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NUR 408 Pre Questions with correct answers
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NUR 408 Pre Questions with correct answersWhich of the following statements defines evidence-based practice
(EBP)?
A) "It is the systematic, rigorous, logical investigation that aims to
answer questions about nursing phenomena"
B) "It is the empirical knowledge generated by the synthesis of quality
study findings to address a practice problem"
C) "It is that process of communicating and using empirical or research-
generated knowledge to affect or change the existing practices in the
healthcare system"
D) "It is the collection, interpretation, and integration of valid research
evidence combined with clinical practice and understanding of the
patient and family" Correct Answer-*Answer D.*
Statement A defines research.
Statement B describes best research evidence.
Statement C describes a process known as research utilization
,There are many sources of information that nurses use to guide their
practice. Tradition is one such source. Which of the following
statements reflects using tradition as a source of information?
A) Let's all try something else and see if it works
B) I feel that we are headed in the right direction in resolving the issue
C) The nurse manager said that we should try to do it this way
D) Let us do it like we always have in the past Correct Answer-*Answer
D*
What has worked in the past might work now" is the thinking reflected
in the statement. Tradition, as it has in the past, will guide the solution to
a problem.
There are many sources of information on that nurses use to guide their
practice. One such source is the logical reasoning that includes deductive
or inductive approaches which of the following situations reflect
deductive reasoning? A nurse:
A) Is aware that a specific person has a traditional cultural background
with an orientation to the past. The nurse believes all of her patients who
are from this culture are past oriented
,B) Knows that denial is often the first to reaction of most patients
diagnosed with a terminal illness. The nurse expects that a patient
diagnosed with a terminal illness would initially deny having this
diagnosis.
C) Assumes that all patients from a particular culture are stoic to pain
based on his work experience within an individual from that culture who
was stoic to pain.
D) Encounters a very rude New York City taxi driver. The nurse now
believes that all New York taxi drivers are rude Correct Answer-
*Answer B*
A. This is inductive reasoning. It is defined as "the process of
developing generalizations from specific observations".
C. This is inductive reasoning.
D. This is inductive reasoning
Most evidence hierarchies put which of the following at the pinnacle?
A) Randomized clinical trials (RCTs)
B) Systematic reviews of RCTs
, C) Quality improvement projects
D) It depends on the research question Correct Answer-*Answer B*
A. Individual RCTs constitute Level II evidence.
C. The purpose of quality improvement is to improve practices and
processes within a specific organization - not to generate new
knowledge.
D. A research question is a specific query the researcher wants to answer
to address a research problem
There are several processes used to synthesize research evidence. Which
process provides the strongest research evidence?
A) Meta-summaries of qualitative studies
B) A single randomized clinical trial
C) Meta-analysis of correlational studies
D) Systematic review of a randomized clinical trials Correct Answer-
*Answer D*
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