SVSU Nursing 351 -- Midterm Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Why is EBP important to nursing? - Answer Eliminate cost error, create relationships
with patient, and better health outcomes.
How do research studies build nursing knowledge and influence practice? - Answer
Ever changing and developing new and better practices for better care.
When do we use PICO technique? - Answer PICO questions is used in EBP to frame and
answer a healthcare related question.
PICO - Answer P: Population
I: Intervention
C: comparison
O: outcome
T (optional): time/type of study
Research utilization - Answer changing practice based on the results/findings of a single
research study. More like a part of EBP that looks for available interventions, what the
evidence says as to what's the best, and which intervention best applies to the specific
pt.
Barriers to Research Utilization - Answer nurse unaware of research, not enough time
to read, don't feel capable to evaluate quality, insufficient implementation time, lack of
authority for actual change, research hasn't been replicated, don't get stat analysis
What models help explain how research findings and innovations get adopted? - Answer
-The Stetler Model of Research Utilization
- AHQR
- Rogers Diffsuion of Innovation Theory (DOI)
CURN project - Answer Conduct and Utilization of Reseach in Nursing.
A federally funded project where studies were published in order to facilitate the use of
reasearch to improve practice. Basically, they wanted research findings to be used
more in practice.
The Stetler Model of Research Utilization - Answer applies research findings at the
individual practioner level. Six phases: (1) preparation (2) validation (3) comparative
, evaluation (4) decision making (5) translation and application (6) evaluation
AHQR - Answer to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health
care services and access to care by conducting and supporting research, projects,
evaluations, etc.
Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) - Answer expalins how, over time, an idea or
product gains momentum and diffuses (or spreads) through a specific population or
social system. As a result, people adopt the new idea , behavior, or product. (Adoption
is a huge part of this theory)
Primary sources - Answer direct or firsthand evidence aboult an event, object person,
or work. Ex: historical/legal documents, eyewitnesses, results of experiments.
Secondary sources - Answer describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze,
evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources.
experimental research - Answer randomly assigned, highly controlled, independent and
dependent variables
How do you conduct a lit review? - Answer PICO, Sources, reas at an individual level
ABCD, Analyze-summary length, write the review via chart and sum
classify this as primary source or secondary:
Textbooks
article about 9/11
Research on pressure ulcers from CINAHL - Answer secondary
secondary
primary
quasi-experimental - Answer nonrandom, lacks control, used to determine the effect of
one variable on another. No random pre-selection process. Arbutiarly divinding a class
meta-analysis - Answer the use of statistical methods to summarise the results of these
studies.
Informed consent - Answer providing essential information for the subject to make the
decision whether or not they want to participate in the study
Four elements of informed consent: - Answer 1) Disclosure of essential study info
2) comprehension of this information by the participant.
3) competence of the participant to give consent.
4) voluntary consent of the participant to take part in the study.
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