ATI RN Evidence-Based Practice Assessment
Questions With All Correct & Verified
Answers
A nurse is using evidence-based research to care for a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the
following resources should the nurse use to manage the delivery of care? Correct answer-Clinical
practice guidelines
A charge nurse is supervising a nurse providing care to several clients. For which of the following
actions by the nurse should the charge nurse intervene? Correct answer-The nurse alters the steps
in a procedure established in the clinical practice guidelines.
A nurse is admitting a client who has heart failure. Which of the following tools should the nurse use
to implement nursing interventions for the client? Correct answer-Standard of care
A nurse is providing an in-service about research methods for a group of nurses. Which of the
following methods provides the most credible evidence to support practice changes? Correct
answer-A systematic review summarizing findings of studies.
A nurse is planning to use evidence-based practice (EBP) to determine the best practice for dressing
changes for clients. According to EBP, in what order should the nurse perform the following steps?
(Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all
the steps.) Correct answer-1) The nurse notices another nurse changing a dressing and recognizes
that they perform the same procedure differently.
2) The nurse asks a clinical question about methods to perform a dressing change.
3) The nurse conducts a literature search to determine the presence of nursing literature on how to
perform dressing changes.
4) The nurse reads, organizes, and compares the results of the scientific literature search.
5) The nurse develops recommendations about dressing changes to present to an interdisciplinary
team in order to update the policy and procedure.
6) The nurse implements changes for performing dressing changes and collects data to determine
client outcomes.
A nurse is using evidence-based practice to develop a PICOT question. Which of the following
describes the "O" in PICOT? Correct answer-The desired result of the intervention to the problem.
A nurse is collecting data from a group of clients regarding their feelings and experiences of living
with congestive heart failure. In which of the following types of research studies is the nurse
participating? Correct answer-Qualitative
A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the purpose of peer review in scholarly
publications. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? Correct answer-"This
process ensures scientific quality and rigor."
A nurse is teaching a class about citing references to use for evidence-based changes. Which of the
following requires citing a reference to avoid plagiarism? Correct answer-1) Direct quotations from
a journal article
2) A photograph depicting equipment
3) Ideas published in a theoretical paper
Questions With All Correct & Verified
Answers
A nurse is using evidence-based research to care for a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the
following resources should the nurse use to manage the delivery of care? Correct answer-Clinical
practice guidelines
A charge nurse is supervising a nurse providing care to several clients. For which of the following
actions by the nurse should the charge nurse intervene? Correct answer-The nurse alters the steps
in a procedure established in the clinical practice guidelines.
A nurse is admitting a client who has heart failure. Which of the following tools should the nurse use
to implement nursing interventions for the client? Correct answer-Standard of care
A nurse is providing an in-service about research methods for a group of nurses. Which of the
following methods provides the most credible evidence to support practice changes? Correct
answer-A systematic review summarizing findings of studies.
A nurse is planning to use evidence-based practice (EBP) to determine the best practice for dressing
changes for clients. According to EBP, in what order should the nurse perform the following steps?
(Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all
the steps.) Correct answer-1) The nurse notices another nurse changing a dressing and recognizes
that they perform the same procedure differently.
2) The nurse asks a clinical question about methods to perform a dressing change.
3) The nurse conducts a literature search to determine the presence of nursing literature on how to
perform dressing changes.
4) The nurse reads, organizes, and compares the results of the scientific literature search.
5) The nurse develops recommendations about dressing changes to present to an interdisciplinary
team in order to update the policy and procedure.
6) The nurse implements changes for performing dressing changes and collects data to determine
client outcomes.
A nurse is using evidence-based practice to develop a PICOT question. Which of the following
describes the "O" in PICOT? Correct answer-The desired result of the intervention to the problem.
A nurse is collecting data from a group of clients regarding their feelings and experiences of living
with congestive heart failure. In which of the following types of research studies is the nurse
participating? Correct answer-Qualitative
A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the purpose of peer review in scholarly
publications. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? Correct answer-"This
process ensures scientific quality and rigor."
A nurse is teaching a class about citing references to use for evidence-based changes. Which of the
following requires citing a reference to avoid plagiarism? Correct answer-1) Direct quotations from
a journal article
2) A photograph depicting equipment
3) Ideas published in a theoretical paper
