NUR 401 Week 1: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Questions with Correct Answers

3 components of EBP Correct Answer - Best research practice - Clinical expertise - Patient's needs and values 2 kinds of research Correct Answer Basic: extending information for the sake of knowledge Applied: discovering solutions to immediate problems 4 general purposes of research Correct Answer 1. Describe 2. Explain 3. Predict 4. Control Descriptive research Correct Answer Identify and understand nursing phenomena; measure at least ONE thing Explanation research Correct Answer Clarify relationships, identify possible reasons why events occur; measure at least TWO things and connect them with analysis Predictive research Correct Answer Estimate the probability of a specific outcome, given past events; measure at least TWO things and one of them happens before the other Manipulative research Correct Answer manipulates the situation to produce a desired outcome; do something and see what happens to something else Levels of the EBP triangle Correct Answer - Systematic review - Single RCT - Single non-randomized trial (quasi) - Single prospective/cohort study - Single case-control study - Single cross-sectional study (a survey) - Single in-depth qualitative study - Expert opinion, case reports, etc 5 evidence based practices Correct Answer 1. Treatment/intervention 2. Assessment/diagnosis 3. Prognosis 4. Harm and etiology 5. Meaning and process Asking clinical questions with PICOT Correct Answer P - population/patient I - intervention C - comparison O - outcome