NURSING RESEARCH: EXAM 1
(PRACTICE QUESTIONS) 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
Meta-Analysis
The nurse intends to use specific quantitative statistical methods that will allow conclusions to be
drawn. What is the best systematic review to choose?
Procedure section
To locate legal ethical issues of a qualitative research study, where would you look?
Relevance of the study to nursing practice
What can the nurse determine by reading the abstract, introduction, major headings, and
conclusions?
Read and study the entire report, seeking assistance for unclear content
How can a nurse achieve a comprehensive understanding of any research report?
The selection is done based on the research question and how much research has been done
How does a researcher choose which type of research method to use?
,It is the process of critically evaluating a research report's content for scientific merit and
application to practice
What does it mean to critique a research report/article?
Quality
When the nurse is critiquing a research report/article to support a change in nursing practice and
looking for the extent to which the studies' designs, implementation, and analyses minimized
bias, the nurse is critiquing what, related to the body of evidence?
Abstract
A short, comprehensive synopsis or summary of a study at the beginning of the article is called
the _____
B. Provides evidence to optimize patient outcomes
What is the most important reason the average consumer of health care (patient) should be
concerned about nursing research? Nursing research...
A. Supports that the government is putting all tax dollars to good use
B. Provides evidence to optimize patient outcomes
C. Supports hospitals that desire to become accredited
D. Justifies the cost of services when patients are paying their medical bills
,A. Research provides the nurse with evidence-based knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions
Why should the registered nurse at the bedside be concerned about research for the delivery of
quality nursing care?
A. Research provides the nurse with evidence-based knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions
B. It only takes once small study to change nursing practice dramatically
C. Traditional nursing care is no longer appropriate for twenty-first century nursing
D. It allows the nurse to stay in his/her comfort zone, using the same information that seems to
have provided good care
B. At the end of the literature review section
A nurse researcher is searching for the purpose of a study in a research report. Where is the most
likely place to find the purpose in the report?
A. At the end of the research design section
B. At the end of the literature review section
C. At the end of the sampling section
D. At the end of the conclusion section
B. Evidence based practice
, What is the most accurate term for making patient are decisions on the basis of research
findings?
A. Critical reflection
B. Evidence based practice
C. Applied research
D. Research implications
When they use quantitative methodology, bias is evident in the research design, and each study
uses small samples of subjects
When does scientific evidence influence a change in nursing practice?
2
An experimental study in which subjects were randomly selected is an example of what level of
study?
Experience of mother child bonding in inner city populations
Which study title indicates use of qualitative methodology?
Protect the rights of research participants
The purpose of an institutional review board is to...
(PRACTICE QUESTIONS) 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
Meta-Analysis
The nurse intends to use specific quantitative statistical methods that will allow conclusions to be
drawn. What is the best systematic review to choose?
Procedure section
To locate legal ethical issues of a qualitative research study, where would you look?
Relevance of the study to nursing practice
What can the nurse determine by reading the abstract, introduction, major headings, and
conclusions?
Read and study the entire report, seeking assistance for unclear content
How can a nurse achieve a comprehensive understanding of any research report?
The selection is done based on the research question and how much research has been done
How does a researcher choose which type of research method to use?
,It is the process of critically evaluating a research report's content for scientific merit and
application to practice
What does it mean to critique a research report/article?
Quality
When the nurse is critiquing a research report/article to support a change in nursing practice and
looking for the extent to which the studies' designs, implementation, and analyses minimized
bias, the nurse is critiquing what, related to the body of evidence?
Abstract
A short, comprehensive synopsis or summary of a study at the beginning of the article is called
the _____
B. Provides evidence to optimize patient outcomes
What is the most important reason the average consumer of health care (patient) should be
concerned about nursing research? Nursing research...
A. Supports that the government is putting all tax dollars to good use
B. Provides evidence to optimize patient outcomes
C. Supports hospitals that desire to become accredited
D. Justifies the cost of services when patients are paying their medical bills
,A. Research provides the nurse with evidence-based knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions
Why should the registered nurse at the bedside be concerned about research for the delivery of
quality nursing care?
A. Research provides the nurse with evidence-based knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions
B. It only takes once small study to change nursing practice dramatically
C. Traditional nursing care is no longer appropriate for twenty-first century nursing
D. It allows the nurse to stay in his/her comfort zone, using the same information that seems to
have provided good care
B. At the end of the literature review section
A nurse researcher is searching for the purpose of a study in a research report. Where is the most
likely place to find the purpose in the report?
A. At the end of the research design section
B. At the end of the literature review section
C. At the end of the sampling section
D. At the end of the conclusion section
B. Evidence based practice
, What is the most accurate term for making patient are decisions on the basis of research
findings?
A. Critical reflection
B. Evidence based practice
C. Applied research
D. Research implications
When they use quantitative methodology, bias is evident in the research design, and each study
uses small samples of subjects
When does scientific evidence influence a change in nursing practice?
2
An experimental study in which subjects were randomly selected is an example of what level of
study?
Experience of mother child bonding in inner city populations
Which study title indicates use of qualitative methodology?
Protect the rights of research participants
The purpose of an institutional review board is to...
