HESI RN Nursing Research Proctored Exam Practice Questions - Set 1

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• The possibility that the results cannot be replicated.
• How long the subjects had been diagnosed with diabetes.
• The sampling method used to select subjects for the groups.
• The subject's history during the three months of the study.

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• How does massage therapy compare to standard treatments in decreasing sepsis among preterm neonates on a neonatal unit?
• What interventions are most commonly used to decrease sepsis in preterm neonates who are hospitalized on a neonatal unit?
• How does massage therapy affect sepsis outcomes of preterm neonates hospitalized on a neonatal unit?
• Should massage therapy be included in the care of preterm neonates in a neonatal unit to prevent sepsis?

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• Diagnosis of schizophrenia.
• Educational intervention.
• Antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
• Clients aged 20 to 30 years.

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• Cross-sectional.
• Descriptive.
• Longitudinal.
• Experimental.

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• The percentage of nurses who work as nursing faculty throughout the world.
• The median number of years that nurses work as faculty members.
• The significant age difference in hospital staff nurses and nursing faculty.
• The mean age of nursing faculty in the United States.

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• The range of motion following joint replacement surgery for clients with PCA-delivered narcotics was compared to those receiving intermittent IM narcotics.
• The researcher randomly selected 200 medical records to identify the frequency of discharges to skilled nursing facilities following total hip replacement surgery.
• Clients with fibromyalgia received logbooks to record the actions they took over a period of two weeks to alleviate their symptoms of fatigue.
• Nurse managers were interviewed about their levels of job satisfaction for the purpose of identifying themes of autonomy in their roles.

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• Only 5 out of 100 nursing research studies would report this result as significant.
• There is a 1-in-5 chance of the result occurring again by chance alone.
• The result is not significant for most nursing research, which requires more rigor.
• The researcher is 95% confident that the result did not happen randomly.

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• Medical/surgical nursing textbooks published within the past year.
• Articles describing findings from peer-reviewed research studies.
• Best practice recommendations from trusted professional webpages.
• Hospital infection committee meeting minutes from the past six months.

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• First graders at a public school.
• 5 to 10-year-olds with leukemia.
• 5 to 10-year-olds who participate in sports.
• 5 to 10 year-olds who are type 1 diabetics.
• 10-year-olds who had stitches due to an accident.

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• Do clients with type 2 diabetes mellitus prefer individual education or group education to help them manage their HgbA1C?
• Should the nurse educator use individual education or group education to teach adolescents recently diagnosed with type 2 DM?
• Among adolescents who were recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, is individual education effective in improving HbA1C?
• How does group education compare to individual education in decreasing the HbA1C in adolescents recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus?

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• A longitudinal study.
• cross-sectional design.
• retrospective design.
• An experimental design.
• An experimental design.