NURS 257 Practice Exam Questions and Answers |
2025/2026 Update | 100% Correct
What research topic would most likely be studied through a qualitative?
a) the meaning of health among Kenyan children with cancer
b) Exercise effects on fatigue and emotional distress during radiation therapy for breast
cancer
c) Change in pain scores in older adults during rehab after hip fracture
d) The relationship of perceived HIV/AIDS risk and willingness to interact with individual
with HIV/AIDS
A
Select the answers that most accurately describe the responsibilities of the baccalaureate
nurse graduate as a participant in the nursing research process (Select all that apply)
a) Designing and conducting research protocols
b) Providing leadership by helping others apply scientific knowledge to practice
c) Sharing research findings with colleagues that are pertinent to practice
d) Administering care at the bedside according to a research protocol
B, C, D
Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research
process?
,A. To be able to evaluate research for its relevance to clinical practice
B. To identify potential subjects for clinical research studies
C. To teach patients and families the usefulness of consenting to participate in research
D. To assist as accurate data collectors in clinical research studies
A.
How can a nurse researcher decide whether to use a qualitative or quantitative research
design?
A. By recognizing that the main research goal is to test the effectiveness of at reattempt for
a specific illness or condition
B. By recognizing that the basis for all qualitative interactions is the belief that the human
experience can be measured and quantified mathematically
C. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research methods is the study of human
experiences that occur within the person's natural setting
D. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research is measuring human characteristics
such as height, blood pressure, or pain
C
Ethnographic research focuses on:
A. use of etic perspectives in studying individual human behavior
B. trying to understand cultures from an emic perspective
, C. using techniques that generate theory about how people deal with life situation s
D. gathering data about lived experiences of individuals
B
The nurse decides to hold a patient's regularly scheduled extended-release morphine (MS-
Contin) because the patient is sleeping. Last week, another patient on the unit was
intubated due to severe respiratory compromise resulting from a high dose of intravenous
morphine. The nurse is now worried that her patient may develop respiratory depression if
she administers the MS-Contin. What knowledge source has influenced the nurse's decision
to hold the MS-Contin?
A. personal experience
B. Authority
C. Tradition
D. Intuition
A. Personal experience
The nurse researcher is conducting a research study using a dozen subjects who were
interviewed regarding their experience with postpartum depression. The researcher opts
for a qualitative research design. What would be the most accurate rationale for the
researcher choosing this type of design?
A. Qualitative research seeks to understand the human experience.
B. Qualitative research seeks to explain cause and effect relationships between variables
2025/2026 Update | 100% Correct
What research topic would most likely be studied through a qualitative?
a) the meaning of health among Kenyan children with cancer
b) Exercise effects on fatigue and emotional distress during radiation therapy for breast
cancer
c) Change in pain scores in older adults during rehab after hip fracture
d) The relationship of perceived HIV/AIDS risk and willingness to interact with individual
with HIV/AIDS
A
Select the answers that most accurately describe the responsibilities of the baccalaureate
nurse graduate as a participant in the nursing research process (Select all that apply)
a) Designing and conducting research protocols
b) Providing leadership by helping others apply scientific knowledge to practice
c) Sharing research findings with colleagues that are pertinent to practice
d) Administering care at the bedside according to a research protocol
B, C, D
Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research
process?
,A. To be able to evaluate research for its relevance to clinical practice
B. To identify potential subjects for clinical research studies
C. To teach patients and families the usefulness of consenting to participate in research
D. To assist as accurate data collectors in clinical research studies
A.
How can a nurse researcher decide whether to use a qualitative or quantitative research
design?
A. By recognizing that the main research goal is to test the effectiveness of at reattempt for
a specific illness or condition
B. By recognizing that the basis for all qualitative interactions is the belief that the human
experience can be measured and quantified mathematically
C. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research methods is the study of human
experiences that occur within the person's natural setting
D. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research is measuring human characteristics
such as height, blood pressure, or pain
C
Ethnographic research focuses on:
A. use of etic perspectives in studying individual human behavior
B. trying to understand cultures from an emic perspective
, C. using techniques that generate theory about how people deal with life situation s
D. gathering data about lived experiences of individuals
B
The nurse decides to hold a patient's regularly scheduled extended-release morphine (MS-
Contin) because the patient is sleeping. Last week, another patient on the unit was
intubated due to severe respiratory compromise resulting from a high dose of intravenous
morphine. The nurse is now worried that her patient may develop respiratory depression if
she administers the MS-Contin. What knowledge source has influenced the nurse's decision
to hold the MS-Contin?
A. personal experience
B. Authority
C. Tradition
D. Intuition
A. Personal experience
The nurse researcher is conducting a research study using a dozen subjects who were
interviewed regarding their experience with postpartum depression. The researcher opts
for a qualitative research design. What would be the most accurate rationale for the
researcher choosing this type of design?
A. Qualitative research seeks to understand the human experience.
B. Qualitative research seeks to explain cause and effect relationships between variables
