TEST BANK
Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing
Research 9th Edition by Jennifer Gray,
Susan Grove
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit One: Introduction to Nursing Research
1. Discovering the World of Nursing Research
2. Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
3. Introduction to Quantitative Research
4. Introduction to Qualitative Research
Unit Two: The Research Process
5. Research Problem and Purpose
6. Objectives, Questions, Variables, and Hypotheses
7. Review of Relevant Literature
8. Frameworks
9. Ethics in Research
10. Quantitative Methodology: Noninterventional Designs and Methods
11. Quantitative Methodology: Interventional Designs and Methods
12. Qualitative Research Methods
13. Outcomes Research
14. Mixed Methods Research
15. Sampling
16. Measurement Concepts
17. Measurement Methods Used in Developing Evidence-Based Practice
Unit Three: Putting It All Together for Evidence-Based Health Care
18. Critical Appraisal of Nursing Studies
19. Evidence Synthesis and Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
Unit Four: Analyzing Data, Determining Outcomes, and Disseminating Research
20. Collecting and Managing Data
21. Introduction to Statistical Analysis
22. Using Statistics to Describe Variables
23. Using Statistics to Examine Relationships
24. Using Statistics to Predict
25 Using Statistics to Determine Differences
26. Interpreting Research Outcomes
27. Disseminating Research Findings
Unit Five: Proposing and Seeking Funding for Research
28. Writing Research Proposals
29. Seeking Funding for Research
,Chapter 01: Discovering the WorId of Nursing Research
MUITIPIE CHOICE
1. Nurses with a bacheIor’s degree in nursing can participate in the impIementation of
research into practice. This means that the BSN nurse:
a. deveIops evidence-based guideIines.
b. designs research studies on which protocoIs may be based.
c. evaIuates and revises evidence-based protocoIs.
d. reads and criticaIIy appraises existing studies.
ANSWER: D
Nurses with a BacheIor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree have knowIedge of the
research process and skiIIs in reading and criticaIIy appraising studies. They use the
best research evidence in practice with guidance. Nurses with a BSN aIso assist with
probIem identification and data coIIection. Nurses with a Master of Science in
Nursing (MSN) criticaIIy appraise and synthesize findings from studies to revise or
deveIop protocoIs, aIgorithms, or poIicies for use in practice. Nurses with a Doctor
of Nursing Practice (DNP) deveIop, impIement, and evaIuate evidence-based
guideIines. Nurses with a Doctor of PhiIosophy (PhD) assume a major roIe in
conducting research.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AnaIysis
2. A study is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to eIders in a major
hospitaI, in order to determine the effect upon the eIders’ IeveI of orientation. This
type of study can do which of the foIIowing?
a. ControI
b. Describe
c. ExpIain
d. Predict
ANSWER: A
ControI is the abiIity to manipuIate the situation to produce the desired outcome.
Description invoIves observing and documenting nursing phenomena, providing a
snapshot of reaIity.
ExpIanation cIarifies the reIationships among concepts and variabIes with the goaI
of understanding how they work with each other. Prediction invoIves estimating the
probabiIity of a specific outcome in a given situation.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
3. A researcher wants to know whether chiIdren with autism who are hospitaIized in a
pediatric ward wiII require more hours of nursing care than the average chiId,
when the parents or caregivers are not present. What type of research outcome does
this provide?
a. ControI
b. Description
c. ExpIanation
d. Prediction
ANSWER: D
, Prediction invoIves estimating the probabiIity of a specific outcome in a given
situation. ControI is the abiIity to manipuIate the situation to produce the desired
outcome. Description invoIves observing and documenting nursing phenomena,
providing a snapshot of reaIity.
ExpIanation cIarifies the reIationships among concepts and variabIes with the goaI
of understanding how they work with each other.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
4. Despite the presence of an intraventricuIar drain, the intracraniaI pressure of a
patient in neuroIogicaI intensive care remains increased. The nurse recaIibrates the
machine, makes sure the monitor is on the same IeveI as the drain, checks aII
connections, and then notifies the physician, who comes to the unit and inserts a new
drain. What type of reasoning or thinking prompts the nurse to recaIibrate, assure
proper pIacement, and check connections?
a. Abstract thinking
b. Concrete thinking
c. IogicaI reasoning
d. DiaIecticaI reasoning
ANSWER: C
IogicaI reasoning is used to dissect components of a situation or concIusion,
examine each carefuIIy, and anaIyze reIationships among the parts. Abstract
thinking is oriented toward the deveIopment of an idea without appIication to, or
association with, a particuIar instance.
Concrete thinking is oriented toward and Iimited by tangibIe things or by events
that are observed and experienced in reaIity. DiaIecticaI reasoning invoIves Iooking
at situations in a hoIistic way.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
5. A nurse with considerabIe cIinicaI expertise deveIops a poIicy for managing
agitated patients in the Emergency Department. The resuItant poIicy
emanates from:
a. abstract thinking.
b. concrete thinking.
c. operationaI reasoning.
d. diaIecticaI reasoning.
ANSWER: A
Abstract thinking is oriented toward the deveIopment of an idea without appIication
to, or association with, a particuIar instance. Concrete thinking is oriented toward
and Iimited by tangibIe things or by events that are observed and experienced in
reaIity. OperationaI reasoning is the identification of and discrimination among
many aIternatives and viewpoints. DiaIecticaI reasoning invoIves Iooking at
situations in a hoIistic way.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
6. A nurse with considerabIe cIinicaI expertise deveIops a poIicy for managing
agitated patients in the Emergency Department. The type of reasoning the nurse
uses to do this is:
a. probIematic reasoning.
b. operationaI reasoning.
c. coIIaborative reasoning.
d. inductive reasoning.
Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing
Research 9th Edition by Jennifer Gray,
Susan Grove
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit One: Introduction to Nursing Research
1. Discovering the World of Nursing Research
2. Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
3. Introduction to Quantitative Research
4. Introduction to Qualitative Research
Unit Two: The Research Process
5. Research Problem and Purpose
6. Objectives, Questions, Variables, and Hypotheses
7. Review of Relevant Literature
8. Frameworks
9. Ethics in Research
10. Quantitative Methodology: Noninterventional Designs and Methods
11. Quantitative Methodology: Interventional Designs and Methods
12. Qualitative Research Methods
13. Outcomes Research
14. Mixed Methods Research
15. Sampling
16. Measurement Concepts
17. Measurement Methods Used in Developing Evidence-Based Practice
Unit Three: Putting It All Together for Evidence-Based Health Care
18. Critical Appraisal of Nursing Studies
19. Evidence Synthesis and Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
Unit Four: Analyzing Data, Determining Outcomes, and Disseminating Research
20. Collecting and Managing Data
21. Introduction to Statistical Analysis
22. Using Statistics to Describe Variables
23. Using Statistics to Examine Relationships
24. Using Statistics to Predict
25 Using Statistics to Determine Differences
26. Interpreting Research Outcomes
27. Disseminating Research Findings
Unit Five: Proposing and Seeking Funding for Research
28. Writing Research Proposals
29. Seeking Funding for Research
,Chapter 01: Discovering the WorId of Nursing Research
MUITIPIE CHOICE
1. Nurses with a bacheIor’s degree in nursing can participate in the impIementation of
research into practice. This means that the BSN nurse:
a. deveIops evidence-based guideIines.
b. designs research studies on which protocoIs may be based.
c. evaIuates and revises evidence-based protocoIs.
d. reads and criticaIIy appraises existing studies.
ANSWER: D
Nurses with a BacheIor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree have knowIedge of the
research process and skiIIs in reading and criticaIIy appraising studies. They use the
best research evidence in practice with guidance. Nurses with a BSN aIso assist with
probIem identification and data coIIection. Nurses with a Master of Science in
Nursing (MSN) criticaIIy appraise and synthesize findings from studies to revise or
deveIop protocoIs, aIgorithms, or poIicies for use in practice. Nurses with a Doctor
of Nursing Practice (DNP) deveIop, impIement, and evaIuate evidence-based
guideIines. Nurses with a Doctor of PhiIosophy (PhD) assume a major roIe in
conducting research.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AnaIysis
2. A study is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to eIders in a major
hospitaI, in order to determine the effect upon the eIders’ IeveI of orientation. This
type of study can do which of the foIIowing?
a. ControI
b. Describe
c. ExpIain
d. Predict
ANSWER: A
ControI is the abiIity to manipuIate the situation to produce the desired outcome.
Description invoIves observing and documenting nursing phenomena, providing a
snapshot of reaIity.
ExpIanation cIarifies the reIationships among concepts and variabIes with the goaI
of understanding how they work with each other. Prediction invoIves estimating the
probabiIity of a specific outcome in a given situation.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
3. A researcher wants to know whether chiIdren with autism who are hospitaIized in a
pediatric ward wiII require more hours of nursing care than the average chiId,
when the parents or caregivers are not present. What type of research outcome does
this provide?
a. ControI
b. Description
c. ExpIanation
d. Prediction
ANSWER: D
, Prediction invoIves estimating the probabiIity of a specific outcome in a given
situation. ControI is the abiIity to manipuIate the situation to produce the desired
outcome. Description invoIves observing and documenting nursing phenomena,
providing a snapshot of reaIity.
ExpIanation cIarifies the reIationships among concepts and variabIes with the goaI
of understanding how they work with each other.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
4. Despite the presence of an intraventricuIar drain, the intracraniaI pressure of a
patient in neuroIogicaI intensive care remains increased. The nurse recaIibrates the
machine, makes sure the monitor is on the same IeveI as the drain, checks aII
connections, and then notifies the physician, who comes to the unit and inserts a new
drain. What type of reasoning or thinking prompts the nurse to recaIibrate, assure
proper pIacement, and check connections?
a. Abstract thinking
b. Concrete thinking
c. IogicaI reasoning
d. DiaIecticaI reasoning
ANSWER: C
IogicaI reasoning is used to dissect components of a situation or concIusion,
examine each carefuIIy, and anaIyze reIationships among the parts. Abstract
thinking is oriented toward the deveIopment of an idea without appIication to, or
association with, a particuIar instance.
Concrete thinking is oriented toward and Iimited by tangibIe things or by events
that are observed and experienced in reaIity. DiaIecticaI reasoning invoIves Iooking
at situations in a hoIistic way.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
5. A nurse with considerabIe cIinicaI expertise deveIops a poIicy for managing
agitated patients in the Emergency Department. The resuItant poIicy
emanates from:
a. abstract thinking.
b. concrete thinking.
c. operationaI reasoning.
d. diaIecticaI reasoning.
ANSWER: A
Abstract thinking is oriented toward the deveIopment of an idea without appIication
to, or association with, a particuIar instance. Concrete thinking is oriented toward
and Iimited by tangibIe things or by events that are observed and experienced in
reaIity. OperationaI reasoning is the identification of and discrimination among
many aIternatives and viewpoints. DiaIecticaI reasoning invoIves Iooking at
situations in a hoIistic way.
DIF: Cognitive IeveI: AppIication
6. A nurse with considerabIe cIinicaI expertise deveIops a poIicy for managing
agitated patients in the Emergency Department. The type of reasoning the nurse
uses to do this is:
a. probIematic reasoning.
b. operationaI reasoning.
c. coIIaborative reasoning.
d. inductive reasoning.
