Deck 4: Health and Illness; and Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice

Question 1

What phrase best describes the science of nursing?

A) application of clinical skills
B) body of nursing knowledge
C) holistic patient care
D) art of individualized nursing

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following sources of knowledge is based on objective data?

A) authoritative
B) traditional
C) scientific
D) applied

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Who was the first nurse to develop a nursing theory?

A) Clara Barton
B) Dorothea Dix
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Virginia Henderson

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A nurse observes that certain patients have less pain after procedures than do others, and forms a theory of why this happens. What is a theory?

A) a concept used to directly prove a fact or a group of facts
B) an understanding borrowed from other disciplines
C) a "best guess" based on intangible ideas
D) a statement of an occurrence based on observed facts

Question 5

Breaking the healthcare community into separate entities (such as the medical community, the nursing staff, management, support staff) and analyzing how they work as a whole together is an example of which nursing theory?

A) general systems theory
B) adaptation theory
C) developmental theory
D) compartment theory

Question 6

Which of the following terms are part of quantitative research?

A) process
B) concept
C) ethnography
D) variable

Question 7

A nurse uses the process of quantitative research to study the incidence and causes of hospital-acquired pneumonia in her hospital. The statement of what the researcher expects to find in these studies is called the:

A) variable
B) data
C) hypothesis
D) instrument

Question 8

Information is collected for analysis in both quantitative and qualitative research. What is the information called?

A) surveys
B) answers
C) interviews
D) data

Question 9

A patient in a clinical research study has given informed consent. This means that the patient has certain rights. These rights include which of the following? Select all that apply.

A) confidentiality
B) free medical care
C) refusal to participate
D) protection from harm
E) guarantee of treatment
F) consent knowledgeably

Question 10

Which of the following represents the basic framework of the research process?

A) Qualitative data
B) Quantitative data
C) Nursing Process
D) Nursing Theory

Question 11

A beginning student is reading a published research article. Where in the article would the student find the abstract?

A) in the introduction
B) in the methods section
C) after the references
D) at the beginning

Question 12

Friedman, Bowden, and Jones (2003) identified the importance of family-centered nursing care, based on four rationales. Which of the following is one of these rationales?

A) The family is composed of dependent members who affect one another.
B) If a family member is ill, it does not necessarily affect other family members.
C) A strong relationship exists between the family and health status of members.
D) The level of health of the family is established early and is not influenced by health promotion.

Question 13

Mrs. Dunn has cared for her husband with Alzheimer's disease for 2 years. She comes to a local health center because she is feeling "worn out and stressed." What might be an appropriate nursing diagnosis for Mrs. Dunn?

A) Dysfunctional Family Processes
B) Health-Seeking Behaviors
C) Risk for Caregiver Burden
D) Risk for Anxiety