A charge nurse and team of nurses lack the motivation required
to implement EBP. Which solution may help to address this
barrier? Correct Answers Gain authorization to offer
continuing education credits for attending training workshops
and include staff use of EBP in the annual evaluation.
A health care system is interested in improving health promoting
activities for its employees. Their research team is investigating
a theoretical model to serve as a basis for conducting a study to
determine factors that affect health promoting activities in
healthcare workers. Which theory would be best to use in
conducting this study? Correct Answers Health promotion
model
A large number of patient satisfaction surveys indicate
inadequate pain control on a surgical unit in an acute care
hospital. The chief nursing officer needs to address this issue
and asks the nurses on the surgical unit to measure their patient's
pain once per shift. Which scale is the most appropriate to use to
gather this data? Correct Answers Visual analog scale
A major assumption of the constructivist paradigm is that the
researcher is independent from those being researched. Correct
Answers FALSE
A nurse cites an article titled, "A Nurse Should Always Care: A
Compassion Road Map." Which article title is formatted
correctly, using APA style, in a reference list at the end of the
,article? Correct Answers A nurse should always care: A
compassion road map
A nurse cites the title of a journal. Which journal name is
formatted correctly, using APA style, in a reference list at the
end of the article? Correct Answers Care Compassion Journal
A nurse considers both supports and challenges to an EBP
approach in the nurse's institution. Which factors would be
supportive of EBP? Correct Answers Staff receive release time
to participate in journal clubs
A nurse considers how to apply EBP in the nurse's practice
setting. Which activity would be a valid application of the EBP
process? Correct Answers Develop policies and procedures for
client care based on compiled research.
A nurse is completing a literature review. The nurse has several
ideas for a focus, but has not nailed down a specific topic to
examine. Which step would be most helpful to follow at this
stage of the process? Correct Answers Formulate a clear
research question.
A nurse is concerned that some staff nurses are not adequately
charting their assigned clients because they lack computer skills.
As the nurse differentiates between the four core competencies,
this issues would fall into which competency? Correct Answers
Interprofessional communication practices
,A nurse is learning about the peer-review process. Which
individual would be considered a peer-reviewer? Correct
Answers Researchers or experts in the field
A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and
asks questions such as, "What is the pattern of evidence?", "How
much evidence is there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?"
The nurse is in what stage of the literature review process?
Correct Answers Evaluate and analyze the studies.
A nurse is trying to produce the best search results possible
using keyword searches. What is an appropriate tip to provide in
order to achieve this goal? (Select all that apply.) Correct
Answers Use wildcard characters.
Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators).
A nurse learns about asking clinical questions in a standard
format. Rank order these terms to match the standard EBP
acronym. Correct Answers 1)Population
2)Intervention
3)Comparison
4)Outcome
5)Time
A nurse learns about improving care through evidence-based
practice (EBP). What are the essential components of EBP?
(Select all that apply.) Correct Answers Clinician expertise
Client preferences
Research studies
, A nurse learns how to write PICOT questions. When writing
these clinical questions, what component is not always
specified? Correct Answers Time
A nurse participates on an interprofessional team to implement
EBP. Emphasizing which core competency would help different
team members clearly understand what is expected of them?
Correct Answers Roles and responsibilities for collaborative
practice
A nurse performed a literature review on client satisfaction and
found that The Institute for Caring in Healthcare released an
article that covers the research topic. The nurse is unable to find
an author for the article. How should the article be cited in APA
style? Correct Answers Type "The Institute for Caring in
Healthcare" where the author's name should be.
A nurse practices writing PICO questions. Which question is
written following the PICO format? Correct Answers In
school-age children, is PCA (patient-controlled analgesia) more
effective than intermittent medication to control pain?
A nurse receives an overview of research. The statements "to
improve the care of people in a clinical setting" and "to develop
greater autonomy and strength as a profession" are both
examples of which aspect of nursing research? Correct Answers
Goals
A nurse researcher develops a problem statement for a study.
What component is included in a well-structured problem
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