Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing explores the principles and application of evidence-based decision making to improve patient outcomes and promote quality care. The course introduces students to the process of critically appraising current research, integrating clinical expertise, and considering patient preferences to address real-world healthcare problems. Students learn to formulate clinical questions, search for and evaluate research literature, and implement best practices within diverse healthcare settings. Emphasis is placed on using credible sources of evidence, understanding barriers to implementation, and fostering a culture of inquiry to advance nursing as a profession.
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Understanding Nursing Research Building an Evidence Based Practice 7th Edition by Susan K. Grove
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Research and Its
Importance in Building an Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) Knowledge is acquired in nursing in a variety of ways.Which of the following describes when one person credits another as the source of information?
A) Borrowing
B) Authority
C) Traditions
D) Personal experience
Answer: B
Q2) The nurse reviews a study exploring experiences of nurses' decision-making processes regarding reporting a medical error.Which research method does this represent?
A) Control
B) Description
C) Explanation
D) Prediction
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Introduction to Quantitative Research
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Q1) The nurse participates in data collection for a clinical drug trial in which subjects are randomly assigned to either a treatment or a placebo group to measure the effects of the drug on a specific outcome.This is which type of study?
A) Correlational
B) Descriptive
C) Experimental
D) Quasi-experimental
Answer: C
Q2) To learn whether there is a statistically significant difference between the control group and the experimental group in a study,the nurse would review which section of the research report?
A) Introduction
B) Methods
C) Purpose
D) Results
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Introduction to Qualitative Research
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Q1) How are findings from qualitative studies used to add to the body of nursing knowledge?
A) Findings are useful only for describing study subjects.
B) Findings may be generalized to a wide variety of population groups.
C) Findings provide a broad overview from which meaning is derived.
D) Findings reveal meanings that can be used to develop theory.
Answer: D
Q2) Which is an example of an etic approach in an ethnographic study?
A) A longitudinal study examining individual immigrants' attitudes about health care
B) A study about African tribal women and their feelings about HIV prevention
C) A study comparing various ethnic groups' folk health practices
D) A study of differences between BSN- and AND-prepared nurses' attitudes about health care
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Examining Ethics in Nursing Research
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Q1) When conducting research to study medical devices for human use,the nurse researcher must comply with the Department of Health and Human Services human subjects' regulations as well as regulations put forth by the
A) American Nurses Association (ANA).
B) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
C) Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
D) Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethics.
Q2) A researcher makes an honest error when tabulating and analyzing research findings.According to the Office of Research Integrity,this constitutes A) fabrication.
B) falsification.
C) misrepresentation.
D) no misconduct.
Q3) Which ethical principle includes the right to self-determination and the right to full disclosure?
A) Beneficence
B) Ethics
C) Justice
D) Respect for persons
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Chapter 5: Examining Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses
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Q1) In a study comparing the effects of complementary therapies on pain scores and narcotic analgesic use in homeless women and women who own homes,which of the following is a demographic variable?
A) Complementary therapies
B) Homeless women
C) Narcotic analgesic use
D) Pain scores
Q2) All of the following aspects of a research proposal are part of the research hypothesis except A) methodology.
B) outcomes.
C) population.
D) variables.
Q3) In a research proposal,a statement about expected relationships among variables is the
A) conceptual definition.
B) operational definition.
C) research hypothesis.
D) research problem.
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review
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Q1) What is the purpose of a limited research review?
A) To allow the reader to become familiar with the research problem
B) To develop an initial pilot study prior to a more in-depth study
C) To direct the planning and execution of a study
D) To identify studies published after a study is performed
Q2) Which is true about quality of sources when critically appraising a literature review?
A) A secondary source is written by the person who originated or is responsible for generating the ideas published.
B) Authors of primary sources paraphrase the works of researchers and theorists and present their interpretations of what was written by the secondary author.
C) A primary source summarizes or quotes content from secondary sources.
D) Secondary sources are used only if primary sources cannot be located.
Q3) Once relevant studies have been identified,the researcher's next step is to
A) determine the expertise of each study's authors.
B) obtain full-text copies of each of these articles.
C) review the study design and methodology of each article.
D) write the literature review based on abstract information.
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Chapter 7: Understanding Theory and Research
Frameworks
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Q1) Which will the researcher use to display the concepts and relationships in a theoretical framework?
A) Construct
B) Graph
C) Model
D) Theory
Q2) The level of theory often derived from evidence-based guidelines is
A) grand theory.
B) grounded theory.
C) mid-range theory.
D) practice theory.
Q3) In a study about childhood obesity,the researcher discusses the concept of overweight in terms of weight for height measures,body mass index (BMI),body image,self-esteem,and social norms.The researcher states that a BMI less than the 95th percentile represents overweight.This statement is a(n)
A) conceptual definition.
B) dependent variable.
C) independent variable.
D) operational definition.
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Chapter 8: Clarifying Quantitative Research Designs
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Q1) A study in which subjects are assigned by the researcher into experimental and control groups increases
A) bias.
B) control.
C) manipulation
D) validity.
Q2) Which statement is true about a descriptive study design?
A) It is not possible to operationally define variables in this type of study.
