Evidence-Based Practice (Stanhope: Public Health
Nursing, 8th Ed) Questions Answered Correctly
Evidence-based public health is:
a. An integration of the best available nursing expertise
b. Derived from community principles to fit the area where it is practiced
c. A health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence
d. Comprised of only public health records - Answer ANS: C
Evidence-based public health is a health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence.
A nurse makes clinical judgments based upon trial and error and past clinical experiences. What problem
can result from using these data sources in clinical decision making?
a. Not all sources of information are reliable.
b. Authority always leads to faulty decision making.
c. Ethical knowledge is not taken into account.
d. Trial and error has lead to poor outcomes. - Answer ANS: A
Using the sources of knowledge listed in the other options does not consistently produce desired
outcomes.
A nurse uses clinical experience and client preference to guide clinical decision making when using:
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Internal evidence
c. Research utilization
d. External evidence - Answer ANS: B
Internal evidence refers to the use of the nurses clinical experiences and the clients preferences.
The term evidence-based was first used in:
, a. Canada
b. Great Britain
c. The United States
d. Australia - Answer ANS: A
The term evidence-based was first attributed to Gordon Gyatt, a Canadian physician at McMaster
University in 1992.
A nurse providing care in the 1970s would have used which process as the guide for making clinical
decisions?
a. Evidence-based nursing practice
b. The science of medicine
c. Evidenced-based medicine
d. Research utilization - Answer ANS: D
Research utilization projects in the 1970s provided a guide to clinical practice.
A summary of the research evidence that relates to a specific question and to the effects of an
intervention is:
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Action research
c. Systematic review
d. Best practices - Answer ANS: C
A systematic review is a summary of the research evidence that relates to a specific question and to the
effects of an intervention.
Which type of research is defined as the gold standard of evidence in evidence-based practice?
a. Clinical expertise
Nursing, 8th Ed) Questions Answered Correctly
Evidence-based public health is:
a. An integration of the best available nursing expertise
b. Derived from community principles to fit the area where it is practiced
c. A health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence
d. Comprised of only public health records - Answer ANS: C
Evidence-based public health is a health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence.
A nurse makes clinical judgments based upon trial and error and past clinical experiences. What problem
can result from using these data sources in clinical decision making?
a. Not all sources of information are reliable.
b. Authority always leads to faulty decision making.
c. Ethical knowledge is not taken into account.
d. Trial and error has lead to poor outcomes. - Answer ANS: A
Using the sources of knowledge listed in the other options does not consistently produce desired
outcomes.
A nurse uses clinical experience and client preference to guide clinical decision making when using:
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Internal evidence
c. Research utilization
d. External evidence - Answer ANS: B
Internal evidence refers to the use of the nurses clinical experiences and the clients preferences.
The term evidence-based was first used in:
, a. Canada
b. Great Britain
c. The United States
d. Australia - Answer ANS: A
The term evidence-based was first attributed to Gordon Gyatt, a Canadian physician at McMaster
University in 1992.
A nurse providing care in the 1970s would have used which process as the guide for making clinical
decisions?
a. Evidence-based nursing practice
b. The science of medicine
c. Evidenced-based medicine
d. Research utilization - Answer ANS: D
Research utilization projects in the 1970s provided a guide to clinical practice.
A summary of the research evidence that relates to a specific question and to the effects of an
intervention is:
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Action research
c. Systematic review
d. Best practices - Answer ANS: C
A systematic review is a summary of the research evidence that relates to a specific question and to the
effects of an intervention.
Which type of research is defined as the gold standard of evidence in evidence-based practice?
a. Clinical expertise
