NUR351 Exam 2 Study Guide | 2025-2026 Updated Nursing Exam
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A nurse is completing a literature review. The nurse has several ideas
for a focus, but has not nailed down a specific topic to examine.
Which step would be most helpful to follow at this stage of the
process?
a. Screen and read articles
b. Formulate a clear research question
c. Retrieve and print source materials
d. Review abstracts for articles - Answer-b. Formulate a clear research
question
A nurse is trying to produce the best results possible using keyword
searches. What is an appropriate tip to provide in order to achieve this
goal? (select all that apply)
a. Create an abstract
b. Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators)
c. Use wildcard characters
d. Evaluate and analyse studies
e. Create a presentation to summarize results - Answer-b, c
A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and asks
questions such as, "What is the pattern of evidence", "How much
evidence is there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?". The nurse
is in what stage of the literature review process?
a. Devise a search study
b. Formulate and refine primary and secondary questions
c. Read and screen sources
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,d. Evaluate and analyse the studies - Answer-d. Evaluate and analyse
the studies
When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the
most reliable way to identify new scholarly references?
a. Change topics and use new key search terms
b. Review materials in commercial websites
c. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed
d. Search novel internet websites for up-to-date information - Answer-
c. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed
Primary sources are those conducted directly with patients or sample
groups. which of the following are considered primary sources?
(select all that apply)
a. Randomized control trial
b. Textbook
c. Nonrandomized control trial
d. Expert opinion
e. Systematic review - Answer-a, c, e
When conducting a literature review, a researcher should use mostly
primary sources in order to ensure the quality of the evidence used to
support the study is strong and relevant.
a. True
b. False - Answer-a. True
Secondary sources can be substituted for primary sources when
conducting a literature review if the researcher does not have enough
time or resources to find primary sources.
a. True
b. False - Answer-b. False
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,A nurse researcher reviews the literature on fall prevention on the
hospital medical surgical unit. What type of literature presents the
strongest evidence for practice?
a. Expert opinion
b. Experimental study
c. Descriptive study
d. Case study - Answer-b. Experimental study
A nurse researcher differentiates between primary and secondary
sources of literature. Which source would be considered primary?
a. A quick reference guide on care of the client with heart failure
b. The research report of a clinical trial in a research journal
c. An article written by clinical experts on how to care for heart
failure clients
d. A chapter in a textbook on orthopaedic nursing - Answer-b. The
research report of a clinical trial in a research journal
A nurse researcher learns to identify secondary sources in the
literature. Which source would be considered secondary?
a. Meta-analysis
b. Literature review
c. Meta-synthesis
d. Randomized controlled trail - Answer-b. Literature review
When conducting a literature review, a nurse researcher locates a
systematic review that includes quantitative studies. This design is
considered a high-level, primary source because it:
a. supplements searches that have not yielded adequate research
results
b. provides brief summaries of expert opinion articles and research
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, c. primarily summarizes qualitative research studies
d. follows a predetermined and rigorous research method of analysis -
Answer-d. follows a predetermined and rigorous
The nurse reviews the Sources of Evidence Pyramid. Rank order the
list of types of evidence from top (highest level) to bottom) lowest
level
a. Quasi-experimental study
b. Randomized controlled trial
c. Case report
d. Single qualitative study
e. Systematic review
- Answer-1. Systematic review
2. Randomized controlled trial
3. Quasi-experimental study
4. Single qualitative study
5. Case report
A nurse researcher is interested in finding information about
pancreatic cancer on the electronic database. One of the first tasks she
must undertake to begin the database search for desired information
is:
a. Select key words
b. Document search decisions
c. Read study abstracts
d. Identify references - Answer-a. Select key words
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Questions and Verified Correct Answers with Clear Explanations,
Perfect for Exam Prep/NURS 351 Exam 2|Latest Version!!!
A nurse is completing a literature review. The nurse has several ideas
for a focus, but has not nailed down a specific topic to examine.
Which step would be most helpful to follow at this stage of the
process?
a. Screen and read articles
b. Formulate a clear research question
c. Retrieve and print source materials
d. Review abstracts for articles - Answer-b. Formulate a clear research
question
A nurse is trying to produce the best results possible using keyword
searches. What is an appropriate tip to provide in order to achieve this
goal? (select all that apply)
a. Create an abstract
b. Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators)
c. Use wildcard characters
d. Evaluate and analyse studies
e. Create a presentation to summarize results - Answer-b, c
A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and asks
questions such as, "What is the pattern of evidence", "How much
evidence is there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?". The nurse
is in what stage of the literature review process?
a. Devise a search study
b. Formulate and refine primary and secondary questions
c. Read and screen sources
pg. 1
,d. Evaluate and analyse the studies - Answer-d. Evaluate and analyse
the studies
When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the
most reliable way to identify new scholarly references?
a. Change topics and use new key search terms
b. Review materials in commercial websites
c. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed
d. Search novel internet websites for up-to-date information - Answer-
c. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed
Primary sources are those conducted directly with patients or sample
groups. which of the following are considered primary sources?
(select all that apply)
a. Randomized control trial
b. Textbook
c. Nonrandomized control trial
d. Expert opinion
e. Systematic review - Answer-a, c, e
When conducting a literature review, a researcher should use mostly
primary sources in order to ensure the quality of the evidence used to
support the study is strong and relevant.
a. True
b. False - Answer-a. True
Secondary sources can be substituted for primary sources when
conducting a literature review if the researcher does not have enough
time or resources to find primary sources.
a. True
b. False - Answer-b. False
pg. 2
,A nurse researcher reviews the literature on fall prevention on the
hospital medical surgical unit. What type of literature presents the
strongest evidence for practice?
a. Expert opinion
b. Experimental study
c. Descriptive study
d. Case study - Answer-b. Experimental study
A nurse researcher differentiates between primary and secondary
sources of literature. Which source would be considered primary?
a. A quick reference guide on care of the client with heart failure
b. The research report of a clinical trial in a research journal
c. An article written by clinical experts on how to care for heart
failure clients
d. A chapter in a textbook on orthopaedic nursing - Answer-b. The
research report of a clinical trial in a research journal
A nurse researcher learns to identify secondary sources in the
literature. Which source would be considered secondary?
a. Meta-analysis
b. Literature review
c. Meta-synthesis
d. Randomized controlled trail - Answer-b. Literature review
When conducting a literature review, a nurse researcher locates a
systematic review that includes quantitative studies. This design is
considered a high-level, primary source because it:
a. supplements searches that have not yielded adequate research
results
b. provides brief summaries of expert opinion articles and research
pg. 3
, c. primarily summarizes qualitative research studies
d. follows a predetermined and rigorous research method of analysis -
Answer-d. follows a predetermined and rigorous
The nurse reviews the Sources of Evidence Pyramid. Rank order the
list of types of evidence from top (highest level) to bottom) lowest
level
a. Quasi-experimental study
b. Randomized controlled trial
c. Case report
d. Single qualitative study
e. Systematic review
- Answer-1. Systematic review
2. Randomized controlled trial
3. Quasi-experimental study
4. Single qualitative study
5. Case report
A nurse researcher is interested in finding information about
pancreatic cancer on the electronic database. One of the first tasks she
must undertake to begin the database search for desired information
is:
a. Select key words
b. Document search decisions
c. Read study abstracts
d. Identify references - Answer-a. Select key words
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