Nursing Research Modules, Questions and answers, 100% proven pass rate. 2022/2023

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Nursing Research Modules, Questions and answers, 100% proven pass rate. 2022/2023 A nurse researcher considers age of participants when designing a study. Which age group is at particular risk fo... r dropping out of a study? - ✔✔Adolescent A nurse researcher plans interventions to decrease attrition of a sample. The researcher is considering offering an incentive such as a $10 gift card to study participants. What effect is this likely to have on attrition rates? - ✔✔Decrease attrition rates A nurse is studying sources of bias in a research study. Which description is related to attrition bias? - ✔✔The sample is no longer representative of the population When planning a study, a nurse researcher aims to prevent attrition bias. Which study design is likely to be associated with increased attrition? - ✔✔Data collection that includes five interviews over two weeks A nurse researcher is developing a sampling plan for a study. Which participant is most likely to drop out of a research study? - ✔✔55-year-old unemployed father of three high school-aged children The level of the researchers experience may be a barrier to implementing a research study. - ✔✔true In order for statistical results to be useful to clinicians and researchers, the results must be: - ✔✔interpreted A nurse researcher has defined a clinical problem and is developing a plan for his study. This step in the quantitative research process involves identification of which of the following components? - ✔✔sample design research design data collection method After planning his research study, the nurse is ready for the implementation phase. During this step, data will be collected from study participants. Which of the following are considered to be appropriate methods of data collection for quantitative studies? - ✔✔self-reports When reviewing a research journal, the nurse is aware that this research method involves collection of numerical data: - ✔✔quantitative The nurse must compensate for barriers that arise when doing research. Which barrier would occur during the implementation phase? - ✔✔Staff not adequately trained to collect data When engaging in a research study, in what order does the nurse organize the steps of the research process? - ✔✔Problem, planning, implementation, analysis and interpretation, dissemination When engaging in the implementation phase of research, which action is the nurse likely to take? - ✔✔Collect study data. When selecting a problem for a quantitative study, which are most likely to be used as sources of information? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Published research studies about topics of interest, Creative questioning about practice, Existing nursing theories When conducting a qualitative research study, the term used for people who make up the study sample are known as: - ✔✔Informants According to assumptions of positivists, which of the following is the best method for obtaining evidence? - ✔✔Measured, quantitative information A major assumption of the constructivist paradigm is that the researcher is independent from those being researched. - ✔✔false The empirical phase of a qualitative research study involves collecting and preparing data for analysis. - ✔✔true A nurse researcher is interested in using a qualitative approach to examine relationships between nursing home residents. Which of the following research designs represent a qualitative approach to collecting information about the research topic? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Grounded theory, Phenomenology, Ethnography When planning to test the effect of an intervention to improve blood glucose outcomes in diabetes, the nurse would select which study design? - ✔✔Experimental When reading research reports, which terms is the nurse most likely to find in a qualitative report? - ✔✔Phenomena, verbal data, inductive process At the completion of a study, a researcher prepares a poster to display at an upcoming professional conference. Which research phase is described by this activity? - ✔✔Dissemination phase The nurse explores the differences between the paradigms used in quantitative and qualitative research. Which clinical or research question would most likely fall under the constructivist paradigm? - ✔✔What is the meaning of being diagnosed with breast cancer? Researchers conducted a randomized control trial to determine the effectiveness of a new drug for depression. What type of research design was used in this study? - ✔✔Experimental Identify the dependent variable in the following research question: In a group of female adolescents, what is the effect of a web-based HPV vaccine educational program in comparison to a face-to-face HPV vaccine educational program on HPV immunization rates? - ✔✔HPV immunization rates A correlational research design has both a control group and an experimental group. - ✔✔false in a blind study, only data collectors have information about participants and intervention agents. - ✔✔false A researcher is studying self-efficacy in a sample of new mothers. Data will be collected at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year after birth to determine the level of self-efficacy. What type of research design is most appropriate for this study? - ✔✔Longitudinal A nurse researcher plans to study the effect of an innovative educational intervention on teaching adults with chronic lung disease to take their medications. Clinic clients will be randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. Which design would be selected? - ✔✔Experimental vA staff nurse works with clients receiving chemotherapy as part of a blind study. What design type would always be used in a blind study? - ✔✔Experimental A nurse researcher studies the effect of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) on post-operative adult clients' pain levels. What is the dependent variable in this study? - ✔✔Pain level When reviewing research terminology, the nurse defines major terms. When a variable can be manipulated to cause an effect on the dependent variable, what is it called? