Nursing Research Review

In qualitative research, saturation indicates which of the following?

• There are too many subjects

• Themes in the data are repeating

• Too many variables are included in a study

• The quality of the data is excellent

Which of the following groups would benefit most from EBP in nursing?

• Nurses' clients

• Nurse administrators

• Practicing nurses

• Health policy makers

Which of the following is the fundamental belief of the constructivist paradigm?

• A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand

• The nature of reality changes over time

• Reality is constructed and interpreted by humans

• Reality cannot be studied empirically

Which is the hallmark characteristic of the scientific method?

• Rigorous

• Flexible

• Holistic

• Systematic

The researcher wants to investigate the effect of body position on a patient's blood pressure. What type of study would this be?

• Qualitative

• Insufficient information to determine

• Quantitative

• Either one; researcher's preference

Explore the process by which men making treatment decisions for prostate cancer. Paradigm is?

• Positivism

• Empiricism

• Determinism

• Constructivism

What is the population? Do stress and depression affect dyspnea in patients with COPD?

• Patients who are stressed

• Patients who are depressed

• Patients who have COPD

• Patients who have dyspnea

Overweight children who take part in after-school nutritional program lose more weight than those who do not. Dependent variable is?

• Overweight children

• Nutritional program

• Amount of weight

• School

What is the effect of noise levels on post-op pain among ICU patients? Independent variable is?

• Noise levels

• ICU patients

• Post-op pain

• Type of surgery

The purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study is to:

• Assign numeric values to variables

• Specify how a variable will be measured

• State the expected relationship between variables

• Designate the conceptual underpinnings of a variable