Chapter 4: Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions

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Nursing Research in Canada 4th Edition LoBiondo-Wood Test Bank

Contents:

Part I: Research Overview Research Vignette: A Program of Research in Transcultural Nursing

Chapter 1: The Role of Research in Nursing

Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework

Chapter 3: Critical Reading Strategies: Overview of the Research Process

Chapter 4: Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions

Chapter 5: Finding and Appraising the Literature

Chapter 6: Legal and Ethical Issues

Part II: Qualitative Research Research Vignette: Creating Qualitatively Derived Knowledge for a Practice Discipline

Chapter 7: Introduction to Qualitative Research

Chapter 8: Qualitative Approaches to Research

Part III: Quantitative Research Research Vignette: Tackling the Prevention of Falls Among Older Adults

Chapter 9: Introduction to Quantitative Research

Chapter 10: Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs

Chapter 11: Non-experimental Designs

Part IV: Processes Related to Research Research Vignette: Partnering with parents to reduce newborn pain - evidence and implementation

Chapter 12: Sampling

Chapter 13: Data Collection Methods

Chapter 14: Rigour in Research

Chapter 15: Qualitative Data Analysis

Chapter 16: Quantitative Data Analysis

Chapter 17: Presenting the Findings

Part V: Critiquing Research Research Vignette: A Program of Research

Chapter 18: Critiquing Qualitative Research

Chapter 19: Critiquing Quantitative Research

Part VI: Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice Research: Building a Survivorship Cancer Care Program Chapter 20: Developing an Evidence-Informed Practice Research Vignette: Social Support Needs of Older Adults 1 / 4

Chapter 01: The Role of Research in Nursing

LoBiondo-Wood: Nursing Research in Canada, 4th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

  • A key step to the development of nursing research was
  • the endowment of nursing research chairs.
  • universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs.
  • a baccalaureate degree becoming the entry to practice.
  • the Canadian Nurses Association developing a research mandate.

ANS: B

Feedback A Endowment of nursing research chairs did not occur until the number of nurses with PhD degrees increased.B Universities offering baccalaureate nursing programs provided an introduction to research within the BScN programs and led to further nursing education at the MSN and PhD levels.C Baccalaureate degrees becoming the entry to practice did not occur until the twenty-first century.D The Canadian Nurses Association did not develop a research mandate until the end of the twentieth century.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance

  • How is nursing research significant to the profession of nursing?
  • Responsibility is more specifically defined.
  • Liability within the practice of nursing is decreased.
  • A specialized body of knowledge is generated for use in the delivery of health care.
  • The scope of nursing practice is expanded into areas formerly reserved for other disciplines.

ANS: C

Feedback A Research aids in documenting accountability of nurses, but professional guidelines regarding responsibility already exist.B Liability is a legal concept. Research does not promote liability.C Theory-based nursing research provides a foundation for evidence-informed nursing care.D Nursing research expands the discipline of nursing as it pertains to nursing practice.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance 2 / 4

  • Why are nursing practice–oriented scientific investigations valuable?
  • They validate the effectiveness of particular nursing interventions.
  • They encourage consumers to question the quality of health care.
  • They limit the theory base for clinical decision making.
  • They mandate health care reform.

ANS: A

Feedback A Practice-focused research supports the effectiveness of nursing interventions and reinforces quality of nursing care.B On the contrary, they help reassure consumers about the quality of health care.C They support the development of the theory base for clinical decision making.D They reinforce the effectiveness of current nursing practice.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance

When a change in nursing practice results in decreased cost of care, what additional factor must be considered before general implementation of this change?

  • Ensuring compliance of the change by nurses with diverse educational backgrounds
  • Maintaining or improving the quality of care resulting from the change in practice
  • Encouraging patients to be active partners in their health care decisions
  • Disseminating the change beyond the discipline of nursing

ANS: B

Feedback A Not all nurses are responsible for supervising compliance with new measures.B Nurses are accountable to maintain quality patient care despite cost-cutting measures.C Nurses should encourage patient participation in care despite cost-cutting measures.D Nurses are not responsible for reforming other disciplines.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance

  • Why do nurses who do not conduct research need to understand the nursing research process?
  • To identify potential participants for clinical research studies
  • To assist in collecting accurate data for clinical research studies
  • To teach patients and families about the usefulness of participation in research
  • To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance to their own clinical
  • practice

ANS: D 3 / 4

Feedback A Nurses who do not conduct research would not influence participant identification.B Nurses who do not conduct research would not influence data collection.C Nurses who do not conduct research would not influence participant recruitment.D Nurses should be able to understand the research process by reading research reports and determining if they should modify their practice based on research evidence.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance

  • How are nursing theory and nursing research related?
  • Nursing theory and nursing research are independent of each other and have no direct
  • relationship.

  • Without nursing theory, research conducted by nurses would not have an impact on nursing
  • practice.

  • Nursing research drives the direction and specific content of nursing theory.
  • Both advance the knowledge base of nursing.

ANS: D

Feedback A Theory and research are related to each other.B Research studies may be conducted without a clear theoretical framework and still influence practice.C Quantitative nursing research tests nursing theory but does not influence content.D Theory and nursing research both influence how nursing practice is conducted.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment; Health Promotion and Maintenance

  • Which action demonstrates the role of an intelligent consumer of nursing research?
  • Designing a research study
  • Analyzing data to determine outcomes
  • Evaluating the credibility of the research findings
  • Replicate the study in another setting to confirm the findings

ANS: C

Feedback A A consumer applies research to practice. Consumers are not responsible for designing a study.B A consumer does not conduct data analysis of a study. The study’s primary investigator analyzes data.C A consumer of nursing research needs to understand the research process to determine the merit and relevance of evidence for research studies.D A consumer can apply research findings to practice but does not have to replicate

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