Test Bank for Understanding Nursing Research 8th Edition by Grove & Gray

TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING NURSING
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RESEARCH,8TH EDITION, SUSAN GROVE, JENNIFER
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GRAY (ALL CHAPTERS) LATEST 2024
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, Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its Importance in Building
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anEvidence-Based Practice
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Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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1. Which statement best describes evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs
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b. A determination of the factors necessary to control hospital client responses to
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c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all hospital clients
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance hospital client outcomes
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Reasoning:->>>Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr


researchevidence with clinical expertise and hospital client needs and values. Studies
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that attempt to find determinants ofhospital client outcomes are generally experimental
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or quasi-experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it.
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EBP is a combination of guidelines and specifichospital client needs and values.
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Quantitative and qualitative studies appliedto the evaluation of hospital client outcomes
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are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
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2. The RN is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger
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tr research study. Which researN RethIod will
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nursingphenomena and therelationships among these phenomena. Control can be
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described as theability to write a prescription to produce the desired results. Explanation
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clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given
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situation.
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3. The RN is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese
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adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used
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inthis study?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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estimated in a given situation. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults
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who were obese, the probability of predicting this may be calculated. Control indicates
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the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce the desired results. Description
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involvesidentifying andunderstanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the
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relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships among
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phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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4. The RN reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among
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groups of young adults who received different asthma education. Which research method
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doesthis represent?
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a. Control
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c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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why certain events occur. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to
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produce the desired results. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature
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ofnursing phenomenaand the relationships among these phenomena. Through prediction,
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the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this, the RN manager will employ
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whichmethod of study?
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a. Control
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estimatedin a given situation. Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention
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to producethe desiredresults. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature
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of nursingphenomenaand the relationships among these phenomena. Explanation clarifies
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the relationships amongphenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and
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statisticalanalysis during the Crimean War?
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a. Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public in relation to
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carepractices
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c. Identifying and defining the role of RNs in modern primary care tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr


d. Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water,
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Reasoning:->>>Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, tr tr tr tr tr tr tr


and social changes, including the military’s approach to the care of the sick and society’s
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sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation, and preventing
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starvation to decrease morbidityand mortality rates. Bringing awareness of the rigors of
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war to the public, developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentation,
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and identifying and defining the role of RNs in modern primary care were not the most
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importantresults.
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7. The RN participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain management
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protocols are used with randomly assigned hospital clients to measure differences in
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postoperative recovery time. Which method of study is this?
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a. Control
b. Correlation
c. Description
d. Explanation
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thedesired results. Correlation examines the relationships between different phenomena.
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Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena
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andthe relationships amongthese phenomena. Explanation clarifies the relationships
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among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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of RNs’ decision-making processesregarding reporting a medical error. Which research method
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does this represent?
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e. Control
f. Description
g. Explanation
h. Prediction
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nursingphenomena and therelationships among these phenomena. Control can be
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described as theability to write a prescription to produce the desired results. Explanation
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clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
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Through prediction, the probability of aspecific outcome can be estimated in a given
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situation.
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8. The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late 1960s and
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1970sserved to
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a. determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions. tr tr tr tr tr


b. establish the concept of evidence-based practice. tr tr tr tr tr


c. provide funding for nursing research. tr tr tr tr


d. provide direction for nursing research. tr tr tr tr