NURSING RESEARCH IN CANADA, 4TH
EDITION (QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS)GRADED A+
1. When a change in nursing practice results in decreased cost of care, what additional
factor must be considered before general implementation of this change?
a. Ensuring compliance of the change by nurses with diverse educational backgrounds
b. Maintaining or improving the quality of care resulting from the change in practice
c. Encouraging patients to be active partners in their health care decisions
d. Disseminating the change beyond the discipline of nursing
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical
practice
2. Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research
process?
a. To identify potential subjects for clinical research studies
b. To assist in collecting accurate data for clinical research studies
c. To teach patients and families about the usefulness of participation in research
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical practice
d. Both advance the knowledge base of nursing.
3. How are nursing theory and nursing research related?
a. Nursing theory and nursing research are independent of each other and have no direct
relationship.
b. Without nursing theory, research conducted by nurses would not have an impact on
nursing practice.
c. Nursing research drives the direction and specific content of nursing theory.
d. Both advance the knowledge base of nursing.
c. Evaluating the credibility of the research findings
,4. Which action demonstrates the role of an intelligent consumer of nursing research?
a. Designing a research study
b. Analyzing data to determine outcomes
c. Evaluating the credibility of the research findings
d. Implementing an intervention found to be effective in a clinical study
a. Protecting human subjects by promoting the ethical principles of research
5. In designating research functions to nursing staff, which of the following functions would
you designate to a staff registered nurse?
a. Protecting human subjects by promoting the ethical principles of research
b. Providing expert consultation about the way in which clinical services are
delivered
c. Developing methods to monitor the quality of nursing practice in the clinical
setting
d. Providing leadership by assisting others in applying scientific knowledge in
nursing practice
c. One role of the registered nurse is to identify issues in clinical practice that are suitable
for research.
6. Which of the following statements regarding the role of the nurse in research is true?
a. Nurses must be prepared at the baccalaureate level or higher to have any role in nursing
research.
b. Master's-prepared nurses (those with MSN, MN, or MS degrees) are primarily responsible
for using the findings of nursing research in clinical practice.
c. One role of the registered nurse is to identify issues in clinical practice that are suitable
for research.
d. Regardless of nursing education, the only nurse who should interpret research findings is
the one who has the most comprehensive understanding of statistical analysis methods.
d. Collecting data systematically on the health status of British soldiers during the
Crimean War
,7. Which of Florence Nightingale's actions formed the foundation for modern-day nursing
research methods?
a. Establishing the St. Thomas Hospital School of Nursing in England
b. Writing the curricula for the nineteenth century nurse training programs
c. Lobbying the British parliament to enact changes in law for better health care
d. Collecting data systematically on the health status of British soldiers during the
Crimean War
a. Nursing education methods and outcomes
8. What was the focus of most nursing research studies conducted during the first half of
the twentieth century?
a. Nursing education methods and outcomes
b. Effects of sanitation on health promotion and disease prevention
c. Use of epidemiology as a method of identifying risk for specific illnesses
d. Identification of the most effective means to disseminate positive findings from
nursing research
c. Recommendation of changes to improve standards of education and practice
9. What was the outcome of the 1932 Weir report?
a. Publication of the Canadian Journal of Nursing
b. Recognition of research as part of the roles and responsibilities of the registered
nurse
c. Recommendation of changes to improve standards of education and practice
d. Establishment of multiple entry levels to the nursing profession
d. Using singular measures to assess phenomena
10. What action or strategy limits the depth of nursing research?
a. Addressing physiological and psychological responses to actual or potential health
problems
b. Employing both qualitative methods and quantitative methods in the same study
c. Developing programs of research that build on prior investigations
d. Using singular measures to assess phenomena
, b. Demonstration of how nursing makes a difference in patient outcomes
1. Which of the following is the overall value of developing evidence- informed nursing
practice?
a. Implementation of the most cost-effective nursing practice patterns
b. Demonstration of how nursing makes a difference in patient outcomes
c. Separation of nursing research from the research of other disciplines
d. Development of new nursing theories
d. By testing innovative and cost-effective patient care delivery models
15. How does an international research perspective contribute to the discipline and science
of nursing?
a. By unifying the definition of the term health
b. By increasing the dissemination potential of research findings
c. By emphasizing the cultural aspects of nursing care
d. By testing innovative and cost-effective patient care delivery models
c. Promotion of excellence in nursing science
16. Which of the following is the identified priority for future nursing research efforts?
a. Improvement in patient quality of life
b. Cost containment of health care delivery
c. Promotion of excellence in nursing science
d. Promotion of advanced education in nursing
D
17. Review the information from four abstracts below and identify which study is an
example of outcome-based research.
a. This study used a school-based community sample (N = 920) to examine trajectories of
depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and expressed anger in the critical years of emerging
adulthood (ages 18-25).
b. To identify reasons for lower organ donation rates by Blacks, knowledge and attitudes
about brain death, donation, and transplantation and trust in the health care system were
examined.
