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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 C. At the end of the sampling section D. At the end of the conclusion section B. Evidence based practice - correct answer 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 - correct answer When does scientific evidence influence a change in nursing practice? 2 - correct answer 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 - correct answer Which study title indicates use of qualitative methodology?
D. 74 year old hospitalized patient with diabetes E. A hospitalized infant False - correct answer True/False: All health care institutions are required to have an IRB False - correct answer True/False: If participants willingly and knowingly agree to participate in a study involving undue harm or risk to themselves, the researcher does not need to refrain from conducting such research A. Likelihood of elderly to drop out B. Primary language of elderly person C. Cognitive capacity of elderly person D. Degree of risk to elderly person (All of the above) - correct answer What factors might influence whether it is ethical for an elderly adult to participate in a research study? Select all that apply. A. Likelihood of elderly to drop out B. Primary language of elderly person C. Cognitive capacity of elderly person D. Degree of risk to elderly person Explanation of whom to contact regarding any area of the study - correct answer Which is considered a major essential element of the informed consent form for a research study? Respect for persons - correct answer A patient newly diagnosed with breast cancer is asked to participate in a clinical trial for a new chemotherapy ager. The patient's freedom to participate or not participate in the study exercises which ethical principle? Primary nurses and team nurses - correct answer Identify the independent variable in the following hypothesis: There is a difference in patients' satisfaction with nursing care when the care is provided by a primary nurse compared to care provided by a team nursing approach
Self esteem - correct answer Identify the dependent variable in the following hypotheses: There is a difference in self esteem levels between teenagers who exercise regularly and those who do not exercise regularly. Complex, nondirectional - correct answer There is a difference in the frequency of practicing breast self exams between nurses and women who are not nurses. This is an example of what type of hypothesis? Independent: The use of cathode ray terminals (CRTs) Dependent: The incidence of birth defects - correct answer Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable: The use of cathode ray terminals (CRTs) increases the incidence of birth defects. Independent: Individuals with birth defects, individuals without birth defects Dependent: The incidence of independent-dependence conflicts - correct answer Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable: Individuals with birth defects have a higher incidence of independence-dependence conflicts than individuals with birth defects. Independent: Sterile catheterization, clean catch method Dependent: The number of bacteria found in patients' urine - correct answer Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable: There is a difference in the number of bacteria found in patients' urine when the urine is collected by sterile catheterization compared to a clean catch method. Null - correct answer "There is no difference in the preoperative anxiety levels between patients who practice relaxation techniques before surgery and patients who do not practice relaxation techniques." What type of study is this? D. The 1990s - correct answer Unethical research studies have taken place in the United States as recently as: A. The 1890s B. The 1940s C. The 1970s D. The 1990s E. None of the above
Contact the medical center's Institutional Review Board (IRB) - correct answer What should you do if, as a staff nurse, you overhear a researcher use coercion to make a patient agree to participate in a research study? Research question - correct answer Is this a research question or a hypothesis? " What is the effect of perceived job stress on job performance among nurses who work in medical centers?" Hypothesis **It is predictive and attempts to answer the research question - correct answer Is this a research question or a hypothesis? "Nurses who work at medical centers with high perceived job stress have low job performance." Yes - correct answer Can research questions have more than one hypothesis?
- Independent variable: Levels of exercise postpartum
- Dependent variable: Weight retention - correct answer "Women who have lower levels of exercise postpartum will be associated with greater weight retention."
- What is the independent variable?
- What is the dependent variable?
- Population: Alcoholic mothers and nonalcoholic mothers
- IV: Alcohol intake by mother
- DV: Birth weight
- Simple - correct answer "Birth weight is lower among infants of alcoholic mothers than among infants of nonalcoholic mothers"
- Population?
- IV?
- DV?
- Simple or complex?
- Population: Pregnant women
- IV: Type of birth (c section vs. vaginal)
- DV: Postpartum depression and feelings of inadequacy
- Complex - correct answer "More postpartum depression and feelings of inadequacy are reported by women who give birth by cesarean section than those who deliver vaginally"
- Population?
- IV?
- DV?
