Nursing Research Exams 1.
Draw Lots, Lottery, Table of random numb ers or a sampling that ensures that each element of the population has an equal and independent chance of being chosen is called: Simple
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If the researcher implemented a new structured counseling program with a randomized group of subject and a routine counseling program with another randomized group of subject, the research is utilizing which design? Experimental
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Which among the following is the most important characteristic of a sample? Representativeness
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A patient is participating in a cardiac study in which his physician is directly involved. Which statement by the patient indicates a lack of understanding about his rights as a research study participant? “ I’ll have to find a new physician if I don’t complete this study”
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An 75 year old client in a nursing home tells a nurse, “I signed the papers of that research study because the doctor was so insistent and I want him to continue taking care for me”. Which client right is being vio lated? Right of self determination
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In Quantitative date, which of the following is described as the distance in the scoring unites of the variable from the highest to the lower? Range
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You are interested to study the effects of m edication and tactile stimulation on the pain experienced by the cancer patients. What type of variable is pain? Dependent
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You would like to compare the support system of patients with chronic illness to those with acute illness. Considering that the hypothesis was: “Clients with chronic illness have lesser support system than clients with acute illness.” What type of research is this? Descriptive
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What does a sample group represent? Study Subjects
10. Client’s rights should be protected when doing research using human subjects. These rights below are correct EXCEPT: Right to compensation 11. A researcher does review of related literature for the purpose of? Gathering data about what is already known or unknown about the problem 12. Random sampling ensures that each subject has: An has: An equal chance of selection 13. In both quantitative and qualitative research, the used of a frame of reference is required. Which of the following items serves as the purpose of a framework? Organizes the development of study and links the findings to nursing’s body of knowledge 14. In the value 80, 80, 10, 10, 25, 65, 100, 200: What is the median? 72.5 15. The researcher implemented a medication regimen using a new type of combination of drugs to manic patients while another group of manic patient receives the routine drugs. The researcher however handpicked the experimental group for they are the clients with multiple episodes of bipolar disorder. The researcher utilized which which research design? Quasiexperimental 16. A research on “Surgical Instrument Availability” will he lp the surgical team: Streamline instrument inventory 17. Barangay A was selected randomly as well as Barangay B, Nurse Edly conducted teaching to Barangay A and assess if Barangay A will have a better status than Barangay B. This is an example of: Experimental 18. A nurse researcher is to perform a study about how nurses perform surgical asepsis during World War II. A design for this study is: Historical 19. The recipients of experimental treatment are an experimental design or the individuals to be observed in a nonexperimental design are called: Subjects
20. Which of the following might prevent the conduct of a research study? In order to gather data for the research, excessive risk to subject is required 21. You decided to include 5 barangays in your municipality and chose a sampling method that would get representative samples from each barangay. What should be the appropriate method ofor you to use in this care? Cluster sampling 22. Which of the following is not true about a Pure Experimental Research? There is a careful selection of subjects in the experimental group 23. SITUATION: Myrna, a researcher, proposes a study on the relationship between health values and the h ealth promotion activities of staff nurses in a selected college of nursing. In formulating the research hypotheses, researcher Myrna should state the research question as: Is there a significant relationship between health values and health promotion activities of the staff nurses? 