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EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES- APPRAISAL AND APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 4TH EDITION SCHMIDT, BROWN
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TEST BANKEVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES:
APPRAISAL AND APPLICATION OF RESEARCH
4TH EDITION | SCHMIDT, BROWN
TEST BANK
,Test Bank For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of
Research 4th Edition by Schmidt, Brown
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 What Is Evidence-Based Practice?
Chapter 2 Using Evidence Through Collaboration To Promote Excellence In Nursing Practice
Chapter 3 Identifying Research Questions
Chapter 4 Finding Sources Of Evidence
Chapter 5 Linking Theory, Research, And Practice
Chapter 6 Key Principles Of Quantitative Designs
Chapter 7 Quantitative Designs: Using Numbers To Provide Evidence
Chapter 8 Epidemiologic Designs: Using Data To Understand Populations
Chapter 9 Qualitative Designs: Using Words To Provide Evidence
Chapter 10 Collecting Evidence
Chapter 11 Using Samples To Provide Evidence
Chapter 12 Other Sources Of Evidence
Chapter 13 What Do The Quantitative Data Mean?
Chapter 14 What Do The Qualitative Data Mean?
Chapter 15 Weighing In On The Evidence
Chapter 16 Transitioning Evidence To Practice
Chapter 17 Developing Oneself As An Innovator
Chapter 18 Evaluating Outcomes Of Innovations
Chapter 19 Sharing The Insights With Others
,CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE?
Test Bank Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research 4th
Edition Schmidt, Brown
Multiple Choice
Definition of research (p. 14)
1. Which of the following is the best definition of research?
a. Critically thinking about problems that occur in health care to determine possible
solutions.
b. Information that is based on personal experience or tradition.
c. Planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or the
discovery of solutions to problems or questions.
d. Trying a variety of approaches to a clinical problem and settling on the approach
that is effective more often than not.
Definition of research utilization (p. 4)
2. Which of the following is the best definition of research utilization?
a. Applying research findings from individual studies to practice.
b. Analyzing multiple research studies to synthesize findings.
c. Appreciating the importance of clinical decision making.
d. Using previous personal experience to build confidence.
Definition of EBP (pp. 4-5)
3. Which of the following is the best definition of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
a. Application of research findings based on scientific theories in a clinical setting.
b. Research studies that correspond to nationally established priorities for healthcare,
conducted by experts in their fields.
c. Use of theory-derived, research-based information in making decisions about
health care delivery, with consideration of individual needs and preferences
and the clinical expertise of the provider.
d. Using the individual health care provider’s perception of truth without conscious
attention or reasoning.
Difference between research utilization and EBP (pp. 4-5)
4. Which of the following best describes the difference between research utilization and
EBP?
a. Research utilization is a process of evaluating multiple studies for the most
generalizable findings; EBP is use of the most recent study on a topic.
, b. Research utilization involves changing practice based on findings of a single
research study; EBP is the syntheses of findings from multiple studies to
incorporate with practitioner skills and client preference to determine best
care.
c. Research utilization is the application of research findings to health care practice;
EBP is considered in selecting medication options.
d. Research utilization is review of research publications; EBP is using the
healthcare provider’s perception of what care would be best in individual
situations.
Evidence from other disciplines (p. 6)
5. In what way can evidence from disciplines other than nursing be helpful?
a. Theory based non-nursing evidence can provide a basis on which to build
new evidence.
b. Non-nursing evidence supports the use of nursing knowledge obtained by trial
and error.
c. Clinical decision making can be based on findings from single non-nursing
research studies.
d. All evidence is equally important to the practice of nursing.
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
6. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a chair. You ask your
preceptor why this is done and shNeUaRnSsIw
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is is what we have always done, so go
do it.” This is an example of which type of evidence?
a. Trial and error
b. Intuition
c. Borrowed evidence
d. Tradition
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
7. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a chair. You ask your
preceptor why this is done and she answers, “Because I said so.” This is an example of
which type of evidence?
a. Intuition
b. Tradition
c. Authority
d. Borrowed evidence
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
8. Trial and error is not a preferred approach for delivering nursing care because
a. it is not based on systematic scientific approaches.
b. it is not a sanctioned method by the American Nurses Association.
c. it is based only on intuition and therefore not scientifically based.
d. patient outcomes are always based only on level 1 evidence.
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