NURS 320 NURSING RESEARCH FINAL
EXAM 2025-2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which of the following is an example of a clinical nursing research question that a
nurse might ask?
A. What is the appropriate course of action when a nurse is faced with a moral
dilemma?
B. In what ways do nursing students benefit from a course on evidence-based
practice?
C. What factors influence clients' weight gain following a smoking cessation
intervention?
D. What percentage of nurses has a master's or doctorate degree?
What factors influence clients' weight gain following a smoking cessation
intervention?
In the United States, research has come to play an important role for the nursing
profession with respect to:
,A. Credentialing and improving nurses' status.
B. Strengthening nurses' bargaining power.
C. Supporting better avenues for advanced degrees.
D. Providing opportunities to serve on important government policy-making
boards
A. Credentialing and improving nurses' status.
Which of the following is the purpose of a journal club?
D. A journal club occurs in many practice settings, as an opportunity to share and
discuss the new evidence of relevance to clinicians. Journals clubs sometimes
involve face-to-face group meetings but also can involve online discussions to
accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in a journal club do not develop ideas
for a journal article, hear a presentation by a researcher, or get tested on journal
article content.
Developing a strong base of evidence for nursing practice aims to best serve...
A. Nursing administrators
B. Practicing nurses
C. Health care policymakers
D. Nurses' clients
D. Nurses' clients
,Which of the following describes what consumers of research do as part of their
role in nursing research?
A. Design studies
B. Undertake studies.
C. Produce research
D. Read research
D. Read research
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "Is massage therapy more effective than music therapy in reducing
agitation in nursing home residents with dementia?" In this question, which of the
PICO components is massage therapy?
A. Outcome
B. Population
C. Intervention or influence
D. Comparison
C. Intervention or influence
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "Does alternating pressure air mattresses reduce the incidence of pressure
, ulcers among ICU clients?" In this question, which of the PICO components is the
"incidence of pressure ulcers"?
A. Population
B. Outcome
C. Intervention or influence
D. Comparison
B. Outcome
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "Does alcohol hand sanitizer reduce microbial counts on nurses' hands in
surgical ICUs?" In this question, which of the PICO components is hand sanitizer?
A. Outcome
B. Comparison
C. Population
D. Intervention or influence
D. intervention or influence
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "In children aged 8-12 years does suffering from asthma affect the
children social development?" In this question, "suffering from asthma" is which
of the following PIO components?
EXAM 2025-2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which of the following is an example of a clinical nursing research question that a
nurse might ask?
A. What is the appropriate course of action when a nurse is faced with a moral
dilemma?
B. In what ways do nursing students benefit from a course on evidence-based
practice?
C. What factors influence clients' weight gain following a smoking cessation
intervention?
D. What percentage of nurses has a master's or doctorate degree?
What factors influence clients' weight gain following a smoking cessation
intervention?
In the United States, research has come to play an important role for the nursing
profession with respect to:
,A. Credentialing and improving nurses' status.
B. Strengthening nurses' bargaining power.
C. Supporting better avenues for advanced degrees.
D. Providing opportunities to serve on important government policy-making
boards
A. Credentialing and improving nurses' status.
Which of the following is the purpose of a journal club?
D. A journal club occurs in many practice settings, as an opportunity to share and
discuss the new evidence of relevance to clinicians. Journals clubs sometimes
involve face-to-face group meetings but also can involve online discussions to
accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in a journal club do not develop ideas
for a journal article, hear a presentation by a researcher, or get tested on journal
article content.
Developing a strong base of evidence for nursing practice aims to best serve...
A. Nursing administrators
B. Practicing nurses
C. Health care policymakers
D. Nurses' clients
D. Nurses' clients
,Which of the following describes what consumers of research do as part of their
role in nursing research?
A. Design studies
B. Undertake studies.
C. Produce research
D. Read research
D. Read research
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "Is massage therapy more effective than music therapy in reducing
agitation in nursing home residents with dementia?" In this question, which of the
PICO components is massage therapy?
A. Outcome
B. Population
C. Intervention or influence
D. Comparison
C. Intervention or influence
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "Does alternating pressure air mattresses reduce the incidence of pressure
, ulcers among ICU clients?" In this question, which of the PICO components is the
"incidence of pressure ulcers"?
A. Population
B. Outcome
C. Intervention or influence
D. Comparison
B. Outcome
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "Does alcohol hand sanitizer reduce microbial counts on nurses' hands in
surgical ICUs?" In this question, which of the PICO components is hand sanitizer?
A. Outcome
B. Comparison
C. Population
D. Intervention or influence
D. intervention or influence
A nurse begins an evidence-based practice (EBP) endeavor with the following
question: "In children aged 8-12 years does suffering from asthma affect the
children social development?" In this question, "suffering from asthma" is which
of the following PIO components?
