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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Grove:
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Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition
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1. Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
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a. A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and
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b. A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care.
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c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
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d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.
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with clinical expertise and patient needs and values.
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B Studies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally
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experimental or quasi-experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not L
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completely define it.
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C EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
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D Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are L
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part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
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REF: p. 3
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2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a larger
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Tresearch study. Which research method will the nurse use when collecting data for this study?
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a. Control
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c. Explanation
d. Prediction
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A Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the
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desired outcome.
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and the relationships among these phenomena.
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,3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese
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Tadults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used in
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Tthis study?
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outcome.
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phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
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events occur.
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D Through prediction the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
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given situation. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were
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obese, the probability of predicting this may be calculated.
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4. The nurse reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma action plan is compared among
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Tgroups of adolescents who received different asthma education. Which research method does
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Tthis represent?
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outcome.
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phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
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, 5. A nurse manager is interested in learning which attitudes among staff nurses may indicate
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Trelative risk of needle-stick injuries. To study this, the nurse manager will employ which
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6. Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingale’s data collection and statistical
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Tanalysis during the Crimean War?
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d. Using clinical research to evaluate the importance of sanitation, clean drinking
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water, and adequate nutrition.
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sense of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation,
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and preventing starvation to decrease morbidity and mortality rates.
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7. The nurse participates in data collection in a study in which two different pain management
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Tprotocols are used with randomly assigned patients to measure differences in postoperative
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Trecovery time. Which method of study is this?
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a. Control