Evidence Based Practice Unlock Your Potential:54 Essential Exam Questions And Answers|18 Pages
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EBP
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EBP
The middle school teacher is researching topics in Healthy People 2020 to incorporate evidence-based resources in the school's health program.
Which topic would be the most appropriate for the nurse to research?
Obesity prevention
Sickle cell disease
International transmission of disease
Bre...
Evidence Based Practice Unlock Your
Potential:54 Essential Exam Questions
The middle school teacher is researching topics in Healthy People 2020 to incorporate evidence-based
resources in the school's health program.
Which topic would be the most appropriate for the nurse to research?
Obesity prevention
Sickle cell disease
International transmission of disease
Breast cancer - ✔ ✔ Obesity Prevention
The nurse conducting a research study needs to determine if an individual qualifies to be a participant.
Which criteria must be met for inclusion? (Select all that apply.)
A. The individual meets all the inclusion criteria.
B. The individual has been given informed consent.
C. The individual receives payment for participation.
D. The individual must waive the right to anonymity.
E. The individual is informed of all aspects of the study. - ✔ ✔ A,B,E
The nurse describes the three components of evidence-based practice (EBP) that support what they do
every day. The first component is the knowledge gained in practice and the second is the research
evidence.
Which item should the nurse identify as the third component?
Preferences of the patient
Ability to act quickly
Nurses' beliefs of the system
,Nursing school training - ✔ ✔ Preferences of the patient.
A 2-year-old child with cerebral palsy may benefit from the model known as a medical home.Which goal
from Healthy People 2020 does the nurse identify for the client?
A. Limiting who lives in the home
B. Paying the mortgage for the home
C. Paying for their medication
D. Coordinating their healthcare services - ✔ ✔ D
A 72-year-old bedridden patient has extensive contractures of the legs and is a resident of a local
nursing home.
Which statement by the nurse relates to a national goal for the care of older adults from the Healthy
People 2020 report?
"This patient may quickly develop pressure ulcers."
"This patient is vitamin deficient."
"This patient will be tube fed."
"This patient is at risk for infection." - ✔ ✔ "This patient may quickly develop pressure ulcers."
A group of nurses is meeting as a part of a research committee and one of the points of discussion is
that they have limited time to read the required articles.
Which response by the chairman may be most helpful to this group doing a literature review?
"I would suggest reading the abstract."
"I would suggest reading the introduction."
"I would suggest skimming the reading for valid points."
"I would suggest reading the article's conclusion." - ✔ ✔ "I would suggest reading the abstract."
A home health nurse who is visiting a client to complete a wound dressing notes that the client has a flat
affect and is not as responsive as during previous visits. The nurse calls the client's primary healthcare
, provider for a psychiatric referral. By recognizing the signs and symptoms of possible depression, the
nurse is exhibiting which concept associated with evidence-based practice?
A. Professional behaviors
B. Accountability
C. Clinical decision making.
D. Advocacy - ✔ ✔ C. Clinical Decision making
A pregnant woman presents to the clinic with concerns of natural birth being messy and that she would
rather have a cesarean birth.
Which response by the nurse is based on a national goal set by Healthy People 2020?
"A cesarean birth is a procedure that poses additional risk to you."
"A cesarean birth is basically risk free at this point in medicine."
"You should be screened for preeclampsia prior to making that decision."
"A cesarean birth makes pregnancy and delivery very convenient." - ✔ ✔ "A cesarean birth is a
procedure that poses additional risk to you."
As part of a research project, the nurse is discussing with a group of peers about the coping process a
woman goes through following a mastectomy.
Which statement demonstrates that one of the nurses understands methodologies used in nursing
research?
"We would set that up as a qualitative study."
"We would set that up as a quantitative study."
"That would be an example of a hypothesis."
"We should examine pregnant women who are over 30." - ✔ ✔ " We would set that up as a
qualitative study."
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