Nursing 257: Practice Exam Questions
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What research topic would most likely be studied through a qualitative?
a) the meaning of health among Kenyan children with cancer
b) Exercise effects on fatigue and emotional distress during radiation therapy for breast cancer
c) Change in pain scores in older adults during rehab after hip fracture
d) The relationship of perceived HIV/AIDS risk and willingness to interact with individual with HIV/AIDS -
Answer-A
Select the answers that most accurately describe the responsibilities of the baccalaureate nurse
graduate as a participant in the nursing research process (Select all that apply)
a) Designing and conducting research protocols
b) Providing leadership by helping others apply scientific knowledge to practice
c) Sharing research findings with colleagues that are pertinent to practice
d) Administering care at the bedside according to a research protocol - Answer-B, C, D
Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research process?
A. To be able to evaluate research for its relevance to clinical practice
B. To identify potential subjects for clinical research studies
, C. To teach patients and families the usefulness of consenting to participate in research
D. To assist as accurate data collectors in clinical research studies - Answer-A.
How can a nurse researcher decide whether to use a qualitative or quantitative research design?
A. By recognizing that the main research goal is to test the effectiveness of at reattempt for a specific
illness or condition
B. By recognizing that the basis for all qualitative interactions is the belief that the human experience
can be measured and quantified mathematically
C. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research methods is the study of human experiences that
occur within the person's natural setting
D. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research is measuring human characteristics such as
height, blood pressure, or pain - Answer-C
Ethnographic research focuses on:
A. use of etic perspectives in studying individual human behavior
B. trying to understand cultures from an emic perspective
C. using techniques that generate theory about how people deal with life situation s
D. gathering data about lived experiences of individuals - Answer-B
The nurse decides to hold a patient's regularly scheduled extended-release morphine (MS-Contin)
because the patient is sleeping. Last week, another patient on the unit was intubated due to severe
respiratory compromise resulting from a high dose of intravenous morphine. The nurse is now worried
that her patient may develop respiratory depression if she administers the MS-Contin. What knowledge
source has influenced the nurse's decision to hold the MS-Contin?
A. personal experience
B. Authority
from Quizzes
What research topic would most likely be studied through a qualitative?
a) the meaning of health among Kenyan children with cancer
b) Exercise effects on fatigue and emotional distress during radiation therapy for breast cancer
c) Change in pain scores in older adults during rehab after hip fracture
d) The relationship of perceived HIV/AIDS risk and willingness to interact with individual with HIV/AIDS -
Answer-A
Select the answers that most accurately describe the responsibilities of the baccalaureate nurse
graduate as a participant in the nursing research process (Select all that apply)
a) Designing and conducting research protocols
b) Providing leadership by helping others apply scientific knowledge to practice
c) Sharing research findings with colleagues that are pertinent to practice
d) Administering care at the bedside according to a research protocol - Answer-B, C, D
Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research process?
A. To be able to evaluate research for its relevance to clinical practice
B. To identify potential subjects for clinical research studies
, C. To teach patients and families the usefulness of consenting to participate in research
D. To assist as accurate data collectors in clinical research studies - Answer-A.
How can a nurse researcher decide whether to use a qualitative or quantitative research design?
A. By recognizing that the main research goal is to test the effectiveness of at reattempt for a specific
illness or condition
B. By recognizing that the basis for all qualitative interactions is the belief that the human experience
can be measured and quantified mathematically
C. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research methods is the study of human experiences that
occur within the person's natural setting
D. By recognizing that the focus of qualitative research is measuring human characteristics such as
height, blood pressure, or pain - Answer-C
Ethnographic research focuses on:
A. use of etic perspectives in studying individual human behavior
B. trying to understand cultures from an emic perspective
C. using techniques that generate theory about how people deal with life situation s
D. gathering data about lived experiences of individuals - Answer-B
The nurse decides to hold a patient's regularly scheduled extended-release morphine (MS-Contin)
because the patient is sleeping. Last week, another patient on the unit was intubated due to severe
respiratory compromise resulting from a high dose of intravenous morphine. The nurse is now worried
that her patient may develop respiratory depression if she administers the MS-Contin. What knowledge
source has influenced the nurse's decision to hold the MS-Contin?
A. personal experience
B. Authority
