NR 511 Week 1 exam
What is the goal of nursing research?
A. Make decisions regarding nursing education based on published literature
B. Determine topics that could develop nursing knowledge
C. Gather information from published literature to make decisions about application to clinical
practice
D. Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge - correct answer D.
Conduct studies to develop a body of nursing knowledge
Which is the most important question to ask in evidence-based practice?
A. What findings constitute evidence?
B. How will the findings be used?
C. Is this a randomized controlled trial?
D. What theory is being utilized? - correct answer B.
How will the findings be used?
Nursing research should be utilized by:
A. Nurses at the bedside
B. Advanced practice nurses
C. Nurse researchers
D. Nurses at all levels of practice - correct answer D.
Nurses at all levels of practice
A clinical guideline may be found useful if the guideline was:
A. Published 2 years ago
B. Created using one group
, C. Authored by a relatively unknown source
D. Funded by an anonymous source - correct answer A.
Published 2 years ago
Practice guidelines are designed to:
A. Be inflexible
B. Be utilized in every circumstance
C. Provide a reference point for decision making
D. Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of a profession - correct
answer c. Provide a reference point for decision making.
Which of the following is an example of determining whether a crucial element of a guideline is
applicable to your patients?
A. There are no intended specific patients in the guideline.
B. You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for primary-care providers.
C. Your patients have a much lower prevalence of a condition than the patients in the guideline.
D. You are a pediatric oncologist and the guidelines were written for geriatric specialists. -
correct answer You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for primary-care
providers.
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level I evidence?
A. Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
B. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
C. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
D. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies - correct answer B.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level II evidence?
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