcher that plans
to emphasize collection of numerical data and analysis would select which method of research?
A. Quantitative research
B. Qualitative research
C. Basic research
D. Applied research - Answer: A. Quantitative research
A nurse is developing a foreground question for nursing research using the PICO model. Which
component would be represented by the statement, "a 45-year-old male with coronary heart disease
and atrial fibrillation"?
A. P
B. I
C. C
D. O - Answer: A. P (patient)
Nurse researchers have predicted that a newly created mentorship program will result in decreased
absenteeism, increased retention, and decreased attrition among a hospital's nursing staff. What does
this predicted relationship represent?
A. Hypothesis
B. Dependent variable
C. Abstract
D. Methodology - Answer: A. Hypothesis
After reviewing several research articles, the clinical nurse specialist on a medical surgical unit rewrites
the procedure on assessing placement of a nasogastric tube. What source of nursing knowledge did the
nurse use in this situation?
A. Scientific knowledge
, B. Traditional knowledge
C. Authoritative knowledge
D. Philosophical knowledge - Answer: A. Scientific knowledge
Which activity best helps the nurse apply theory to practice?
A. Theory development
B. Evidence-based research
C. Client-focused care
D. Case management - Answer: B. Evidence-based research
Which term is most closely associated with quantitative research?
A. Process
B. Concept
C. Ethnography
D. Variable - Answer: D. Variable
Which of the four concepts common in all nursing theories is the most important to nursing?
A. Person
B. Environment
C. Health
D. Nursing - Answer: A. Person
Which statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks?
A. Theoretic frameworks guide physiologic nursing care.
B. Theoretic frameworks guide psychosocial nursing care.
C. Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice.
D. Theoretic frameworks advance the ethical aspects of practice. - Answer: C. Theoretic frameworks
advance nursing knowledge and practice.
