NURSING RESEACH AND INFORMATICS
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Situation: Researcher’s goal is to advance knowledge and develop the highest-quality evidence for practice, using the best method available; however they must also adhere to the dictates of ethical rules that have been developed to protect human rights 1. A problem problem statement statement is an express expression ion of the dilemma dilemma that needs needs investigati investigation on for the purpose of providing and direction. t should identif! the nature of the problem that is being addressed in the stud! and t!picall! its context and signi"cance. f the researcher #ould li$e to compare compare the coping mechanism of patients #ith chronic illness to those #ith acute illness% #hich of the follo#ing statements is &'S() a. A Stud! to *ompar *ompare e the *oping +echani +echanism sm of ,atients ,atients #ith #ith *hronic *hronic llness llness and those #ith Acute llness b. A Descriptive Stud! to *ompare the coping +echanism of ,atients #ith *hronic *hronic llness and those #ith Acute llness in (erms of Demographic Data c. A Stud! of the Di-ere Di-erences nces in the *oping *oping +echanism +echanism of ,atien ,atients ts #ith *hronic *hronic llness llness and those #ith Acute llness d. A *omparative *omparative Anal!sis Anal!sis of the *oping *oping +echanism +echanism of ,atients ,atients #ith *hronic *hronic llness llness and those #ith Acute llness Situation: !he use of massage and meditation to help decrease stress and pain have been strongly recommended based on documented testimonials . *armen/ita #ants to do a stud! on this topic% 0'-ects 0'-ects of +assage +assage and +editation on on Stress and ,ain. ,ain. (he t!pe of research that &'S( suits this topic is: a. Appl Applie ied d resea esearrch b. 2ua 2ualita litati tive ve 3esea esearrch c. &asi &asic c 3esea esearrch d. 2uan 2uanti tita tati tive ve
4. (he t!pe of resear research ch design design that does not manipula manipulate te independent independent variabl variable e is: a. 'xperimental design c. No N on5experimental design b. 2uasi5experimental design d. 2uantitative design 6. 7hich of of the follo# follo#ing ing is (38' (38' in experime experimental ntal stud!) stud!) a. (he contro controll group group receives receives the the therap! therap! being being studied. studied. b. *onditions a-ecting a-ecting the the sub9ects are left left uncontrolled to allo# generali/ation of "ndings. c. Sub9ects Sub9ects are are randoml! randoml! assigned assigned to both experimen experimental tal and control controlled led groups. groups. d. *lients #ho are li$el! li$el! to perform the best are are assigned to the experimental experimental group. group. Situation: Jin prepares for the orientation of the new sta of the research department. He plans to conduct a review of the basic concepts of research . 7hich of the follo#ing follo#ing t!pes of research research ma$es use of past events to ans#er a problem) a. 'x post facto anal!sis c. *a *ase stud! b. ;ield experiment d.
=. (he nurse resear researcher cher decided decided to use experim experimental ental design design on her stud! stud! about the e-ect e-ect of surgical operation on post operative patient> routine? ho#ever there are experimental limitations despite of its bene"ts. Nurses and hospital sta-% as #ell as patients% might be a#are of their participation participation and both groups might alter their actions accordingl! accordingl!.. 7hat can !ou call these changes made b! the participants) a.
s cher>s #ill. #ill. Situation: Sampling is an essential part of the research process B. A researche researcherr $no#s that selecti selection on of sample is an importa important nt factor factor to consider consider and must be given crucial attention because it #ill serve as a portrait. A researcher should $no# that a sample is a group dra#n from: a. ,opulation b. 8niverse c. Stud! group d. 3epresentative
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. Ene of the nurses in research team discusses di-erent sampling method the! can use in their stud!. (he nurse should al#a!s $eep in mind that most important characteristic of a sample is: a. ,opulation subsets c. 3epresentativeness b. 3andomi/ation d. Appropriate number 1F.A nurse researcher is conducting a lecture to nursing students about di-erent sampling method #hen one of the students as$s #hat random sampling is. (he nurse researcher is correct #hen she stated that random sampling assures that each su b9ect has: a. &een selected based on criteria c. *haracteristics that match other samples b. &een s!stematicall! selected d. An eGual chance of selection 11.Among the sampling methods% the nurse researcher $no#s #hich of the follo#ing methods is the #ea$est form of sample selection and should be avoided) a. 2uota b. ,urposive c. Sno#ball d. *onvenience 1.(he nurse researcher utili/ed the sno#ball sampling% in #hich he can easil! get a sample through the help of the seeds. Seeds in sno#ball sampling refer to: a. Samples from the population strata b. Sample selected b! the researcher #ith set of criteria. c. 'arl! sample members #ho can refer other people #ho meet eligibilit! criteria d. Sub9ects purposel! selected and believed to be $no#ledgeable about the issues under the stud!. 14.You decided to include all baranga!s in the municipalit! and chose a sampling method that #ould get a representative sample from each baranga!. (he appropriate method #ould be: a. *luster sampling c. S!stematic sampling b. Strati"ed sampling d. 3andom sampling 16.(he nurse researcher chose to use sampling method in obtaining =FF needed participants in his studies to be conducted at &rg!. +asigla. n his population list% he learned that the population of the baranga! is 6F%FFF.