B) Sample selection and size cannot be controlled in descriptive studies.
C) This type of design is used to identify problems occurring in practice.
D) Variables may be manipulated to avoid bias in this type of study.
Q3) A nurse researcher understands there are numerous concepts relevant to quantitative research designs.What concept best describes the following example,"Patient diagnosis,age,pre-surgical condition,and complications after surgery are interrelated causes of the length of patients' hospital stays"?
A) Probability
B) Multicausality
C) Causality
D) Bias
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Chapter 9: Examining Populations and Samples in Research
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Q1) In a study investigating type 2 diabetic patients' ability to make lifestyle changes,the researcher randomly selects a sample from a list of all patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the United States.The researcher also selects the sample by randomly selecting patients diagnosed for 3 years or longer and those who are newly diagnosed.What sampling technique is used in this study?
A) Cluster
B) Quota
C) Stratified random
D) Systematic
Q2) When conducting a study in which it is not possible to determine the true number of subjects who meet eligibility criteria and obtaining a random sample would be time consuming and expensive,the researcher will use which sampling method?
A) Cluster sampling
B) Simple random sampling
C) Stratified random sampling
D) Systematic sampling
Q3) The individual units of the population and sample are called
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Chapter 10: Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research
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Q1) Which is true about a test that is highly sensitive for detecting a disease?
A) There is a high probability of having a false negative result.
B) There is a high probability of having a false positive result.
C) There is a low probability of having a false negative result.
D) There is a low probability of having a false positive result.
Q2) The type of validity that focuses on the extent to which an individual's score on an instrument or scale can be used to estimate his or her present or concurrent performance on another variable or criterion is known as
A) concurrent validity.
B) content validity.
C) construct validity.
D) predictive validity.
Q3) Which type of scale is most commonly used in a survey of patient satisfaction?
A) Likert scale
B) Numeric rating scale
C) Rating scale
D) Visual analog scale
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Chapter 11: Understanding Statistics in Research
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Q1) Which statements would the nurse researcher recognize as being true when using descriptive statistics? Select all that apply.
A) The researcher might see analysis techniques identified as parametric or nonparametric.
B) Descriptive statistics are conducted to examine relationships,make predictions,and determine causality or differences in studies.
C) Descriptive statistics allow researchers to organize numerical data in ways that give meaning and facilitate insight.
D) Measures of central tendency that are commonly used in statistical analyses are the mode,median,and margin.
E) Researchers report descriptive statistics in tables and in the narrative of the results section of their study.
Q2) Which is true about a sample that is heterogeneous?
A) It has a wide variation in scores.
B) Scores will be clustered around the mean.
C) The measure of range will be small.
D) The standard deviation cannot be calculated.
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Chapter 12: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Nursing Practice
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Q1) A reviewer performs a critical appraisal of a study and notes that the researcher conducted a previous pilot study.The reviewer will
A) discount any findings not congruent with the pilot study.
B) ensure that the larger study and pilot study used identical data collection methods.
C) ignore the findings of the pilot study because they are not relevant to this study.
D) note whether the pilot study findings were used to design the current study.
Q2) What standard may be applied to determine the strengths and weaknesses in a qualitative research study?
A) Consistency of study methods with guidelines of expert researchers
B) Determination of the generalizability of the study findings
C) Reliability of scales of measurement used in data collection
D) Validity of statistical analyses used in data analysis
Q3) When critically appraising a research study,the reviewer will expect to find
A) identification of new research problems.
B) implementation of a perfect research design.
C) precise understanding of the real world.
D) tools to control outcomes in nursing practice.
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Chapter 13: Building an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which type of research literature would be included in gray literature sources?
A) Book chapters
B) Dissertations
C) Journal articles
D) Textbooks
Q2) Which is true about the literature search criteria for a meta-analysis?
A) They include only published works from refereed journals.
B) They include the full range of related sources based on the topic.
C) They usually are narrowly focused around the research question.
D) They use works from a single database to remain consistent.
Q3) When addressing a healthcare question to determine best practice,the nurse identifies and appraises quality research using a structured,comprehensive synthesis of the research literature to determine the best research evidence available.This is an example of a
A) literature review.
B) meta-analysis.
C) meta-synthesis.
D) systematic review.
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Chapter 14: Introduction to Additional Research
Methodologies in Nursing: Mixed Methods and Outcomes
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Q1) What is the key construct in Donabedian's theory of outcomes research?
A) Efficiency of healthcare delivery
B) Healthy outcomes
C) Professional accountability
D) Quality of care
Q2) In an outcome study,a researcher demonstrates a link between the number of mothers who successfully breastfeed their infants and the number of maternal-child nurses who are baccalaureate prepared.This illustrates
A) interdependent nursing role functions.
B) nursing-sensitive patient outcomes.
C) patient-sensitive outcomes.
D) the Nursing Role Effectiveness Model.
Q3) What mixed-methods design strategy is used when the researcher begins with collection and analysis of qualitative data,followed by collection of quantitative data?
A) Convergent concurrent strategy
B) Exploratory sequential strategy
C) Explanatory sequential strategy
D) Parallel design
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