- Simple or complex? Nondirectional hypothesis - correct answer What type of hypothesis? "There is a relationship between serotonin levels and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" Null hypothesis - correct answer What type of hypothesis? "Hyperactivity in school-aged children is unrelated to eating desserts every day" Directional hypothesis - correct answer What type of hypothesis? "People who smoke are more likely to develop lung cancer than those who do not" A. There are more than two variables to be tested in the hypothesis. - correct answer Which statement describes a study that is designed to test a complex hypothesis? A. There are more than two variables to be tested in the hypothesis. B. There are two groups of participants in the study. C. There are complex definitions for the variables in the hypothesis. D. The hypothesis will be too difficult to test in a study. C. Social Support, balanced diet, and regular exercise decrease the incidence of postpartum depression. - correct answer Which of the following hypotheses represent a complex hypothesis? A. Music therapy affects satisfaction during cesarean delivery. B. Spinal cord injured patients who have regular support from family members experience fewer symptoms of dysreflexia. C. Social Support, balanced diet, and regular exercise decrease the incidence of postpartum depression. D. Exposure to pet therapy increases appetite in elderly patients.
B. Selection bias - correct answer A researcher believes that therapy is more effective if patients exercise. He tells his patients that he has arranged for them to use the hospital gym, if they so desire—and that if they are interested, they will then be in the experimental group. This represents which threat to internal validity? A. Maturation B. Selection bias C. History D. Testing D. Mortality - correct answer A college health center identifies a lack of testicular self- examination among students and implements an intense summer wellness program focusing on the benefits of testicular self-examination. Afterward, a count indicates a decreased number of students who are in the program. A. History B. Maturation C. Testing D. Mortality C. Selection effect - correct answer The volunteers that a researcher gets for a study are all college students, most of them are white, and most of them are from privileged backgrounds. The researcher worries that the study's results might not be applicable to people who are not in their late teens or early 20s, white, and rich. What threat to external validity is this? A. Experimenter effect B. Rosenthal effect C. Selection effect D. Hawthorne effect D. Hawthorne effect - correct answer A group of nurses are isolated from their work colleagues, for a research study, where they are being observed for their patient care on a medical-surgical unit. The researcher is concerned that the individual attention and the normal human instinct to feel 'chosen,' may skew the results. What threat to external validity is this? A. Experimenter effect B. Rosenthal effect C. Selection effect D. Hawthorne effect B. Rosenthal effect - correct answer During an interview in a research study, the researcher asks the patient, "You don't have anything disgusting like TB or Hepatitis B do you?" The patient answers, "No" even though he does have Hepatitis B. What threat to external validity is this?
A. Experimenter effect B. Rosenthal effect C. Selection effect D. Hawthorne effect B. Quasi-experimental - correct answer A wellness center wishes to determine whether a stress- reduction series of classes increases perceived efficacy of participants. A pre/post questionnaire was administered to all participants. A. Experimental B. Quasi-experimental C. Qualitative D. Time-series design E. None of the above - correct answer What factors are typically controlled for in an experimental design? A. Age B. Gender C. Culture D. All of the above E. None of the above D. Could something else explain the results? - correct answer What question is most important when evaluating evidence of experimental studies? A. Was there a random group assignment? B. Was there a control group? C. Is it relevant to my problem? D. Could something else explain the results? C. Methodological research - correct answer Which process will the researcher use in the following scenario? "A nurse researcher wants to develop a tool to collect information on the experience of families with children in the intensive care unit." A. Meta-analysis B. Cohort study C. Methodological research D. Prospective study
A. A large sample B. Random sampling from the population C. A control group D. Random assignment of subjects to group Quasi-experimental - correct answer Experimental or quasi-experimental? Patients on two separate units are given a patient satisfaction with care questionnaire to complete at the end of their first hospital day and on the day of discharge. The patients on one unit receive care directed by a nurse case manager and the patients on the other unit receive care from the usual rotation of nurses. Patient satisfaction scores are compared. Experimental - correct answer Experimental or quasi-experimental? Students are randomly assigned to two groups. One group receives an experimental independent study program and the other receives the usual classroom instruction. Both groups receive the same post-test to evaluate learning. Experimental - correct answer Experimental or quasi-experimental? A study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of a music relaxation program with silent relaxation on lowering blood pressure ratings. Subjects were randomly assigned into groups and blood pressures were measured before, during, and immediately after the relaxation exercises. Quasi-experimental - correct answer Experimental or quasi-experimental? Reading and language development skills were compared between a group of children with chronic otitis media and a group of children without a history of ear problems. Ex post facto study - correct answer A study of education factors contributing to whether patients made life- style change behaviors utilized patients' cardiac rehabilitation records to record what education presentations they attended. This is an example of a(n) _____ study. Correlational study - correct answer A study was done to examine the degree of relationship between the amount of time spent in online activities during the weeks students are not meeting in class and their final grades. This is an example of a(n) _____ study. Survey study - correct answer A study was done where nurses were asked to complete a questionnaire that asked questions related to fear and returning to school. This is an example of a(n) _____ study. Methodological study - correct answer A recent study was conducted on the instrument, Assessment of Cultural Competence in Nurses. This is an example of a(n) _____ study.
