Nursing Research: Exam 1 (Practice Questions)

Meta-Analysis - correct answer 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 - correct answer To locate legal ethical issues of a qualitative research study, where would you look? Relevance of the study to nursing practice - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer What does it mean to critique a research report/article? Quality - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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