INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Research results - ANSWER One of the primary foundations for evidence-based nursing practice is
Personal experiences and client values - ANSWER Within the process of providing evidence-based
nursing care, which types of research results are incorporated to ascertain the plan of treatment
Method for accessing published information - ANSWER As a novice nurse on a medical-surgical hospital
unit, you do want to get involved in a research study that is being proposed for your unit. Because your
hospital is involved with evidence-based nursing practice, which aspects of EBP are essential for you to
have
Quality improvement data and integrated reviews - ANSWER Evidence comes in many forms. Examples
of the data that could best be utilized for EBP are
Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time - ANSWER When developing a question to drive
the compilation of evidence for a specific practice situation, the 5 components that can be used to focus
the investigation are
Population and intervention - ANSWER A nurse working in a cancer follow-up setting has been asked to
consider the development of a transition program to help young people adjust to the adult program. The
initial question suggested for use in focusing the identification of evidence is "What is it like to have care
transferred form a pediatric center to an adult clinic?" Which aspects of this question need to be
strengthened to make it more searchable?
Reported in the literature - ANSWER Research utilization has often been
Education, beliefs/attitudes, and support/resources - ANSWER Obstacles to using nursing research in
practice include lack of
Librarian or library - ANSWER As a nurse on a medical-surgical hospital unit, you begin to question the
amount of time your hospital policy requires for taking a patient's oral temperature. Your hospital uses
an EBP approach to nursing care. Which hospital resources would you expect to be able to connect with
to assist with the accessing of a computer?
Check the educational level of other nurses on the unit - ANSWER You are a BSN-prepared nurse who
wants to initiate a research project on your unit. To get the other nurses to participate, you would
Most nurses have not been taught research - ANSWER In the past, nurses were often taught that while
research might be a good thing to do, only faculty could do research because
Research is like a foreign language - ANSWER Many nurses don't understand research because
It costs too much - ANSWER Research is often not valued because
, Research is the "hallmark of a profession" - ANSWER Nurses have a responsibility to use research
because
Identifying clinical problems that require investigation, assisting experienced investigators to gain access
to clinical sites, and collecting data - ANSWER The research role of the BSN RN includes
Clinicians identify clinical problems and researchers design them - ANSWER The ANA position statement
acknowledges that
Multidisciplinary teams - ANSWER Clinical pathways are developed by
All of the above (Accountability, Authority, Responsibility) - ANSWER Professional care models give
nurses
Reality - ANSWER Best practice is an excellent example of which kind of testing?
EBP - ANSWER Applied research builds a body of knowledge for nursing practice because it is the basis
of?
Nursing actions that produce desirable patient outcomes - ANSWER Best practices in nursing can be
defined as
Transforming the work environment for nurses - ANSWER The IOM's publication Keeping Patients Safe
focuses on
A guide for research and practice - ANSWER Theories are
The protection of human subjects underlies all human research projects - ANSWER When developing a
nursing research project, why is it important to remember the ethical constraints?
Value of life, justice, and respect - ANSWER The atrocities performed on prisoners in Nazi Germany
violated which ethical principles?
Federal regulations related to ethical standards are adhered to, increasing the likelihood of integrity -
ANSWER Why does an ethical research environment assist with ensuring scientific integrity?
This practice ensures that all research projects presented to the IRB will receive fair examination and not
be denied without discussion - ANSWER Why do federal regulations specify that the makeup of the
institutional review board should reflect cultural and gender diversity and an awareness of local mores?
It is not ethically appropriate for an incompetent person to conduct research - ANSWER Why is it
important that the researcher be competent to conduct research?
The protection of the vunerable subject - ANSWER What is the issue of greatest concern when
developing a research project?
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