TEST BANK
Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research
Nola A. Schmidt
6th Edition
,Table of Contents
Unit I — Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
1. What Is Evidence-Based Practice?
2. Using Evidence Through Collaboration to Promote Excellence in Nursing
Practice
Unit II — Acquisition of Knowledge
3. Identifying Research Questions
4. Finding Sources of Evidence
5. Linking Theory, Research, and Practice
Unit III — Persuasion
6. Key Principles of Quantitative Designs
7. Quantitative Designs: Using Numbers to Provide Evidence
8. Epidemiologic Designs: Using Data to Understand Populations
9. Qualitative Designs: Using Words to Provide Evidence
10.Collecting Evidence
11.Using Samples to Provide Evidence
12.Other Sources of Evidence
Unit IV — Decision
13.What Do the Quantitative Data Mean?
14.What Do the Qualitative Data Mean?
15.Weighing In on the Evidence
Unit V — Implementation
16.Transitioning Evidence to Practice
17.Developing Oneself as an Innovator
Unit VI — Confirmation
18.Evaluating Outcomes of Innovation
19.Sharing the Insights With Others
,Schmidt: Evidence Based Practice for Nurses 6th Edition Complete Test Bank
CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE?
Multiple Choice
(ANSWERS HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD & ALSO AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT)
1. Which of the following is the best definition of research?
a. Critically thinking about problems that occur in health care to determine possible
solutions.
b. Information that is based on personal experience or tradition.
c. Planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or the
discovery of solutions to problems or questions.
d. Trying a variety of approaches to a clinical problem and settling on the approach
that is effective more often than not.
Definition of research utilization (p. 4)
2. Which of the following is the best definition of research utilization?
a. Applying research findings from individual studies to practice.
b. Analyzing multiple research studies to synthesize findings.
c. Appreciating the importance of clinical decision making.
d. Using previous personal experience to build confidence.
Definition of EBP (pp. 4-5)
3. Which of the following is the best definition of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
a. Application of research findings based on scientific theories in a clinical setting.
b. Research studies that correspond to nationally established priorities for healthcare,
conducted by experts in their fields.
c. Use of theory-derived, research-based information in making decisions about
health care delivery, with consideration of individual needs and preferences
and the clinical expertise of the provider.
d. Using the individual health care provider’s perception of truth without conscious
, attention or reasoning.
Difference between research utilization and EBP (pp. 4-5)
4. Which of the following best describes the difference between research utilization and
EBP?
a. Research utilization is a process of evaluating multiple studies for the most
generalizable findings; EBP is use of the most recent study on a topic.
b. Research utilization involves changing practice based on findings of a single
research study; EBP is the syntheses of findings from multiple studies to
incorporate with practitioner skills and client preference to determine best
care.
c. Research utilization is the application of research findings to health care practice;
EBP is considered in selecting medication options.
d. Research utilization is review of research publications; EBP is using the
healthcare provider’s perception of what care would be best in individual
situations.
Evidence from other disciplines (p. 6)
5. In what way can evidence from disciplines other than nursing be helpful?
a. Theory based non-nursing evidence can provide a basis on which to build
new evidence.
b. Non-nursing evidence supports the use of nursing knowledge obtained by trial
and error.
c. Clinical decision making can be based on findings from single non-nursing
research studies.
d. All evidence is equally important to the practice of nursing.
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
6. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a chair. You ask
your preceptor why this is done and she answers, “This is what we have always done, so
go do it.” This is an example of which type of evidence?
a. Trial and error
b. Intuition
c. Borrowed evidence
d. Tradition
Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research
Nola A. Schmidt
6th Edition
,Table of Contents
Unit I — Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
1. What Is Evidence-Based Practice?
2. Using Evidence Through Collaboration to Promote Excellence in Nursing
Practice
Unit II — Acquisition of Knowledge
3. Identifying Research Questions
4. Finding Sources of Evidence
5. Linking Theory, Research, and Practice
Unit III — Persuasion
6. Key Principles of Quantitative Designs
7. Quantitative Designs: Using Numbers to Provide Evidence
8. Epidemiologic Designs: Using Data to Understand Populations
9. Qualitative Designs: Using Words to Provide Evidence
10.Collecting Evidence
11.Using Samples to Provide Evidence
12.Other Sources of Evidence
Unit IV — Decision
13.What Do the Quantitative Data Mean?
14.What Do the Qualitative Data Mean?
15.Weighing In on the Evidence
Unit V — Implementation
16.Transitioning Evidence to Practice
17.Developing Oneself as an Innovator
Unit VI — Confirmation
18.Evaluating Outcomes of Innovation
19.Sharing the Insights With Others
,Schmidt: Evidence Based Practice for Nurses 6th Edition Complete Test Bank
CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE?
Multiple Choice
(ANSWERS HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD & ALSO AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT)
1. Which of the following is the best definition of research?
a. Critically thinking about problems that occur in health care to determine possible
solutions.
b. Information that is based on personal experience or tradition.
c. Planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or the
discovery of solutions to problems or questions.
d. Trying a variety of approaches to a clinical problem and settling on the approach
that is effective more often than not.
Definition of research utilization (p. 4)
2. Which of the following is the best definition of research utilization?
a. Applying research findings from individual studies to practice.
b. Analyzing multiple research studies to synthesize findings.
c. Appreciating the importance of clinical decision making.
d. Using previous personal experience to build confidence.
Definition of EBP (pp. 4-5)
3. Which of the following is the best definition of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
a. Application of research findings based on scientific theories in a clinical setting.
b. Research studies that correspond to nationally established priorities for healthcare,
conducted by experts in their fields.
c. Use of theory-derived, research-based information in making decisions about
health care delivery, with consideration of individual needs and preferences
and the clinical expertise of the provider.
d. Using the individual health care provider’s perception of truth without conscious
, attention or reasoning.
Difference between research utilization and EBP (pp. 4-5)
4. Which of the following best describes the difference between research utilization and
EBP?
a. Research utilization is a process of evaluating multiple studies for the most
generalizable findings; EBP is use of the most recent study on a topic.
b. Research utilization involves changing practice based on findings of a single
research study; EBP is the syntheses of findings from multiple studies to
incorporate with practitioner skills and client preference to determine best
care.
c. Research utilization is the application of research findings to health care practice;
EBP is considered in selecting medication options.
d. Research utilization is review of research publications; EBP is using the
healthcare provider’s perception of what care would be best in individual
situations.
Evidence from other disciplines (p. 6)
5. In what way can evidence from disciplines other than nursing be helpful?
a. Theory based non-nursing evidence can provide a basis on which to build
new evidence.
b. Non-nursing evidence supports the use of nursing knowledge obtained by trial
and error.
c. Clinical decision making can be based on findings from single non-nursing
research studies.
d. All evidence is equally important to the practice of nursing.
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
6. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a chair. You ask
your preceptor why this is done and she answers, “This is what we have always done, so
go do it.” This is an example of which type of evidence?
a. Trial and error
b. Intuition
c. Borrowed evidence
d. Tradition
