Test Bank for Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills 7th
Edition by Perry and Potter
Sample Questions: MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing instructor is explaining how the best clinical practices are determined.
Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice?
a. It ensures tha...
Test Bank for Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills 7th
Edition by Perry and Potter
,Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
Perry et al.: Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing instructor is explaining how the best clinical practices are determined.
Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice?
a.It ensures that all clients receive holistic care.
b.It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
c.It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
d.It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making client care
decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals. Currently there is no method that
can ensure that all clients receive holistic care, that all errors can be prevented, or that a
guarantee exists that care given is based on research.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based practice method
in nursing care?
a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the older adult with
diabetes?
b. How can chronic pain best be described when the client is nonverbal?
N
c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a client with obesity?
d. What measures can the professional nurse take to reduce the rising
incidence of urinarytract infections on the older adult care unit?
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ D
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources: recurrent problems
or new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in urinary tract infections indicates a
trend or recurring problem in a specific group of clients. The other questions are general
information questions, not based on what is happening in a specific area or to a group of
specific clients in an area or relating to an observed trend.
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3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question?
a. Intervention of interest
b. Incorporation of concepts
c. Implementation by nursing
d. Interest of personnel
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ A
The “I” stands for intervention of interest, meaning what the professional nurse hopes to use in
practice
and believes is worthwhile or valuable. This could be a treatment for a specific type of wound
or an approach on how to teach food preparation for a client with impaired sight.
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4. Who will the clinical research professional nurse contact to search relevant databases in
preparation foran upcoming study?
a. The physician whose clients may be involved in the study
b. The medical librarian
c. The professional nurse manager of the unit where the study will be conducted
d. The director of nursing of the facility
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B
The medical librarian is most knowledgeable regarding databases relevant to a study. The
other individuals do not have the knowledge regarding relevant databases.
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5. Which database contains summaries of clinical guidelines and their development?
a. MEDLINE
b. CINAHL
c. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
d. The National Guideline Clearinghouse
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ D
The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a database supported by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. It contains summaries of clinical guidelines for practice. MEDLINE
is a database for studies in medicNine, nursing, dentistry, psychiatry, veterinary medicine,
and
allied health. CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature) includes
studies in nursing, allied health, and biomedicine. The Cochrane Database Full text of
regularly updated systematic reviews prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration includes
completed reviews and protocols.
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6. Which does the professional nurse researcher identify as the strongest type of research?
a. Randomized controlled trials
b. A qualitative study
c. A descriptive study
d. A case controlled study
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ A
Individual randomized controlled trials are close to the top of the research pyramid. Only
systematic reviews and meta-analyses are higher. This type of study tests an intervention
against the usual standard of care. The other types of studies are useful but do not give the
same type of information as a randomized controlled trial provides.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
, 7. What is the professional nurse attempting to determine when critiquing the
evidence related to aPICOT question?
a. The ethical conduct of the research the professional nurse read
b. The strength of the evidence found in the literature
c. If there are any experts in the clinical question needing to be researched
d. If the study demonstrates cost-effectiveness if a change in practice occurs
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B
Once a literature search is complete and data are gathered about the question, it is time to
critique the evidence. Critiquing the evidence involves a systematic approach to looking at the
strength of the work reviewed and its relevance. The other questions are not applicable to
critiquing the evidence.
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8. A professional nurse finds a cohort study comparing one group taking hormone treatment
with another group not taking hormone treatment to determine the incidence of changes in
bone density ofthe lower spine. What can the professional nurse imply from this study?
a. Low level of strength makes the study limited in value.
b. Moderate level of strength makes the study probably useful.
c. Opinions of the individuals in the cohort are not research.
d. This could be the basis for a Quality Improvement project.
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B
A cohort study is Level 4 evidence as it is a single, non-experimental study. This moderate
level of evidence makes the study probably useful but the professional nurse should strive to
find stronger evidence. N
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9. Which question would be the best example of a knowledge-focused trigger for conducting
an evidence-based practice project?
a. What is the best method for treatment of leg swelling when a client is taking
gabapentin (Neurontin)?
b. How can we decrease the incidence of skin cancer in adults over the age of 65?
c. What is the current evidence for improving oral intake for cancer clients
with stomatitis?
d. What is the maximal length of time our hospital allows irrigation kits to be used?
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ C
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources: recurrent problems
or new knowledge. In this example, the new knowledge that drives the question is the one
looking at current evidence. The other questions do not look at the newest knowledge to form
a question to research.
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