QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE REVIEWED
ANSWERS
Randomized Control Trials - answer ✔✔-What are RCTs?
Systematic inquiry that uses rigorous methods to answer questions or solve problems. The ultimate goal
of research is to develop, refine and expand knowledge. - answer ✔✔-What is research?
Systematic inquiry to develop trustworthy evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their
clients - answer ✔✔-What is Nursing research?
-"do the job" of nursing more effectively
-take care of patients more effectively
-Practice from an evidence informed approach - answer ✔✔-What do you need nursing research for?
evidence based practice - answer ✔✔-What is the best kind of practice for guiding nurses?
translating new knowledge into real world knowledge - answer ✔✔-What s research utilization?
Generated through rigorous research and disseminated through articles/reports - answer ✔✔-What is
external evidence?
Evidence derived from the contents of the thing discussed - answer ✔✔-What is internal evidence?
True - answer ✔✔-Consulting a nursing journal article to determine the recommended turning
frequency for immobile patients is an example of utilizing external evidence:
, True or false
10 years - answer ✔✔-How long is it taking for research to reach practice? (Otherwise known as the
research- practice gap)
1. Cultivate a spirit of inquiry
2. Ask a burning clinical question
3. Search for and collect the evidence as it relates to that question
4. Critically appraise the evidence
5. take the evidence, combine it with one's clinical expertise and patient preferences and values in
making a practice decision or change
6. Evaluate outcomes of the practice decision or change based on evidence
7. Disseminate the outcomes of the EBP decision or change - answer ✔✔-What are the 7 steps of
evidence based practice?
Become curious/ cultivate a spirit of inquiry - answer ✔✔-An obstetricial nurse wants to implement EBP
around the fetal monitoring unit. What is her first step?
Identification of clinical problem
Quality Improvement
Risk Surveillance
Financial data - answer ✔✔-What are problem focused triggers?
new literature
Organizational standards or guidelines - answer ✔✔-What are knowledge focused triggers?