NURS 2300 NURSING RESEARCH EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+ 2025
1. The most important initial step when developing a research study is to:
identify the research problem.
A nursing researcher determines that there is little information about the use of
complementary practices in treating obesity. This represents the research:
problem.
When writing a proposal for a research study, the researcher includes a problem
statement that serves to:
identify a gap in knowledge needed for practice.
In a research proposal, the researcher states that the proposed study will explore
children's feelings about chemotherapy side effects. This statement describes the:
research purpose.
Which is included in a statement of a research study purpose?
A statement about how the research problem will be studied.
, The statement in the introduction of a research study report—"while children who
have higher asthma control scores tend to have fewer emergency department visits
for asthma exacerbations, it is unclear how nursing interventions can impact these
scores"—represents the:
problem significance.
The statements in the introductory paragraphs of a research report that cite results
of previous studies about a research problem represent the:
problem background.
Which statement is a research purpose for a correlational study?
"This study will use questionnaires and school transcripts to examine the
relationship of dietary habits to grades among school-age children."
The nurse researcher states that a research purpose is to measure the effects of bar
code medication administration on medication errors. This is a study purpose for
which type of research?
Outcomes
Which statement in a study about preoperative education and postoperative
recovery times represents a research question?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+ 2025
1. The most important initial step when developing a research study is to:
identify the research problem.
A nursing researcher determines that there is little information about the use of
complementary practices in treating obesity. This represents the research:
problem.
When writing a proposal for a research study, the researcher includes a problem
statement that serves to:
identify a gap in knowledge needed for practice.
In a research proposal, the researcher states that the proposed study will explore
children's feelings about chemotherapy side effects. This statement describes the:
research purpose.
Which is included in a statement of a research study purpose?
A statement about how the research problem will be studied.
, The statement in the introduction of a research study report—"while children who
have higher asthma control scores tend to have fewer emergency department visits
for asthma exacerbations, it is unclear how nursing interventions can impact these
scores"—represents the:
problem significance.
The statements in the introductory paragraphs of a research report that cite results
of previous studies about a research problem represent the:
problem background.
Which statement is a research purpose for a correlational study?
"This study will use questionnaires and school transcripts to examine the
relationship of dietary habits to grades among school-age children."
The nurse researcher states that a research purpose is to measure the effects of bar
code medication administration on medication errors. This is a study purpose for
which type of research?
Outcomes
Which statement in a study about preoperative education and postoperative
recovery times represents a research question?
