Research Post Test

Refresher Phase_TRA

D. Hospital Visitation

An ICU nurse taking up her master’s degree came up with the research title “Effects of Hospital Visitation on Anxiety among Intensive Care Unit Patients in Cebu” for her thesis. Which is the independent variable?

A. Intensive Care Unit Patients

B. Anxiety

C. Cebu

D. Hospital Visitation

C. Anxiety

In the same research title mentioned above, which is the dependent variable?

A. Intensive Care Unit Patients

B. Hospital Visitation

C. Anxiety

D. Effects

D. Health education

A nursing student wanted to study whether health education affects the knowledge on self-care practices among patients with diabetes mellitus. Which of the following would be his independent variable?

A. Self-care practices

B. Diabetes Mellitus

C. Knowledge

D. Health education

C. Knowledge on self-care practices

A nursing student wanted to study whether health education affects the knowledge on self-care practices among patients with diabetes mellitus, which of the following is the dependent variable?

A. Self-care practices

B. Diabetes Mellitus

C. Knowledge on self-care practices

D. Health education

A. Academic Performance

Which is the dependent variable in the following: “The Role of Feedback in Enhancing Students’ Academic Performance in Colleges”?

A. Academic Performance

B. Colleges

C. Feedback

D. Students

C. Feedback

In the “The Role of Feedback in Enhancing Students’ Academic Performance in Colleges,” which is the independent variable?

A. Academic Performance

B. Colleges

C. Feedback

D. Students

B. Purposive

A nurse seeks to determine the barriers to contraceptive use among postpartum adolescents. She identified the following inclusion criteria in recruiting her subjects: (1) aged 14 – 17 years old; and (2) had been pregnant. The exclusion criteria were: (1) acutely ill or in a medical emergency; and (2) mental or physical disabilities. What kind of sampling design did the nurse employ?

A. Convenience

B. Purposive

C. Stratified Random

D. Cluster

C. Simple Random

Which of the following sampling designs would least likely result in selection threat to validity?

A. Snowball

B. Quota

C. Simple Random

D. Purposive

D. Years of experience

Given the research title “The relationship between clinical performance and years of experience of staff nurses in Manila,” which is the independent variable?

A. Clinical performance

B. Staff nurses

C. Manila

D. Years of experience

A. In quasi-experimental designs, there are possible confounding variables.

Why do quasi-experimental designs yield conclusions that are weaker that those from experimental designs?

A. In quasi-experimental designs, there are possible confounding variables.

B. Experimental designs are more practical and acceptable.

C. Quasi-experimental designs offer more flexibility in performing research.

D. Experimental designs involve manipulation.

C. + 0.21

Nurse Minnie interpreted the Pearson’s r value in her study as low positive correlation. Which of the following values might she have computed?

A. + 0.45

B. – 1.0

C. + 0.21

D. + 0.82

B. What is the meaning of health for migrant farm-worker women?

For which of the following research questions would qualitative methods be most appropriate?

A. Which pain medications decrease the need for sleep medication in elderly patients?

B. What is the meaning of health for migrant farm-worker women?

C. Under what conditions does a decubitus ulcer heal most quickly?

D. How does frequency of medication administration impact the degree of pain experienced following knee replacement surgery?

D. Relationship

The following are components of a clinical question, except:

A. Intervention

B. Outcome

C. Comparison

D. Relationship

D. Outcome

The following are elements of a research question, aside from:

A. Independent and dependent variables

B. Relationship

C. Population

D. Outcome

A. Studies are conducted in natural settings.

Which statement best describes qualitative research? 

A. Studies are conducted in natural settings.

B. Data are collected from a large number of subjects.

C. Data collected tend to be numeric.

D. The research design is systematic and objective.

D. Phenomenology

The title of a study is, “Discovering meaning in the experiences of Metro Manila college students who moved from provinces.” The design of the study is most likely:

A. Correlational

B. Randomized controlled trial

C. Ethnography

D. Phenomenology

D. Absence of randomization

Nurse Nikki knows that the hallmark of a quasi-experimental design is the:

A. Manipulation of independent variable

B. Presence of control group

C. Use of a treatment

D. Absence of randomization

D. “Subjects were asked to relate their perceptions of pain”

Which of the following phrases would be found in a report of a qualitative study?

A. “The hypothesis of this study is”

B. “Perceived pain was measured using the Abbott pain scale”

C. “The control group received no instruction”

D. “Subjects were asked to relate their perceptions of pain”

A. Selecting every 15th person in the population

Which of the following demonstrates systematic sampling?

A. Selecting every 15th person in the population

B. Conducting 4 successive randomizations

C. Defining the exclusion criteria

D. Asking for referrals

C. Update best practice in nursing and improve quality of life.

Research refers to a systematic and disciplined inquiry that seeks to answer questions and solve problems using a structured series of steps. The goal of clinical nursing research is to:

A. Understand challenges and create improvements in nursing education.

B. Develop and expand the body of scientific knowledge.

C. Update best practice in nursing and improve quality of life.

D. Prove that sound evidence is an excellent basis for clinical nursing practice.