Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing &
Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice Fifth,
Edition – Test Bank
by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk PhD RN CPNP/PMHNP
FNAP (Author), Ellen Fineout-Overholt PhD RN FNAP FAAN (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practice and Cultivating a Spirit
of Inquiry
Chapter 2 Asking Compelling Clinical Questions
Chapter 3 Finding Relevant Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions
Chapter 4 Critically Appraising Knowledge for Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 5 Clinician Expertise and Patient-Valued Preferences as Context for
Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Decision Making
Chapter 6 Critically Appraising Quantitative Evidence for Clinical Decision
Making
Chapter 7 Critically Appraising Qualitative and Mixed Methods Evidence for
Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 8 Advancing Optimal Care With Robust Clinical Practice Guidelines
Chapter 9 Key Strategies for Implementing Evidence in Real-World Clinical
Settings
Chapter 10 The Role of Quality Improvement and Evidence-based Quality
Improvement in Practice Changes
Chapter 11 Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice Competencies in Clinical
and Academic Settings to Ensure Healthcare Quality, Safety, and Improved Patient
Outcomes
Chapter 12 Leadership Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Evidence-Based
Practice Organizations
Chapter 13 Innovation and Evidence: A Partnership in Advancing Best Practice
and High-Quality Care
Chapter 14 Models to Guide Implementation and Sustainability of Evidence-Based
Practice
Chapter 15 Implementation Science to Clinical Practice Settings: Accelerating the
Uptake of Evidence into Practice for Best Outcomes
Chapter 16 Evidence-Based Practice Mentors: The Key to Sustaining Evidence-
Based Practice in Clinical and Educational Settings
Chapter 17 Creating a Vision and Motivating a Change to Evidence-Based
Practice in Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
Chapter 18 Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Academic Settings
Chapter 19 Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Settings
Chapter 20 Using Evidence to Influence Health and Organizational Policy
Chapter 21 Disseminating Evidence Through Presentations, Publications, Health
Policy Briefs and the Media
Chapter 22 Generating Evidence through Quantitative and Qualitative Research
,Chapter 23 Writing a Successful Grant Proposal to Fund Research and Evidence-
Based Practice Implementation Projects
Chapter 24 Ethical Considerations for Evidence Implementation and Evidence
Generation
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing &
Healthcare: A Guide to Best
Practice Fifth, North American Edition
Chapter 1 - Making the Case for Evidence-Based
Practice and Cultivating a Spirit of Inquiry
MULTIPLE CHOICE –
Answers Keys at the End of
Questionnaires
In the hospital where Nurse L. provides care, tradition dictates that oral temperatures be included in
every set of patient vital signs, regardless of patient diagnosis or acuity. This is most likely an example of
which of the following phenomena?
A) The prioritization of internal evidence over external evidence
B) Practice that lacks evidence to support its application
C) The integration of personal expertise into nursing care
D) Evidence-based practice
, 2. The clinical nurse educator (CNE) on a postsurgical unit has recently completed a patient chart
review after the implementation of a pilot program aimed at promoting early ambulation following
surgery. Which of the following components of EBP is the nurse putting into practice?
A) Patient preferences
B) Research utilization
C) Experience
D) Internal evidence
3. Nurse R. has observed that reorienting demented patients as frequently as possible tends to
minimize the patients' level of agitation in the evening. The nurse has shared this observation with a
colleague, who is skeptical, stating that, “It's best to stick to evidence-based practice.” How can Nurse R.
best respond?
A) “EBP can include clinicians' personal expertise.”
B) “Personal experience is often more sound than formal evidence-based practice.”
C) “Traditional practice and EBP are usually shown to be the same.”
D) “My years of experience can be just as valuable as any literature review or randomized trial.”
4. Which of the following factors provides the most important rationale for the consistent
implementation of EBP?
A) EBP provides for the most cost-effective patient care.
B) EBP is accessible to all healthcare clinicians.
C) EBP provides consistency in care across healthcare settings.
D) EBP improves patient outcomes.
5. The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine has been established to
address EBP. Which of the following issues is the Roundtable emphasizing?
