NUR621 /
Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers
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What //are //clinical //practice //guidelines? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Clinical //practice //guidelines //are //evidence-
based /
/when /
/conducted //systematically //and //recommendations //formed //using //the //research //evidence.
You //are //assigned //to //a //team //working //on //reducing //central //line-
associated /
/infections /
/and /
/have /
/been /
/asked /
/to /
/search /
/for /
/primary /
/sources /
/of /
/evidence. /
/Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/represents //
a/
/primary /
/source //of //evidence: //systematic //review, //qualitative //analysis, //individual //study, //micro-
analysis //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔An //individual //study.
,Evidence /
/comes /
/from /
/many /
/sources. /
/Which /
/source /
/of /
/evidence /
/would /
/best /
/support //
a/
/practice /
/change: /
/Expert /
/opinions, /
/published /
/protocols /
/in /
/peer /
/reviewed /
/journals, /
/editorial /
/reports //in //a //specialty //journal, //peer //reviewed //systematic //reviews //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Peer /
/reviewed /
/systematic /
/reviews, /
/combining //finding //from //two //or //more //studies //to //reach //conclusions //about //specific //issues.
Describe //the //three //types //of //systematic //reviews: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Integrative: //systematic, //combination //of //quantitative //and //qualitative //studies
Meta-analysis: //quantitative
Meta-synthesis: //qualitative
,Which //statement //best //describes //the //AGACNPs //contribution //to //evidence-
based //nursing //(EBN)? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔APPs //can //identify //gaps //in //care, //help //in //developing //evidence-
based //protocols, //and //follow //evidence-based //protocols.
Evidence //based //practice //decision //primarily //use:
Descriptive //studies //with //low //levels //of //evidence
Opinion //papers //by //experts
Intervention //studies //like //RCTs
Only //one //study //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Interventions //studies //such //as //RCTs //that //have //higher //levels //of //evidence
What //is //evidence //based //practice? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Collection, /
/interpretation, /
/and /
/integration /
/of /
/valid /
/research /
/evidence /
/combined /
/with /
/clinical /
/expertise, /
/and /
/an /
/understanding /
/of //patient //and //family //values //and //preferences //to //inform //clinical //decision //making
Place /
/the /
/following /
, /in /
/order /
/of /
/strength /
/of /
/evidence: /
/Clinical /
/practice /
/guidelines, /
/systematic /
/reviews, //clinical //protocol, //expert //opinion, //primary //studies //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Clinical //protocol
Clinical //practice //guidelines
Systematic //reviews
Primary //studies
Expert //opinion
Safe //effective //delivery //of //patient //care //requires //what //three //aspects //of //nursing //practice? //-
//verified //answer(s)-✔✔Clinical //expertise
Current //best //research //evidence
Patient //preferences //and //values
What //does //the //acronym //PICOTS //stand //for? //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcomes
Timing
Setting
Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
What //are //clinical //practice //guidelines? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Clinical //practice //guidelines //are //evidence-
based /
/when /
/conducted //systematically //and //recommendations //formed //using //the //research //evidence.
You //are //assigned //to //a //team //working //on //reducing //central //line-
associated /
/infections /
/and /
/have /
/been /
/asked /
/to /
/search /
/for /
/primary /
/sources /
/of /
/evidence. /
/Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/represents //
a/
/primary /
/source //of //evidence: //systematic //review, //qualitative //analysis, //individual //study, //micro-
analysis //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔An //individual //study.
,Evidence /
/comes /
/from /
/many /
/sources. /
/Which /
/source /
/of /
/evidence /
/would /
/best /
/support //
a/
/practice /
/change: /
/Expert /
/opinions, /
/published /
/protocols /
/in /
/peer /
/reviewed /
/journals, /
/editorial /
/reports //in //a //specialty //journal, //peer //reviewed //systematic //reviews //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Peer /
/reviewed /
/systematic /
/reviews, /
/combining //finding //from //two //or //more //studies //to //reach //conclusions //about //specific //issues.
Describe //the //three //types //of //systematic //reviews: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Integrative: //systematic, //combination //of //quantitative //and //qualitative //studies
Meta-analysis: //quantitative
Meta-synthesis: //qualitative
,Which //statement //best //describes //the //AGACNPs //contribution //to //evidence-
based //nursing //(EBN)? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔APPs //can //identify //gaps //in //care, //help //in //developing //evidence-
based //protocols, //and //follow //evidence-based //protocols.
Evidence //based //practice //decision //primarily //use:
Descriptive //studies //with //low //levels //of //evidence
Opinion //papers //by //experts
Intervention //studies //like //RCTs
Only //one //study //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Interventions //studies //such //as //RCTs //that //have //higher //levels //of //evidence
What //is //evidence //based //practice? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Collection, /
/interpretation, /
/and /
/integration /
/of /
/valid /
/research /
/evidence /
/combined /
/with /
/clinical /
/expertise, /
/and /
/an /
/understanding /
/of //patient //and //family //values //and //preferences //to //inform //clinical //decision //making
Place /
/the /
/following /
, /in /
/order /
/of /
/strength /
/of /
/evidence: /
/Clinical /
/practice /
/guidelines, /
/systematic /
/reviews, //clinical //protocol, //expert //opinion, //primary //studies //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Clinical //protocol
Clinical //practice //guidelines
Systematic //reviews
Primary //studies
Expert //opinion
Safe //effective //delivery //of //patient //care //requires //what //three //aspects //of //nursing //practice? //-
//verified //answer(s)-✔✔Clinical //expertise
Current //best //research //evidence
Patient //preferences //and //values
What //does //the //acronym //PICOTS //stand //for? //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcomes
Timing
Setting
