Pemberton Final Exam with correct answers 100% 2024
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Pemberton Final Exam with correct answers 100% 2024
What is the best reason that scholars consider Florence Nightingale to be the first nurse researcher?
A. She changed nursing by basing her practice on her research findings
B. She identified a body of knowledge unique to nursing
C. She collec...
Pemberton Final Exam with correct
answers 100% 2024
What is the best reason that scholars consider Florence Nightingale to be the first nurse researcher?
A. She changed nursing by basing her practice on her research findings
B. She identified a body of knowledge unique to nursing
C. She collected data in a systematic fashion
D. She communicated the data collected to other nurses - Correct Answer A. She changed nursing by
basing her practice on her research findings
Research is important to the nursing profession for many reasons. What is the ultimate goal of nursing
research?
A. Document the cost-effectiveness of nursing care
B. Ensure credibility of the nursing profession
C. Promote evidence-based practice in nursing
D. Provide accountability for the nursing profession - Correct Answer C. Promote evidence-based
practice in nursing
The National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) establishes research priorities. Which option reflects a
study that meets the current mission of the NINR?
A. The effect of nurse-led community education on the prevalence of heart disease
B. The number of students entering nursing programs
C. The efficacy of a specific medication therapy for congestive heart failure
D. The job satisfaction level of currently employed nurses - Correct Answer A. The effect of nurse-led
community education on the prevalence of heart disease
Nurses involved in research assume different roles, based on their level of education. Which best
describes the role of the BSN-prepared nurse in research?
A. Collaborates with other nurses to design research studies
B. Critiques research studies and applies research to clinical practice
C. Develops policy based on nursing research findings
,D. Assumes the role of primary investigator in an independent research study - Correct Answer B.
Critiques research studies and applies research to clinical practice
Which option reflects the "authority" approach to knowledge development?
A. The nurses on the unit have used a variety of approaches to a client care problem, trying to find one
that is effective.
B. A nurse approaches a client care situation in a specific manner because "that is what seems to be the
best thing to do."
C. When asked why client care is organized in the current manner, the nurse manager states, "We've
always done it that way."
D. When faced with a question regarding provision of nursing care, the nurse consults a nursing textbook
for instruction. - Correct Answer D. When faced with a question regarding provision of nursing care, the
nurse consults a nursing textbook for instruction.
The nurse researcher is conducting a study to help a nursing unit solve the problem of increased
postprocedure infections in clients who have undergone transurethral prostatectomy. Which type of
nursing research is this researcher conducting?
A. Basic Research
B. Applied Research
C. Quantitative Research
D. Qualitative Research - Correct Answer B. Applied Research
What is generally considered the most valid means of developing the knowledge base of nursing?
A. Scientific Research
B. Evidence-Based Practice
C. Qualitative Research
D. Outcomes Research - Correct Answer A. Scientific Research
For which role in a research study is special research preparation necessary?
A. Identifier of researchable problems
B. Evaluator of Research findings
C. Patient advocate during studies
,D. Principal investigator for study - Correct Answer D. Principal investigator for study
Acting as principle investigator on a project, a nurse discovers that study results do not support some of
the researcher's long-held beliefs. What is the most significant danger in this situation?
A. The researcher may tire of the topic before the study is completed.
B. The research may abandon the project
C. The researcher may be unable to remain unbiased in the interpretation of data.
D. The researcher may feel obligated to ask another nurse researcher to act as the principle investigator
on the project. - Correct Answer C. The researcher may be unable to remain unbiased in the
interpretation of data.
Which research study will most likely be conducted using a qualitative approach?
A. A study comparing the results of two antihypertensive medications given to patients who have
diabetes mellitus
B. A study tracking change in reading level for children treated with behavioral therapy for attention-
deficit activity disorder
C. A study investigating changes in family dynamics following the sudden death of a child
D. A study designed to measure weight-loss trends in middle adults who increase walking - Correct
Answer C. A study investigating changes in family dynamics following the sudden death of a child
Which situations suggest studies that would be classified as nursing research? Select all that apply.
A. Nurses wonder if using a different hand soap would decrease postoperative infections.
B. A nurse is curious about a new surgical technique that was developed.
C. Nurses discuss how tired they are at the end of a 12-hour shift.
D. A nurse reads about a wound care technique used by rural mothers in the 1940s.
E. A nurse overhears a discussion about a new medium used for growing cultures in the laboratory. -
Correct Answer A. Nurses wonder if using a different hand soap would decrease postoperative
infections.
C. Nurses discuss how tired they are at the end of a 12-hour shift.
D. A nurse reads about a wound care technique used by rural mothers in the 1940s.
, A nurse has tried several methods to contain wound drainage so that a patient can be ambulatory. The
first three attempts were unsuccessful, so the nurse devised a fourth dressing type. What is the primary
disadvantage of this plan?
A. It does not add information to nursing's body of knowledge.
B. It is not systematic or orderly.
C. The reasons the dressings did not work are not determined or documented.
D. The focus is on problem solving, not on developing a generalizable dressing technique. - Correct
Answer C. The reasons the dressings did not work are not determined or documented.
What is the purpose of the Cochrane Collaboration?
A. To help various individuals and groups of people make well-informed healthcare decisions
B. To form coalitions to support the rights of healthcare workers
C. To establish the United States as the premier provider of healthcare in the world
D. To develop a centralized clearinghouse for nursing research proposals - Correct Answer A. To help
various individuals and groups of people make well-informed healthcare decisions
The nurse has been asked to participate as a study subject in a research project examining stress and
family role definition. What should the nurse do?
A. Decline the invitation because nurses do not have sufficient free time to participate in such activities.
B. Decline the invitation because nurses have knowledge that would prevent their study answers from
being unbiased.
C. Accept the invitation if permission from the nurse's employer can be obtained.
D. Accept the invitation if the nurse is interested and willing to participate. - Correct Answer D. Accept
the invitation if the nurse is interested and willing to participate.
What is TRUE of how research priorities in nursing are set? Select all that apply.
A. One central organization sets research priorities for nursing.
B. Some priorities are set based on a sampling of a wide range of nurses.
C. Different specialty groups in nursing may set priorities specific to their practice.
D. Research money is available only to projects authorized by Sigma Theta Tau International.
E. Nursing research priorities focus on clinical research. - Correct Answer B. Some priorities are set
based on a sampling of a wide range of nurses.
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