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broaden the scope of nursing practice, utili$e new methods to assess, plan, deliver, or evaluate nursing care F.(he researcher ma! be guided b! the follo#ing steps #hen doing research studies: 1. Statement of the problem H h!pothesis 4. Data collection H methodolog! . 3esults% interpretation and conclusion 6. (heoretical frame#or$ and de"nition of terms a. 1% % 4% 6 b. 1% 6% 4% c. 1% 4% 6% d. 1% % 6% 4
1.Describe the tools% devices% tests and measures used in data collection: a. 2uestionnaire b. Sampling c. 3esearch methods nstruments
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.t is a tentative explanation for certain behaviours% phenomena or events #hich h ave occurred or #ill occur: a. *onstructs b.
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4.(he research variable #hich includes the behavior% characteristics% or outcome the researcher is interested in understanding% explaining% pre6dicting% or a-ecting is the: a. ndependent variable c. *ontinuous variable b. Dependent variable d. Discrete variable 44.(o stud! children in #ell5bab! clinics% nurse researcher Karen pic$s a public clinic because of its geographical proximit! and read! access. (his t!pe of non5probabilit! sampling #hich allo#s the use of an! available group of a research sub9ect is called: a. S!stematic sampling c. Sno#ball sampling b. *onvenience sampling d. Cudgment sampling Situation: #urses are increasingly e%pected to understand and conduct research, and to base their professional practice on emerging evidence from research & that is to adopt an evidence-based practice 46.A researcher has each sample sub9ect put a four digit number $no#n onl! to the sample sub9ect on the Guestionnaire the! turn in to the researcher. (his is an example of #hich of the belo#) a. Anon!mit! b. *on"dentialit! c. nformed consent d. Autonom!
4.A safet! mechanism b! #hich even the researcher cannot lin$ the data to an individual sample sub9ect is called: a. *on"dentialit! b. Anon!mit! c. nformed consent d. 3ight to privac! 4=.A nurse must protect sub9ects of research: a. &! distracting them #hen the! as$ Guestions about #hat another researcher is doing in the pro9ect. b. &! accepting parental consent #hile $eeping school5aged children protected from $no#ing the nature of the research the! are part of. c. &! $eeping them una#are of the real intent of clinical trials. d. &! refraining from conducting research that involves undue ph!sical or ps!chological ris$ even if the sub9ects have given their consent. 4.(he stud! examines% 0the changes in the ps!chological status of caregivers of post5 surgical patients #ith cancer and ho# their status #as a-ected b! aM #hether caregivers had ph!sical problems of their o#n% and bM #hether the patient received a home care intervention. (his is an example of anM: a. Eperational de"nition c. Limitation b. ,roblem statement d. ,urpose 4B.7hich statement belo# &'S( describes the concept of a stud!>s limitations) a. Limitations are the 0cause variable or the 0thing manipulated b! the researcher. b. Limitations are beliefs that are held to be true but have not necessaril! been proven. c. Limitations are extraneous variables% #hich are uncontrolled in the stud!. (he! could a-ect the outcomes of the stud! and the generali/ations of the "ndings. d. Limitations are the de"nitions of ho# a variable #ill be observed or measured in the stud!. Situation: #urses are increasingly engaged in disciplined methods to answer questions or solve problems !he ultimate goal of research is to develop, re"ne, and e%pand nursing as a body of knowledge 4. A research stud! that has its main ob9ective the accurate portra! of the characteristics of people% situations% or groups% and the freGuenc! #ith #hich certain phenomena occur is called: a. *omparative research c. *orrelation research b. Descriptive research d. 3esearch utili/ation
6F.(he outcome variable of interest is called: a. ndependent variable b. Dependent variable
c. Eutcome stud! d. Jariable
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b. +easures the e-ectiveness of a program% practice or polic!. c. *ontrols the independent variable and randoml! assigns sub9ects to di-erent conditions. d. nvestigates the possibilit! of underta$ing a research stud!. 6.Nurse Cean re! is participating a Guantitative research stud!. 7hich of the follo#ing is a ma9or characteristic of this t!pe of research) a.
66.Distinguish bet#een the problem statement and the purpose. a. (he purpose is best stated in a Guestion format% and the problem statement is most clearl! stated in a declarative statement. b. (here is no di-erence bet#een the problem statement and the purpose. c. A problem statement in the form of a Guestion is found more freGuentl! in the literature than a purpose statement d. (he problem statement and the purpose are often used interchangeabl! in the literature. 6.A student as$s !ou to explain the di-erence bet#een conceptual de"nition and an operational de"nition. You tr! to explain the di-erence to the student% b! providing an example of an operational de"nition for depression. 7hich of the follo#ing is an example of an operational de"nition for depression) a. &eing hospitali/ed b! a ps!chiatrist c. (a$ing an antidepressant b. Scores on the &ec$ Depression nventor! d. An over#helming feeling of sadness 6=.A researcher is interested in demonstrating that emergenc! room nurses have more #or$ related stress than nurses in intensive care units. Several stress indexes are given to the nurses in both groups. (he scores from the indexes are then compared. 7hat t!pe of design #ould the researcher use) a. 'xperimental c. *omparative design b. Non5eGuivalent control group design d. A H & 6.(he researcher is using an experimental design to explore a di-erent teaching approach e-ect on cheating in the classroom. (he control group is receiving the standard classroom environment. (he experimental group is receiving the ne# approach% #hich includes in the classroom a teacher% t#o assistant teachers and t#o observers in lab coats. 7hat threat to validit! is strongest in this situation) a. 3eactive e-ects of the pretest or measurement e-ect b. Selection bias c.
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