9780323757621Test Bank for Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research 9th Edition
by Gray
-TEST-BANK
Economics (European School of Economics)
Eric muthoni
, Nurse eric muthoni
Chapter 02: Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based
Nursing Practice Gray: Burns and Grove’s The Practice of Nursing
Research, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In which way did Florence Nightingale contribute most substantially
to evidence-based practice?
a.
She conducted outcomes research about the power of nursing for creating
change.
b.
She was the first woman elected to the Royal Statistical Society.
c.
She collected and analyzed data that changed the care of hospitalized
soldiers.
d.
She calculated mortality rates under varying conditions.
ANS: C
Nightingale collected data on soldier morbidity and mortality rates and the
factors influencing them and presented her results in tables and pie
charts, a sophisticated type of data presentation for the period.
Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational,
and social changes. She changed the attitudes of the military and society
toward the care of the sick. The military began to view the sick as having
the right to adequate food, suitable quarters, and appropriate medical
treatment, which greatly reduced the mortality rate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
2. If a nurse manager wants to study how well last year’s policies governing
implementation of a “bundle” of interventions to prevent cross-
contamination of MRSA has been working in the manager’s units, which of
the following strategies would the manager be most likely to use?
a.
Outcomes research
b.
Mixed methods research
c.
Ethnographic research
d.
Experimental research
ANS: A
Outcomes research emerged as an important methodology for
documenting the effectiveness of healthcare services in the 1980s and
1990s. This type of research evolved from the quality assessment and
quality assurance functions that originated with the professional
standards review organizations (PSROs) in 1972. During the 1980s,
William Roper, the director of the Health Care Finance Administration
(HCFA), promoted outcomes research for determining the quality and
cost-effectiveness of patient care. Mixed methods research is conducted
when the study problem and purpose are best addressed using both
quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Ethnography
attempts to tell the story of people’s daily lives while describing the
culture in which they live. Experimental research is an objective,
systematic, controlled investigation conducted for the purpose of
predicting and controlling phenomena. This type of research examines
causality through rigorous control of variables.
Nurse eric muthoni
, Nurse eric muthoni
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
3. A researcher publishes a paper describing and explaining how faith,
pain, adherence to therapy, and meditation interact during the
rehabilitation process. The description of the process is based on many
interviews the researcher conducted with persons during and following
rehabilitation experiences. Which type of methodology did this research
employ?
Nurse eric muthoni
by Gray
-TEST-BANK
Economics (European School of Economics)
Eric muthoni
, Nurse eric muthoni
Chapter 02: Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based
Nursing Practice Gray: Burns and Grove’s The Practice of Nursing
Research, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In which way did Florence Nightingale contribute most substantially
to evidence-based practice?
a.
She conducted outcomes research about the power of nursing for creating
change.
b.
She was the first woman elected to the Royal Statistical Society.
c.
She collected and analyzed data that changed the care of hospitalized
soldiers.
d.
She calculated mortality rates under varying conditions.
ANS: C
Nightingale collected data on soldier morbidity and mortality rates and the
factors influencing them and presented her results in tables and pie
charts, a sophisticated type of data presentation for the period.
Nightingale’s research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational,
and social changes. She changed the attitudes of the military and society
toward the care of the sick. The military began to view the sick as having
the right to adequate food, suitable quarters, and appropriate medical
treatment, which greatly reduced the mortality rate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
2. If a nurse manager wants to study how well last year’s policies governing
implementation of a “bundle” of interventions to prevent cross-
contamination of MRSA has been working in the manager’s units, which of
the following strategies would the manager be most likely to use?
a.
Outcomes research
b.
Mixed methods research
c.
Ethnographic research
d.
Experimental research
ANS: A
Outcomes research emerged as an important methodology for
documenting the effectiveness of healthcare services in the 1980s and
1990s. This type of research evolved from the quality assessment and
quality assurance functions that originated with the professional
standards review organizations (PSROs) in 1972. During the 1980s,
William Roper, the director of the Health Care Finance Administration
(HCFA), promoted outcomes research for determining the quality and
cost-effectiveness of patient care. Mixed methods research is conducted
when the study problem and purpose are best addressed using both
quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Ethnography
attempts to tell the story of people’s daily lives while describing the
culture in which they live. Experimental research is an objective,
systematic, controlled investigation conducted for the purpose of
predicting and controlling phenomena. This type of research examines
causality through rigorous control of variables.
Nurse eric muthoni
, Nurse eric muthoni
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
3. A researcher publishes a paper describing and explaining how faith,
pain, adherence to therapy, and meditation interact during the
rehabilitation process. The description of the process is based on many
interviews the researcher conducted with persons during and following
rehabilitation experiences. Which type of methodology did this research
employ?
Nurse eric muthoni
