NURS 500 TESTBANK 2024. COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT WITH RATIONALES.

Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Nursing ResearchTest Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence-based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse Develops evidence-based guidelines Designs research studies, on which protocols may be based Evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols Contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development ANS: D Nurses with a BSN degree have knowledge of the research process and skills in reading andcritically appraising studies. They assist with the implementation of evidence-based guidelines, protocols, algorithms, and policies in practice. This implies that nurses provide their point of view, from the clinician’s vantage, when new protocols are being put into practice, and continue to provide feedback, regarding the positive and negative aspects of those protocols. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: Page 4 Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital, in order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ levelof orientation will not be a focus of the research.) This type of study can do which of the following? Control Describe Explain Predict ANS: A Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descriptioninvolves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, therelationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely. DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 13 A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a pediatric ward will require more hours of nursing care than average children when the parentsor caregivers are not present. What type of research outcome does this provide? Control Description Explantation Prediction ANS: D Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Descriptioninvolves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, therelationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The researcher’s focus is on predicting what is likely. DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 16 A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between requiring thatall children under the age of 8 will ride in special care harnesses and the subsequent rate of children’s spinal cord injury will consequently utilize which form of nursing research? Descriptive research Outcomes research Qualitative research Quantitative research ANS: D Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective, systematic methodology to describe variables, test relationships, and examine causeand-effect interactions. Quantitative research includes experimental research, which is the method for testing cause-and-effect relationships between and among specific variables. Qualitative research methods are used for explaining meanings and describing experiences in context. Descriptive research involves identifying and understanding the nature of phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of carein huge populations, most often retrospectively, using a database. DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 3 Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU neuro patient remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the monitor is on the same level as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the physician, who comesto the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of reasoning prompts the nurse to recalibrate, ensure proper placement, and check connections? Abstract reasoning Concrete thinking