Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 5 Test Bank Docx

Chapter 5. Evidence-Based Practice

Questions

Multiple Choice

1. A continuing education program that focuses on the integration of best evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values is being held in an organization’s training center. Which would the nurse expect to be the focus of this program?

1. Research

2. Standardized care plans

3. Evidence-based practice

4. State board of nursing expectations

Answer: _____

2. The nurse is reviewing a journal article about research. Which would the nurse identify as the purpose of research in nursing?

1. To treat disease and disability

2. To identify symptoms caused by illness

3. To eliminate the need for palliative care

4. To build the scientific foundation for clinical practice

Answer: _____

3. The nurse is creating a teaching tool about the history of research in nursing. Who would the nurse identify as the first person to conduct professional nursing research?

1. Corbin

2. Becker

3. Nightingale

4. Giger and Davidhar

Answer: _____

4. An organization’s research committee is reviewing proposals for research studies. Which topic should the committee approve for a nursing research study?

1. Impact of patient education on medication adherence

2. Long-term impact of a low-fat diet on weight control

3. Effect of weight training on the return of muscle function

4. Frequency that medications are prescribed for off-label use

Answer: _____

5. The Department of Nursing within an urban healthcare center is supporting several nursing research projects. For which reason are these projects most likely being conducted?

1. To evaluate the return on investment for the addition of nursing staff

2. To determine the major illnesses being treated in the healthcare center

3. To identify the patients who are most likely interested in serving as study participants

4. To support the evolving body of knowledge to improve efficacy and positive patient outcomes

Answer: _____

6. An organization’s institutional review board (IRB) meets weekly to review research proposals. To which information should the board members strictly adhere if a researcher is seeking funding to conduct a study?

1. Federal guidelines

2. Privacy and confidentiality laws

3. Scope of practice for the researcher

4. State licensure laws for the researcher

Answer: _____

7. The nurse reads about a specific health problem and attends an education session before implementing an evidence-based intervention. In which role is the nurse functioning?

1. Manager

2. Educator

3. Advocate

4. Consumer

Answer: _____

8. The nurse is following the scientific method when conducting a study. Which action does the nurse complete in the fourth step of this process?

1. Collect data

2. Interpret data

3. State the hypothesis

4. Describe the theoretical framework

Answer: _____

9. The nurse is planning to follow the scientific method when designing a research study. In which order should the nurse complete the first three steps of this process?

1. Statement of hypothesis, selection of research design, and review of literature

2. Description of theoretical framework, full disclosure, and statement of purpose

3. Identification of the problem, statement of purpose, and review of the literature

4. Statement of purpose, identification of the problem, and statement of hypotheses

Answer: _____

10. The nurse manager is implementing an intervention that is based on research and has been proven to impact health outcomes through evidence-based care. Which term should the manager use when referring to the process used for this intervention?

1. Medical research

2. Hypothesis testing

3. Scientific investigation

4. Knowledge transformation

Answer: _____

11. The nurse is critiquing a research article. Which action would the nurse take when conducting this critique?

1. Publish the critique’s conclusions

2. Criticize all components of the report

3. Critically examine all aspects of the report

4. Critically determine reliability of the report’s findings

Answer: _____

12. The nurse is reviewing an article published about a research study. Which term should the nurse use to identify the main issue of the investigation?

1. Critique

2. Hypotheses

3. Research design

4. Research problem

Answer: _____

Multiple Response

13. The nurse researcher plans to study the outcome of implementing a specific intervention. When designing the study, which rights would the nurse ensure for the study participants? Select all that apply.

1. Do no harm

2. Full disclosure

3. Self-determination

4. Privacy and confidentiality

5. Distribution of study results

Answer: _____

14. The nurse is collecting data for a research study. Which would the nurse include as measurements? Select all that apply.

1. Use of statistics

2. Observed behavior

3. Responses on a pain scale

4. Review of medical records

5. Blood pressure measurement

Answer: _____

15. The nurse researcher is analyzing collected data. Which actions would the nurse take when using inferential statistics? Select all that apply.

1. Make predictions

2. Test the hypotheses

3. Explain measures of dispersion

4. Graphically display the information

5. Infer from the sample to the population

Answer: _____