NURS 328 - Quiz #1
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
evidence-based practice - Answer: clinical decision making that integrates the best available
research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
disciplined research - Answer: best method of acquiring reliable knowledge; evidence-based
findings
paradigm - Answer: world view or general perspective of the world's complexities
Positivist Paradigm - Answer: - reality exists
- research is independent from those researched
- values and biases are to be held in check
- one right answer
- most likely to be allied with quantitative research
constructivist paradigm - Answer: - reality is multiple and subjective
- researcher interacts with those being researched
- subjectivity and values are inevitable and desirable
- most likely to be allied with qualitative research
, Archie Cochrane - Answer: - developed Cochrane Collaboration
- Called for efforts to make research summaries about interventions available to health care
providers
David Sackett - Answer: developed a learning strategy called evidence based medicine which
has broadened to the use of best evidence by all health care practitioners
evidence heirarchy - Answer: - ranks evidence sources according to the strength of evidence
they provide
systematic reviews of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) - Answer: - pinnacle of the evidence
hierarchies
- considered "gold standard"
3 barriers to EBP - Answer: 1) quality and nature of research
2) characteristics of nurses
3) organizational factors
pre-appraised evidence - Answer: has been selected from primary studies and evaluated for use
by clinicians
systematic review - Answer: integrate evidence about a topic in a rigorous, systematic way
meta-analysis - Answer: technique for integrating quantitative research findings statistically
Meta-synthesis - Answer: A synthesis of a number of qualitative articles on a focused topic using
specific qualitative methodology.
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
evidence-based practice - Answer: clinical decision making that integrates the best available
research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
disciplined research - Answer: best method of acquiring reliable knowledge; evidence-based
findings
paradigm - Answer: world view or general perspective of the world's complexities
Positivist Paradigm - Answer: - reality exists
- research is independent from those researched
- values and biases are to be held in check
- one right answer
- most likely to be allied with quantitative research
constructivist paradigm - Answer: - reality is multiple and subjective
- researcher interacts with those being researched
- subjectivity and values are inevitable and desirable
- most likely to be allied with qualitative research
, Archie Cochrane - Answer: - developed Cochrane Collaboration
- Called for efforts to make research summaries about interventions available to health care
providers
David Sackett - Answer: developed a learning strategy called evidence based medicine which
has broadened to the use of best evidence by all health care practitioners
evidence heirarchy - Answer: - ranks evidence sources according to the strength of evidence
they provide
systematic reviews of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) - Answer: - pinnacle of the evidence
hierarchies
- considered "gold standard"
3 barriers to EBP - Answer: 1) quality and nature of research
2) characteristics of nurses
3) organizational factors
pre-appraised evidence - Answer: has been selected from primary studies and evaluated for use
by clinicians
systematic review - Answer: integrate evidence about a topic in a rigorous, systematic way
meta-analysis - Answer: technique for integrating quantitative research findings statistically
Meta-synthesis - Answer: A synthesis of a number of qualitative articles on a focused topic using
specific qualitative methodology.
