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Evidence-Based Nursing: The Research Practice Connection: The Research Practice
Connection 4th Edition Test Bank

Chapter 01: The Research-Practice
Connection

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?

a.A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs
and values of patients.
b.A determination of the factors necessary to control patient
responses to care. c.The development of population care guidelines
applicable to all patients.
d.The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.

ANS: A

Feedback
AEvidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
BStudies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally
experimental or quasi-experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not
completely define it.
CEBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
DQuantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient
outcomes are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering
(Knowledge) REF: dm. 3
• The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as
part of a larger research study. Which research method will the nurse use
when collecting data for this study?
• a.Control
• b.Description
• c.Explan atio n
• d.Pr ediction

ANS: B

,Feedback
AControl can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired outcome.

B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
REF: dm. 6

• The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the
number of obese adults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which
research method is being used in this study?
• a.Control
• b.Description
• c.Explan ation
• d.Pr ediction

ANS: D

Feedback
AControl indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
BDescription involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
CExplanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
DThrough prediction the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
given situation. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were
obese, the probability of predicting this may be calculated.

PTS:1DIF:Cognitive level: Applying
(Application) REF: pp. 7-8
• The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is
compared among groups of adolescents who received different asthma
education. Which research method does this represent?

,a.Co
ntrol
b.De
scrip
tion
c.Ex
plan
atio n

d. Prediction

ANS: C

Feedback
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
certain events occur.
D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: dm. 7

• A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses
may indicate relative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this, the nurse
manager will employ which method of study?
a.Co
ntrol
b.De
scrip
tion
c.Ex
plan
atio
n
d.Pr
edict
ion

ANS: D

Feedback
AControl indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
BExplanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why

, certain events occur.
CDescription involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing
phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
DThrough prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given
situation. PTS:1DIF:Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
REF: pp. 7-8

• Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingales data collection
and statistical analysis during the Crimean War?

a.Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public.
b.Developing a process for statistical analysis and nursing
documentation. c.Identifying and defining the role of nurses in
modern health care.
d.Using clinical research to evaluate the importance of sanitation, clean
drinking water, and adequate nutrition.

ANS: D

Feedback
AThis was not the most
important result BThis was not
the most important result
CThis was not the most
important result
DNightingales research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and
social changes, including the militarys approach to the care of the sick and societys
sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation, and preventing
starvation to decrease morbidity and mortality rates.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding
(Comprehension) REF: dm. 11
• The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different
pain management protocols are used with randomly assigned patients to
measure differences in postoperative recovery time. Which method of study
is this?
a.Co
ntrol
b.Co
rrela
tion
c.De
scrip
tion
d.Ex
plan

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