EDITION (QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS)GRADED A+
1. When a change in nursing practice results in decreased cost of care, what additional
factor must be considered before general implementation of this change?
a. Ensuring compliance of the change by nurses with diverse educational backgrounds
b. Maintaining or improving the quality of care resulting from the change in practice
c. Encouraging patients to be active partners in their health care decisions
d. Disseminating the change beyond the discipline of nursing
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical
practice
2. Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research
process?
a. To identify potential subjects for clinical research studies
b. To assist in collecting accurate data for clinical research studies
c. To teach patients and families about the usefulness of participation in research
d. To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical practice
d. Both advance the knowledge base of nursing.
3. How are nursing theory and nursing research related?
a. Nursing theory and nursing research are independent of each other and have no direct
relationship.
b. Without nursing theory, research conducted by nurses would not have an impact on
nursing practice.
c. Nursing research drives the direction and specific content of nursing theory.
d. Both advance the knowledge base of nursing.
c. Evaluating the credibility of the research findings
,4. Which action demonstrates the role of an intelligent consumer of nursing research?
a. Designing a research study
b. Analyzing data to determine outcomes
c. Evaluating the credibility of the research findings
d. Implementing an intervention found to be effective in a clinical study
a. Protecting human subjects by promoting the ethical principles of research
5. In designating research functions to nursing staff, which of the following functions would
you designate to a staff registered nurse?
a. Protecting human subjects by promoting the ethical principles of research
b. Providing expert consultation about the way in which clinical services are
delivered
c. Developing methods to monitor the quality of nursing practice in the clinical
setting
d. Providing leadership by assisting others in applying scientific knowledge in
nursing practice
c. One role of the registered nurse is to identify issues in clinical practice that are suitable
for research.
6. Which of the following statements regarding the role of the nurse in research is true?
a. Nurses must be prepared at the baccalaureate level or higher to have any role in nursing
research.
b. Master's-prepared nurses (those with MSN, MN, or MS degrees) are primarily responsible
for using the findings of nursing research in clinical practice.
c. One role of the registered nurse is to identify issues in clinical practice that are suitable
for research.
d. Regardless of nursing education, the only nurse who should interpret research findings is
the one who has the most comprehensive understanding of statistical analysis methods.
d. Collecting data systematically on the health status of British soldiers during the
Crimean War
,7. Which of Florence Nightingale's actions formed the foundation for modern-day nursing
research methods?
a. Establishing the St. Thomas Hospital School of Nursing in England
b. Writing the curricula for the nineteenth century nurse training programs
c. Lobbying the British parliament to enact changes in law for better health care
d. Collecting data systematically on the health status of British soldiers during the
Crimean War
a. Nursing education methods and outcomes
8. What was the focus of most nursing research studies conducted during the first half of
the twentieth century?
a. Nursing education methods and outcomes
b. Effects of sanitation on health promotion and disease prevention
c. Use of epidemiology as a method of identifying risk for specific illnesses
d. Identification of the most effective means to disseminate positive findings from
nursing research
c. Recommendation of changes to improve standards of education and practice
9. What was the outcome of the 1932 Weir report?
a. Publication of the Canadian Journal of Nursing
b. Recognition of research as part of the roles and responsibilities of the registered
nurse
c. Recommendation of changes to improve standards of education and practice
d. Establishment of multiple entry levels to the nursing profession
d. Using singular measures to assess phenomena
10. What action or strategy limits the depth of nursing research?
a. Addressing physiological and psychological responses to actual or potential health
problems
b. Employing both qualitative methods and quantitative methods in the same study
c. Developing programs of research that build on prior investigations
d. Using singular measures to assess phenomena
, b. Demonstration of how nursing makes a difference in patient outcomes
1. Which of the following is the overall value of developing evidence- informed nursing
practice?
a. Implementation of the most cost-effective nursing practice patterns
b. Demonstration of how nursing makes a difference in patient outcomes
c. Separation of nursing research from the research of other disciplines
d. Development of new nursing theories
d. By testing innovative and cost-effective patient care delivery models
15. How does an international research perspective contribute to the discipline and science
of nursing?
a. By unifying the definition of the term health
b. By increasing the dissemination potential of research findings
c. By emphasizing the cultural aspects of nursing care
d. By testing innovative and cost-effective patient care delivery models
c. Promotion of excellence in nursing science
16. Which of the following is the identified priority for future nursing research efforts?
a. Improvement in patient quality of life
b. Cost containment of health care delivery
c. Promotion of excellence in nursing science
d. Promotion of advanced education in nursing
D
17. Review the information from four abstracts below and identify which study is an
example of outcome-based research.
a. This study used a school-based community sample (N = 920) to examine trajectories of
depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and expressed anger in the critical years of emerging
adulthood (ages 18-25).
b. To identify reasons for lower organ donation rates by Blacks, knowledge and attitudes
about brain death, donation, and transplantation and trust in the health care system were
examined.
