NU630 2020 January Week 1 Quiz Latest (100% Graded)

Week 1 Quiz

Question 1Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence-based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse:

a.develops evidence-based guidelines.

 b.designs research studies on which protocols may be based.

c.evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols.

 d.contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings.

Question 2What is the best explanation of the type of intuition that forms a legitimate source of knowledge in nursing?

 a.It is based on knowledge thoroughly incorporated into thought but seldom articulated.

 b.It is based on a gift from the universe and should be honored when it arrives.

 c.It is never inaccurate.

 d.It is the process of examining and critiquing one’s thoughts.

Question 3A researcher investigates the cause-and-effect relationship between the incidence of children’s spinal cord injury and the current state law requiring that all children under the age of eight will ride in special car harnesses. Which form of nursing research should the researcher employ?

 a.Control research

b.Mixed-methods research

 c.Qualitative research

 d.Quantitative research

Question 4A study is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital in order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. This type of study can do which of the following?

 a.Control

 b.Describe

 c.Explain

 d.Predict

Question 5What is a concept?

 a.The abstract, logical structure of meaning.

 b.A term that abstractly describes and names an object, a phenomenon, or an idea, thus providing it with a distinct identity or meaning.

c.An integrated set of defined concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that can be used to describe, explain, predict, or control that phenomenon.

 d.A diagram that expresses the interrelationships of concepts and statements.

Question 6What is a framework?

 a.The abstract, logical structure of meaning.

 b.A concept at a high level of abstraction with a very general meaning.

 c.An integrated set of defined concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that can be used to describe, explain, predict, or control that phenomenon.

 d.A diagram that expresses the interrelationships of concepts and statements.

Question 7What is a theory?

 a.The abstract, logical structure of meaning.

 b.A concept at a high level of abstraction with a very general meaning.

 c.An integrated set of defined concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that can be used to describe, explain, predict, or control that phenomenon.

d.A diagram that expresses the interrelationships of concepts and statements.

Question 8Which of the following is a variable?

 a.Sanctity

b.How many times the experimental monkey rings the bell

 c.Déjà vu

 d.Darwin’s theory of evolution

Question 9What does GNSA stand for?

 a.Graduate Nursing Student Academy

b.Graduate Nurse Schooling Association

 c.Gaming Nursing School Academy

 d.Greater Nurses Stand Aligned

Question 10Who is considered the first nursing theorist?

 a.Florence Nightingale

correct. Florence Nightingale is considered the earliest nursing theorist and is responsible for the Environment Theory. Her written work can be read on the library and other areas on the internet.

 b.Nola Pender

 c.Sister Callista Roy

 d.Martha Rogers