24. As experimental research designs have their strengths, so does non-experimental researches. Which of the following statements is NOT one of the strengths of non-experimental designs? Useful for predictive purposes 25. A nurse is conducting a research study on how mark, an AIDS client lives his life. A design suited for this is: Phenomenological 26. The device or techniques an investigator employs to collect data is called? Instrument 27. Which of the following methods allows the use of any group of research subject? Convenience 28. Each nurse participants was asked to identify a problem. After the identification of the research problem, which of the following should be done? Review of Related Literature 29. Every year we discover new methods or gadgets to improve man’s life. The research typed used of this nature is: Applied 30. A supposition or system of ideas that is proposed to explain a given phenomenon best defines: A theory 31. The information that an investigator collects from the subjects or participants in a research study is usually called: Data 32. In an array of: 88, 81, 89, 88, 90, 92, 90: What is the mean? 88.3 33. Mikee needs to review relevant literature and studies. The following processes are undertaken in reviewing literature EXCEPT: Clarifying a research topic 34. Evidence-based care started in medicine as a way to: Integrate individual experience with clinical research 35. A student nurse visited a tribe located somewhere in China. She studied the way of life, tradition and the societal structure of these people. Which among the following is an appropriate research design? Ethnographic 36. A researcher wants to determine some of the problems that are experienced by diabetic clients when using an Insulin pump. The investigation went into a clinic where he personally knows several diabetic clients having problem with insulin pump. The type of sampling done by the investigator is called: Purposive 37. Which of the following studies is based on the qualitative research? A study examining client’s reaction to stress after open heart surgery 38. Who is the first nurse researcher? Florence Nightingale 39. In the hypothesis: “The utilization of technology in teaching improves the retention and attention of the nursing students.” Which is the dependent variable? Nursing Students 40. As a professional, a nurse can do research for varied reason except: For financial gains 41. Which of the following studies is based on quantitative research? A study measuring the effects of sleep deprivation on patients healing
42. Anton was always eating high fat diet. You want to determine if what will be the effect of high cholesterol food to Anton in the next 10 years. You will use: Comparative 43. The nurse researcher mutually agreed with the research subjects that all personal data of the subjects shall be kept confidential. To safeguard anonymity of data after the report is writ ten, the nurse researcher should: Burn of shred the papers 44. A nurse researched on TB. Its transmission, Causative agent and factors, treatment, sign and symptoms as well as medication and all other in depth information about tuberculosis. This study is best suited for which research design? Case Study 45. Ana researched on the development of a new way to measure intelligence by creating a 100 item questionnaire that will assess the cognitive skills of an individual. The design best suited for this study is: Methodological 46. A nursing student wants to know if the of time she will study for the board examination is proportional to h er board rating. During the June 2008 board examination. She studied for 6 months and gained 60%. On the next board exam, she studied for 6 months again for a total of 1 year and gained 74%. On the third board exam, she studied for 6 mont hs for a total of 1 and a half year and gained 82%. The research she used is: Experimental Study 47. In any research study where individual persons are involved, it is important that an informed consent of the study is obtained. The following are essential information about the consent that you should disclose to the prospective subject except: Consent to incomplete 48. This research topic has the potential to contribute to nursing because it seeks to: Enhance client care 49. All but one of the following is not a measure of Central Tendency? Mode 50. This expresses the variability of the data in reference to the mean. It provides as with a numerical estimate of how fa r, on the average the separate observation are from the mean: Standard deviation 51. Which of the following communicate the results of the research to the readers? They facilitate the description of the data. Tables and graphs 52. According to the WHO statistics on the Homeless population around the world. Which of the following groups of people in the world disproportionately represents the homeless population? Asians 53. You would like to compare the support system of patient with chronic illness to those with acute illness. How will you best state your problem? A comparative analysis of the support system of patients with chronic illness and those with acute illness 54. Which of the following usually refers to the independent va riables in doing research? Cause 55. In the value: 80, 80, 80, 82, 82, 90, 90,100, 90. What is the mode? 85 56. Which type of research inquiry investigates the issue of human complexity (e.g. understanding the human expertise)? Natural Inquiry 57. The primary purpose for reviewing literature is to: Gathers current knowledge of the problem of interest 58. The type of research design that does not manipulate the independent variable is: Non-experimental design 59. A nurse researcher wants to do a study on this topic: “Effects of massage and meditation on stress and pain”. The type of research that best suits this topic is: Applied Research 60. The use of another person’s ideas or wordings giving appropriate credit results from inaccurate attribution of materials to its sources. Which of the following is referred to when another person’s idea is inappropriate credited as one’s own? Plagiarism
61. The formula given below is computational formula for:
Standard deviation
