Nursing Research

Question 1 of 20

1

What is the acronym used for creating a Quantitative research question? And what does this acronym mean?

Select one or more of the following:

PICOT -- Population, Intervention, Control, Outcome, Time
PCOTI -- Population, Control, Outcome, Time, Intervention
PTCIO -- Population, time, Control, Intervention, Outcome

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

You would use the acronym PICO(T) with a research question similar to this: Among newborns (0-14 days), what is the effectiveness of glucose formula vs. exclusive breastmilk on controlling glucose levels of newborns with abnormal glucose levels over 2 days?

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

2

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

You would use the PECO acronym when asking and use the PICO acronym when your research question is asking

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

3

Check all that apply.
What approaches are used during Qualitative research?

Select one or more of the following:

paradigm
phenomenology
ethnography
grounded theory

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Finish the sentence. Double- blind means both researcher and participant don't

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

This diagram shows a

Select one of the following:

negative correlation
positive correlation
no correlation
absence of correlation

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

A Pearson r of -0.56 is explained as:

Select one of the following:

A strong, negative correlation between 2 variables.
A moderately negative regression value
A moderately negative correlation between 2 variables.
A negative hypothesis.

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

2

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

You read that a large proportion of woman abused by their male partner, first started being abused during the couple’s first pregnancy. You want to learn the essence of this experience from the victims who agree to speak with you. You construct a qualitative question at the interpretive level.

Among (P) ( female victims of male partner abuse, female victims, pregnant women ) that (S) first started during the ( couple’s first pregnancy,, pregnancy, having a baby ) what is (or was) their lived experience?

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

4

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Quantitative methodology is used to ask questions that are ( descriptive, cause/effect, relationship, lived experience ), ( cause/effect, relationship, lived experience ) and Qualitative methodology is used to ask questions that are ( relationship, cause/effect, descriptive, lived experience ), ( lived experience, relationship, descriptive, cause/effect )

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

4

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

ou think that being overweight as a teenager is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in adults generally, i.e., in all populations. Construct a quantitative, causation question.

What is the risk of (O) among (P) (E) compared to (C)

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

You wonder if healthy women in normal labour should be having continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). You think there may be a risk in continuous EFM. Write the following quantitative, causation question.

Select one of the following:

What are the risks of continuous EFM among healthy women in normal labour?
What is the risk of complications among normal, healthy labouring women who have continuous EFM versus intermittent EFM?
What are the benefits of continuous EFM versus intermittent EFM among normal, healthy labouring women?
What are the perceived risks of continuous EFM among healthy women in normal labour?

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

Which of the following resources represents the most comprehensive source for nursing literature?

Select one of the following:

CINAHL
World Wide Web
The Canadian Nurse
MEDLINE

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

If you are interested in learning about a new clinical issue, a systematic review will likely provide a better introduction than an original research report.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

You think breastfeeding is the best for newborns. You wonder why some women choose not to breastfeed and construct a qualitative, descriptive question. Which of the following research questions best describes your interest?

Select one of the following:

Among postpartum mothers who choose to breast feed, what are their perspectives on their choice of feeding their infant?
Among mothers who formula feed, what are their perspectives on their choice to not breast feed their children?
Among postpartum mothers who formula feed, what are their perspectives on their choice to formula feed their infant?
Among postpartum, first-time mothers who formula feed, what are their perspectives on their choice to formula feed their infant?

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

You want to understand, at a qualitative, interpretive level, the Italian family’s experience of losing an immediate family member to cancer, and your question reflects the grounded theory method.

Select one of the following:

Among bereaved Italian families, what are the cultural patterns/practices surrounding the death of an immediate family member?
Among Italian families, what are their cultural postmortem beliefs?
Among bereaved Italian families, what are their opinions surrounding the cancer-related death of an immediate family member?
Among Italian families, what are their lived experiences surrounding the death of an immediate family member?

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

Typically, under what conditions does a staff nurse identify a research problem?

Select one of the following:

In the course of caring for patients
When told to do so by the unit manager
Through interaction with a nursing instructor and her students
Through literature review

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

Which of the following is an appropriate method of “weeding out” irrelevant sources when conducting an electronic search for articles for the literature review on a selected topic?

Select one of the following:

Collecting and critically reading all articles related to the topic published in the last 10 years.
Avoiding articles that do not include the term “study” in the title.
Avoiding articles from clinical journals.
Selecting for printout only those articles whose abstracts indicate usefulness.

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

Which of the following factors limits the usefulness of the World Wide Web as a source of information for research consumers?

Select one of the following:

Downloading being a slow process at times
Nontext capabilities that reduce the professionalism of presentations
Poor quality control over the information on some Web sites
Much of the available information being too technical to be understood by the casual reader

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

Which of the following selections demonstrates a Boolean connection?

Select one of the following:

Explode topic
Limit to abstracts
Search from 1995 to 2001
Search diabetes diagnosis and treatment

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

What process would you, as a nurse, engage in before attempting to apply the results of a qualitative study in your own practice?

Select one of the following:

Replication of the study.
Validation of the findings through interaction with people similar to study participants.
Examination of the credentials of the person who conducted the study.
Use of triangulation to compare the study findings with those obtained by other investigations of the same phenomenon.

	Created by Emily Stever over 8 years ago

3030 exam

Nursing Research

Question 1 of 20

What is the acronym used for creating a Quantitative research question? And what does this acronym mean?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

You would use the acronym PICO(T) with a research question similar to this: Among newborns (0-14 days), what is the effectiveness of glucose formula vs. exclusive breastmilk on controlling glucose levels of newborns with abnormal glucose levels over 2 days?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

You would use the PECO acronym when asking and use the PICO acronym when your research question is asking

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

Check all that apply. What approaches are used during Qualitative research?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Finish the sentence. Double- blind means both researcher and participant don't

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

This diagram shows a

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

A Pearson r of -0.56 is explained as:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

ou think that being overweight as a teenager is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in adults generally, i.e., in all populations. Construct a quantitative, causation question. What is the risk of (O) among (P) (E) compared to (C)

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

You wonder if healthy women in normal labour should be having continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). You think there may be a risk in continuous EFM. Write the following quantitative, causation question.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

Which of the following resources represents the most comprehensive source for nursing literature?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

If you are interested in learning about a new clinical issue, a systematic review will likely provide a better introduction than an original research report.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

You think breastfeeding is the best for newborns. You wonder why some women choose not to breastfeed and construct a qualitative, descriptive question. Which of the following research questions best describes your interest?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

You want to understand, at a qualitative, interpretive level, the Italian family’s experience of losing an immediate family member to cancer, and your question reflects the grounded theory method.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

Typically, under what conditions does a staff nurse identify a research problem?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

Which of the following is an appropriate method of “weeding out” irrelevant sources when conducting an electronic search for articles for the literature review on a selected topic?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

Which of the following factors limits the usefulness of the World Wide Web as a source of information for research consumers?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

Which of the following selections demonstrates a Boolean connection?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

What process would you, as a nurse, engage in before attempting to apply the results of a qualitative study in your own practice?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Check all that apply.
What approaches are used during Qualitative research?

ou think that being overweight as a teenager is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in adults generally, i.e., in all populations. Construct a quantitative, causation question.

What is the risk of (O) among (P) (E) compared to (C)