A) Ensuring that external evidence, rather than internal evidence, is integrated into care
B) Fostering the level of learning that exists in the American healthcare system
C) Issuing clinical guidelines to ensure best nursing practice
Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice Fifth,
Edition – Test Bank
by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk PhD RN CPNP/PMHNP
FNAP (Author), Ellen Fineout-Overholt PhD RN FNAP FAAN (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practice and Cultivating a Spirit
of Inquiry
Chapter 2 Asking Compelling Clinical Questions
Chapter 3 Finding Relevant Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions
Chapter 4 Critically Appraising Knowledge for Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 5 Clinician Expertise and Patient-Valued Preferences as Context for
Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Decision Making
Chapter 6 Critically Appraising Quantitative Evidence for Clinical Decision
Making
Chapter 7 Critically Appraising Qualitative and Mixed Methods Evidence for
Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 8 Advancing Optimal Care With Robust Clinical Practice Guidelines
Chapter 9 Key Strategies for Implementing Evidence in Real-World Clinical
Settings
Chapter 10 The Role of Quality Improvement and Evidence-based Quality
Improvement in Practice Changes
Chapter 11 Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice Competencies in Clinical
and Academic Settings to Ensure Healthcare Quality, Safety, and Improved Patient
Outcomes
Chapter 12 Leadership Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Evidence-Based
Practice Organizations
Chapter 13 Innovation and Evidence: A Partnership in Advancing Best Practice
and High-Quality Care
Chapter 14 Models to Guide Implementation and Sustainability of Evidence-Based
Practice
Chapter 15 Implementation Science to Clinical Practice Settings: Accelerating the
Uptake of Evidence into Practice for Best Outcomes
Chapter 16 Evidence-Based Practice Mentors: The Key to Sustaining Evidence-
Based Practice in Clinical and Educational Settings
Chapter 17 Creating a Vision and Motivating a Change to Evidence-Based
Practice in Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
Chapter 18 Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Academic Settings
Chapter 19 Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Settings
Chapter 20 Using Evidence to Influence Health and Organizational Policy
Chapter 21 Disseminating Evidence Through Presentations, Publications, Health
Policy Briefs and the Media
Chapter 22 Generating Evidence through Quantitative and Qualitative Research
,Chapter 23 Writing a Successful Grant Proposal to Fund Research and Evidence-
Based Practice Implementation Projects
Chapter 24 Ethical Considerations for Evidence Implementation and Evidence
Generation
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing &
Healthcare: A Guide to Best
Practice Fifth, North American Edition
Chapter 1 - Making the Case for Evidence-Based
Practice and Cultivating a Spirit of Inquiry
MULTIPLE CHOICE –
Answers Keys at the End of
Questionnaires
In the hospital where Nurse L. provides care, tradition dictates that oral temperatures be included in
every set of patient vital signs, regardless of patient diagnosis or acuity. This is most likely an example of
which of the following phenomena?
A) The prioritization of internal evidence over external evidence
B) Practice that lacks evidence to support its application
C) The integration of personal expertise into nursing care
D) Evidence-based practice
, 2. The clinical nurse educator (CNE) on a postsurgical unit has recently completed a patient chart
review after the implementation of a pilot program aimed at promoting early ambulation following
surgery. Which of the following components of EBP is the nurse putting into practice?
A) Patient preferences
B) Research utilization
C) Experience
D) Internal evidence
3. Nurse R. has observed that reorienting demented patients as frequently as possible tends to
minimize the patients' level of agitation in the evening. The nurse has shared this observation with a
colleague, who is skeptical, stating that, “It's best to stick to evidence-based practice.” How can Nurse R.
best respond?
A) “EBP can include clinicians' personal expertise.”
B) “Personal experience is often more sound than formal evidence-based practice.”
C) “Traditional practice and EBP are usually shown to be the same.”
D) “My years of experience can be just as valuable as any literature review or randomized trial.”
4. Which of the following factors provides the most important rationale for the consistent
implementation of EBP?
A) EBP provides for the most cost-effective patient care.
B) EBP is accessible to all healthcare clinicians.
C) EBP provides consistency in care across healthcare settings.
D) EBP improves patient outcomes.
5. The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine has been established to
address EBP. Which of the following issues is the Roundtable emphasizing?
A) Ensuring that external evidence, rather than internal evidence, is integrated into care
B) Fostering the level of learning that exists in the American healthcare system
C) Issuing clinical guidelines to ensure best nursing practice