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Independent variable, Treatment, Intervention A nurse researcher plans to study the effect of a nurse residency program on job retention in newly graduated nurses. The study involves a control group of new graduates who did not participate in the residency program. What is the independent variable in this study? - ✔✔Nurse residency program The nurse is functioning in what role when he uses systematic inquiry to develop evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their patients? - ✔✔Researcher Which of the following are research activities in which all nurses can engage? (Select all that apply) - ✔✔Offer information to patients about the research study, Help develop an idea for a research study, Collect research information Which statement is an example of a goal of nursing research? - ✔✔Provide evidence based nursing practice A nurse receives an overview of research. The statements "to improve the care of people in a clinical setting" and "to develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession" are both examples of which aspect of nursing research? - ✔✔Goals A nurse studies the potential impact of nursing research on the profession. Which statement best describes the value of research? - ✔✔"Research generates knowledge for a variety of roles." A researcher who conducts original research studies independently with the goal of expanding nursing knowledge is educated at what level? - ✔✔Doctorate Which research activity would be expected of a nurse who had taken a research course at the baccalaureate level? - ✔✔Understand the research process and identify researchable problems. Nurses prepared at all levels of education have a role to play in research. Which role is expected of all registered nurses? - ✔✔Consumers One advantage of meta-analysis as an integration is: - ✔✔Objectivity Which database contains a collection of systematic reviews that can be used to answer clinical questions? - ✔✔Cochrane Collection Database Meta-synthesis is defined as the critical appraisal of what type of research? - ✔✔Qualitative Which type of evidence based on the evidence hierarchy is considered to be the strongest? - ✔✔Systematic review The nurse determines the strength of evidence for application to practice, based on study design. Rank order these types of reports based on the Hierarchy of Evidence. - ✔✔1)Systematic review of all relevant RCTs 2)Evidence obtained from well-designed RCTs 3)Evidence from controlled trials without randomization 4)Evidence from single descriptive studies 5)Evidence from the opinion of experts The nurse locates a meta-analysis study on a clinical topic. When evaluating the research question or hypothesis for the individual studies, what characteristic is to be expected? - ✔✔The questions or hypotheses across studies should be essentially identical. The nurse examines characteristics of systematic reviews. Which quality would always be part of systematic reviews? - ✔✔They are developed through standard sampling and data procedures. A nurse summarizes the pattern of levels of evidence for practice. Which type of report would likely contain the strongest evidence? - ✔✔Systematic review of quantitative studies The nurse differentiates between types of systematic reviews. Which type includes only qualitative studies? - ✔✔Meta-synthesis The steps of the research process include which of the following? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Planning, Implementation, Analysis An important step in the nursing process is to collect data and perform a statistical analysis of the data. - ✔✔FALSE The first step in the research process is to: - ✔✔Formulate the research problem The nurse reviews how the nursing process and research process are related. How does the nursing process contribute to the research process? - ✔✔The nursing process helps nurses identify new problems that require further investigation. From a clinical nurse's point of view, how are the nursing process and research process related? - ✔✔Both help to improve outcomes across the illness-wellness continuum. When analyzing the nursing process and the research process, the nurse asks, "How would I use these processes differently?" - ✔✔The purpose of the nursing process is to provide scientifically based care. The nurse reviews the steps in the research process. Rank order the steps in the usual order they are addressed: - ✔✔1)Problem 2)Planning 3)Implementation 4)Analyzing and interpretation 5)Dissemination The nurse notes that both the nursing process and research process include client assessment. Which assessment activity would be unique to the research process? - ✔✔Assessment of the gap in nursing knowledge on a problem In order to effectively answer a clinical research question, the nurse must: - ✔✔Read and understand research reports Which of the following is an appropriate method for nurses to use in developing a suitable research question for a clinical problem? - ✔✔PICO method When critically evaluating research, it is important to objectively assess the: - ✔✔Research method Which of the following are included in the four domains that guide interprofessional collaborative practice? - ✔✔Values and ethics Religious leaders are considered to be part of the evidence-based practice team. - ✔✔TRUE The nurse is always the leader of an evidence-based practice [Show More]

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