,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-
Based Practice
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
a. A combination of best research
evidence, clinical expertise, and
the needs and values of patients.
b. A determination of the factors
necessary to control patient
responses to care.
c. The development of population
care guidelines applicable to all
patients.
d. The utilization of quantitative
and qualitative studies to
enhance patient outcomes.
ANS: A
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
REF: p. 3
2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed
babies as part of a larger research study. Which research method will
the nurse use when collecting data for this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: B
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 6
3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying
the number of obese adults whose parents were also obese or
overweight. Which research method is being used in this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
, ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action
plan is compared among groups of adolescents who received different
asthma education. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: C
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 7
5. A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff
nurses may indicate relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this,
the nurse manager will employ which method of study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data
collection and statistical analysis during the Crimean War?
a. Bringing awareness of the rigors
of war to the general public.
b. Developing a process for
statistical analysis and nursing
documentation.
c. Identifying and defining the role
of nurses in modern health care.
d. Using clinical research to
evaluate the importance of
sanitation, clean drinking water,
and adequate nutrition.
ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 11
, 7. The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two
different pain management protocols are used with randomly assigned
patients to measure differences in postoperative recovery time. Which
method of study is this?
a. Control
b. Correlation
c. Description
d. Explanation
ANS: A
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 8
8. The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late
1960s and 1970s served to:
a. determine the effectiveness of
nursing interventions.
b. establish the concept of
evidence-based practice.
c. provide funding for nursing
research.
d. provide direction for nursing
research.
ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: pp. 11-12
9. Under Ada Sue Hinshaw, the National Institute of Nursing Research
(NINR) began to change its focus to:
a. funding nursing rather than
medical research.
b. evaluating outcomes rather than
process studies.
c. increasing the status and funding
for nursing research.
d. supporting the dissemination of
nursing research.
ANS: C
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
REF: pp. 12-13
Based Practice
Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
a. A combination of best research
evidence, clinical expertise, and
the needs and values of patients.
b. A determination of the factors
necessary to control patient
responses to care.
c. The development of population
care guidelines applicable to all
patients.
d. The utilization of quantitative
and qualitative studies to
enhance patient outcomes.
ANS: A
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
REF: p. 3
2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed
babies as part of a larger research study. Which research method will
the nurse use when collecting data for this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: B
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 6
3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying
the number of obese adults whose parents were also obese or
overweight. Which research method is being used in this study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
, ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action
plan is compared among groups of adolescents who received different
asthma education. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: C
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 7
5. A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff
nurses may indicate relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this,
the nurse manager will employ which method of study?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8
6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data
collection and statistical analysis during the Crimean War?
a. Bringing awareness of the rigors
of war to the general public.
b. Developing a process for
statistical analysis and nursing
documentation.
c. Identifying and defining the role
of nurses in modern health care.
d. Using clinical research to
evaluate the importance of
sanitation, clean drinking water,
and adequate nutrition.
ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: p. 11
, 7. The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two
different pain management protocols are used with randomly assigned
patients to measure differences in postoperative recovery time. Which
method of study is this?
a. Control
b. Correlation
c. Description
d. Explanation
ANS: A
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: p. 8
8. The development of nursing theories and conceptual models in the late
1960s and 1970s served to:
a. determine the effectiveness of
nursing interventions.
b. establish the concept of
evidence-based practice.
c. provide funding for nursing
research.
d. provide direction for nursing
research.
ANS: D
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: pp. 11-12
9. Under Ada Sue Hinshaw, the National Institute of Nursing Research
(NINR) began to change its focus to:
a. funding nursing rather than
medical research.
b. evaluating outcomes rather than
process studies.
c. increasing the status and funding
for nursing research.
d. supporting the dissemination of
nursing research.
ANS: C
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (Knowledge)
REF: pp. 12-13
