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N436 Evidence Based Practice EAQ Exam
Questions With Revised Answers
A group of nurses have implemented an evidence-based practice (EBP) change and have
evaluated the effectiveness of the change. What is their next step?
1
Conduct a literature review.
2
Share the findings with others.
3
Conduct a statistical analysis.
4
Create a well-defined PICOT question. - answer✔✔2
After completing an evidence-based practice (EBP) project and evaluating its effectiveness, the
next step is to communicate the results with others. Conducting a literature review and statistical
analysis, and creating a well-defined PICOT question, come before evaluation and sharing
findings.
The nurse is providing care to a patient who is experiencing major abdominal trauma following a
car accident. The patient is losing blood quickly and needs a blood transfusion. The nurse finds
out that the patient is a Jehovah's Witness and cannot have blood transfusions because of
religious beliefs. The nurse notifies the patient's health care provider and receives an order to
give the patient an alternative to blood products. Of what is this an example?
1
A quality improvement study
2
A change in practice based on evidence
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3
A time when calling the hospital's ethics committee is essential
4
Consideration of patient preferences and values while providing care - answer✔✔4
This example illustrates a situation in which the health care providers take the patient's values
and beliefs into consideration while providing care. This is not an example of a quality
improvement study or change in practice based on evidence. Although ethics is a critical
consideration in this instance if the patient's life is in danger and the patient refuses treatment, the
provider orders an alternative to blood products, which in itself is not an ethical dilemma.
The nurse designs and conducts an informational health campaign and then measures the
outcomes of the campaign. Which type of research practice did the nurse perform?
1
Evaluation
2
Descriptive
3
Exploratory
4
Experimental - answer✔✔1
Evaluation research tests how well a program, practice, or policy is working. The nurse is
conducting an informational health campaign and measuring the outcomes of the campaign,
which indicates that the nurse is engaged in evaluation. Descriptive research measures the
characteristics of persons, situations, or groups and the frequency with which certain events or
characteristics occur. Exploratory research is designed to develop or refine the dimensions of
phenomena or to develop or refine a hypothesis about the relationships among phenomena. In
experimental research, the investigator controls the study variable and randomly assigns subjects
to different conditions to test the variable.
Which type of research explores the interrelationships among variables of interest without any
active intervention by the researcher?
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1
Historical research
2
Evaluation research
3
Correlational research
4
Experimental research - answer✔✔3
Correlational research explores the interrelationships among variables of interest without any
active intervention by the researcher. Historical research is designed to establish facts and
relationships concerning past events. Evaluation research tests how well a program, practice, or
policy is working. In experimental research, an investigator controls the study variable and
randomly assigns subjects to different conditions to test the variable.
The nurse is learning about the characteristics of different types of research studies. Which is the
chief characteristic of a case control study?
1
The study explains a phenomenon.
2
The study is performed on two groups of subjects.
3
The study groups are randomized.
4
The study groups are biased. - answer✔✔2
A case control study is a nonexperimental study in which the researchers study the effects of the
variables on a particular group of patients. In this type of study, researchers study one group of
subjects with a certain condition (e.g., asthma) at the same time as another group of subjects who
do not have the condition. A case control study determines whether there is an association
between one or more predictor variables and the condition. A descriptive study explains a
N436 Evidence Based Practice EAQ Exam
Questions With Revised Answers
A group of nurses have implemented an evidence-based practice (EBP) change and have
evaluated the effectiveness of the change. What is their next step?
1
Conduct a literature review.
2
Share the findings with others.
3
Conduct a statistical analysis.
4
Create a well-defined PICOT question. - answer✔✔2
After completing an evidence-based practice (EBP) project and evaluating its effectiveness, the
next step is to communicate the results with others. Conducting a literature review and statistical
analysis, and creating a well-defined PICOT question, come before evaluation and sharing
findings.
The nurse is providing care to a patient who is experiencing major abdominal trauma following a
car accident. The patient is losing blood quickly and needs a blood transfusion. The nurse finds
out that the patient is a Jehovah's Witness and cannot have blood transfusions because of
religious beliefs. The nurse notifies the patient's health care provider and receives an order to
give the patient an alternative to blood products. Of what is this an example?
1
A quality improvement study
2
A change in practice based on evidence
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3
A time when calling the hospital's ethics committee is essential
4
Consideration of patient preferences and values while providing care - answer✔✔4
This example illustrates a situation in which the health care providers take the patient's values
and beliefs into consideration while providing care. This is not an example of a quality
improvement study or change in practice based on evidence. Although ethics is a critical
consideration in this instance if the patient's life is in danger and the patient refuses treatment, the
provider orders an alternative to blood products, which in itself is not an ethical dilemma.
The nurse designs and conducts an informational health campaign and then measures the
outcomes of the campaign. Which type of research practice did the nurse perform?
1
Evaluation
2
Descriptive
3
Exploratory
4
Experimental - answer✔✔1
Evaluation research tests how well a program, practice, or policy is working. The nurse is
conducting an informational health campaign and measuring the outcomes of the campaign,
which indicates that the nurse is engaged in evaluation. Descriptive research measures the
characteristics of persons, situations, or groups and the frequency with which certain events or
characteristics occur. Exploratory research is designed to develop or refine the dimensions of
phenomena or to develop or refine a hypothesis about the relationships among phenomena. In
experimental research, the investigator controls the study variable and randomly assigns subjects
to different conditions to test the variable.
Which type of research explores the interrelationships among variables of interest without any
active intervention by the researcher?
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1
Historical research
2
Evaluation research
3
Correlational research
4
Experimental research - answer✔✔3
Correlational research explores the interrelationships among variables of interest without any
active intervention by the researcher. Historical research is designed to establish facts and
relationships concerning past events. Evaluation research tests how well a program, practice, or
policy is working. In experimental research, an investigator controls the study variable and
randomly assigns subjects to different conditions to test the variable.
The nurse is learning about the characteristics of different types of research studies. Which is the
chief characteristic of a case control study?
1
The study explains a phenomenon.
2
The study is performed on two groups of subjects.
3
The study groups are randomized.
4
The study groups are biased. - answer✔✔2
A case control study is a nonexperimental study in which the researchers study the effects of the
variables on a particular group of patients. In this type of study, researchers study one group of
subjects with a certain condition (e.g., asthma) at the same time as another group of subjects who
do not have the condition. A case control study determines whether there is an association
between one or more predictor variables and the condition. A descriptive study explains a
