EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE EXAM
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What is Nursing Research? - ANS-The systematic, rigorous, logical investigation that
aims
... [Show More] to answer questions about nursing phenomena.
What is Clinical Nursing Research designed to do? - ANS-Generate evidence to
guide nursing practice and to improve the quality of care.
What is Evidence-Based Practice? - ANS-The collection, interpretation, and
integration of valid research evidence, combined with clinical expertise and an
understanding of patient and family values and preferences to inform clinical
decision making.
What is Clinical Decision Making? - ANS-Nurses using best available evidence,
combined with their clinical judgment and patient preferences to influence the nature
and direction of health care delivery, and document outcomes related to the quality
and cost effectiveness of patient care.
What is Quality Improvement? - ANS-The systematic use of data to monitor the
outcomes of care processes as well as the use of improvement methods to design
and test changes in practice, the aim of which is to continuously improve the quality
and safety of health care systems.
What is the role of Nurses in research? - ANS-Evaluate strengths & weaknesses of
research evidence & uses existing standards to determine the merit & readiness of
research for use in clinical practice.
What is the difference between Research, Evidence-Based Practice and Quality
Improvement Processes? - ANS-RP: Use appropriate design & specific methodology
to TEST RESEARCH HYPOTHESES AND ANSWER THE RESEARCH QUESTION
EBPP & QIP: Question is used to search literature for ALREADY COMPLETED
STUDIES to bring about improvements in care
What is the difference between Quantitative and Qualitative Research? - ANSQuantitative: Aims to test cause & effect relationships between variables &
effectiveness of interventions, uses numeric data to describe phenomena, data
collected from a large number of subjects, uses an objective approach
Qualitative: Aims to understand meaning of a human experience, uses words to
describe experiences, data collected from a small number of subjects, uses a
subjective approach
What is the Research Process? - ANS-A series of steps of developing any kind of
research. Can be qualitative, quantitative, or mixed.
What is a Systematic Research journal article? - ANS-A summation & assessment of
a group of studies that used similar designs based on a focused clinical question.
What is a Meta-Analysis journal article? - ANS-A summary of a number of studies
focused on a topic using a specific statistical methodology to synthesize findings in
order to draw conclusions.
What is an Integrative-Review journal article? - ANS-A focused review & synthesis of
literature without statistical analysis. Can include both qualitative & quantitative
articles.
What is a Meta-Synthesis journal article? - ANS-Synthesis of a number of qualitative
studies on a focused topic using specific qualitative methodology.
What is critical reading? - ANS-Refers to a careful, active, reflective, analytic
reading.
What is critical thinking? - ANS-Involves reflecting on the validity of what you have
read in light of our prior knowledge and understanding of the world.
What is a preliminary understanding level of critical reading? - ANS-Familiarize
yourself with the study. Skim abstract and article.
What is a comprehensive understanding level of critical reading? - ANS-Understand
research purpose/intent, clarify unfamiliar terms/concepts.
What is an analysis understanding level of critical reading? - ANS-Understand parts,
critique soundness.
What is a synthesis understanding level of critical reading? - ANS-Understand whole
article & each step of Research Process.
What is a critique? - ANS-Process of objectively & critically evaluating a research
report's content for scientific validity or merit & application to practice, theory &
education.
What are critiquing criteria? - ANS-Standards, appraisal guides, or questions used to
judge/assess an article.
Critical reading requires four stages of understanding. What is the last stage? - ANSSynthesis
What is an assessment of a group of research studies that test a similar research
question? - ANS-Systematic Review
What is an Evidence Hierarchy Model? - ANS-A model for rating level of evidence,
associated with a study's design which helps nurses think about strengths &
weaknesses of a study & nature of evidence provided in the findings & conclusions.
What is the difference between Level I and Level VII of Evidence?... [Show Less]