B. Exclusion criteria - correct answer A researcher wants to study coping in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Individuals having another chronic disease such as asthma are going to be excluded from the study. The researcher may believe that having another chronic disease could affect the participants' coping. This is an example of... A. Inclusion criteria B. Exclusion criteria C. Target population D. Sampling error B. Cluster sampling - correct answer A researcher wants to study baccalaureate nursing education in the US. The researcher first randomly selects 10 states that will be included in the study. Then all baccalaureate nursing programs in each of the 10 states are identified. The researcher then randomly selects three schools from each state and obtains the names of baccalaureate students enrolled in each of the programs selected. Sampling is concluded by randomly selecting 30% of the names on the list. This is an example of what kind of sampling strategy? A. Stratified random sampling B. Cluster sampling C. Simple random sampling D. Nonprobability sampling C. Simple random sampling - correct answer A researcher has 25 nursing students as an accessible population for a study and needs 10 students for the sample. The name of each student is placed in a container. The first name is drawn and recorded as a potential participant. The name is returned to the container and this process continues until 10 student names have been selected. Should one of the selected students decline to participate in the study, another name would be selected in the same manner. This is an example of what type of sampling strategy? A. Stratified random sampling B. Cluster sampling C. Simple random sampling D. Nonprobability sampling C. Simple random sampling - correct answer In a study to determine student interest in creating a smoke-free campus, the accessible population is 5,500 undergraduate and graduate students. The researcher secures a list of all students enrolled in the university and assigns each name on the list a number. A sample of 200 students is necessary. After selecting the start point on a table of random numbers, the researcher selects additional participants by proceeding vertically through the columns until 200 participants are selected. This is an example of what type of sampling strategy? A. Stratified random sampling B. Cluster sampling C. Simple random sampling
D. Probability sampling A. Convenience - correct answer You are leaving a grocery store and are approached by an individual who identifies herself as a researcher. You were most likely selected by which method of sampling? A. Convenience B. Quota C. Simple random D. Systematic A. Concealment without intervention - correct answer Which type of observation is being used in the following scenario? A researcher uses a one-way mirror to observe interactions of caregivers and infants who have feeding problems. A. Concealment without intervention B. No concealment without intervention C. Concealment with intervention D. No Concealment with intervention B. Physiological measure (blood pressure, pulse). - correct answer The most objective and accurate method of measuring a patient's cardiac status is by A. Interview. B. Physiological measure (blood pressure, pulse). C. Observation. D. Questionnaire. A. Observation - correct answer In studying motor development of children, the nurse researcher would most likely use which measurement method? A. Observation B. Interview C. Self-report D. Psychological test ????? - correct answer What is the most common test for internal consistency of an instrument? A. Cronbach's alpha B. Split-half reliability
C. Kuder-Richardson (KR-20) coefficient D. Equivalence B. Homogeneity - correct answer What measure used to test an instrument's reliability refers to items that reflect or measure the same thing? A. Equivalence B. Homogeneity C. Construct D. Stability D. Stability - correct answer What measure used to test an instrument's reliability refers to the same results being obtained every time the instrument is used? A. Equivalence B. Homogeneity C. Construct D. Stability B. Criterion - correct answer What measure used to test an instrument's validity refers to the relationship between the participants' responses and their actual behavior? A. Content B. Criterion C. Construct D. Face A. Content - correct answer What measure used to test an instrument's validity is where an expert panel of judges are asked to indicate their agreement with the items and whether they represent what is being measured? A. Content B. Criterion C. Construct D. Face B. The test cannot be valid. - correct answer The internal consistency reliability of the Smith Anxiety Test has been estimated to be .20. Based on this information, which of the following statements is true about the validity of this test?
