BSNC 5060 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS & ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Definition: data dissemination - correct answer ✔✔the communication of research findings
Definition: critical appraisal - correct answer ✔✔a systematic process for reviewing evidence
examples of dissemination - correct answer ✔✔publishing an article or presentation at a
conference
Definition: evidence based practice - correct answer ✔✔the conscious, explicit and judicious
use of the current best evidence in the care of patients and the delivery of health care services
Definition: evidence informed practice - correct answer ✔✔evidence informed practice also
involves acknowledging and considering the myriad factors that constitute decision making,
taking into account patient preference, culture, history and local context
what is one difference between evidence based practice and evidence informed practice? -
correct answer ✔✔the evidence in evidence informed practice also incorporates expert
opinion, clinical expertise, patient preference and other resources
Definition: phenomena - correct answer ✔✔can be defined as occurrences, situations or factors
that are perceptible by the senses
Definition: quality improvement - correct answer ✔✔a systematic process for improving patient
care
,Definition: quality improvement - correct answer ✔✔a systematic process for improving patient
care
Definition: research - correct answer ✔✔a systematic, rigorous, local investigation with the aim
of answering questions about nursing phenomenon
what are the 7 priorities of nursing research according to the CNA? - correct answer ✔✔-
indigenous and other vulnerable and or equity seeking communities
- chronic disease management and care delivery across space and time
- home care and primary health care nursing
- care of older adults across diverse care contexts
- roles, scopes of practice and vale of RNs and or NPs to health care
- nursing care, quality improvement and patient safety
- nursing education outcomes
what is one issue with evidence based practice? - correct answer ✔✔they can become rigid and
not consider patient preferences, individuality and contexts
Definition: beneficence - correct answer ✔✔the obligation to do no harm and maximize
possible benifits
Definition: confidentiality - correct answer ✔✔means that the individual identities of
participants will not be linked to the information they provide and will not be publicly divulged
Definition: ethics - correct answer ✔✔is the theory or discipline dealing with principles of moral
values and moral conduct
, Definition: justice - correct answer ✔✔the principle that human subjects should be treated
fairly
when does an injustice occur - correct answer ✔✔when benefit to which a person is entitled to
id denied without good reason or when a burden is imposed unduly
Definition: respect for persons - correct answer ✔✔the idea that people have the freedom to
participate or not participate in research
what are the 3 basic ethical principles relevant to the conducting of research - correct answer
✔✔- respect for persons
- beneficence
- justice
Definition: abstract - correct answer ✔✔a short, comprehensive synopsis or summary of a study
at the beginning of an article
Definition: assumptions - correct answer ✔✔accepted truths, key concepts and ideas, reasons
and justifications, supporting examples, parallel experiences, implications and consequences
and an other structural features of the written text used to interpret and assess it accurately
and fairly
Definition: critical appraisal - correct answer ✔✔the process of critically evaluating the
strengths and weaknesses of a research article for scientific merit and application to practice,
theory and education
in which stage of research would one address the need for more research on the topic or clinical
problem - correct answer ✔✔critical appraisal
QUESTIONS & ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Definition: data dissemination - correct answer ✔✔the communication of research findings
Definition: critical appraisal - correct answer ✔✔a systematic process for reviewing evidence
examples of dissemination - correct answer ✔✔publishing an article or presentation at a
conference
Definition: evidence based practice - correct answer ✔✔the conscious, explicit and judicious
use of the current best evidence in the care of patients and the delivery of health care services
Definition: evidence informed practice - correct answer ✔✔evidence informed practice also
involves acknowledging and considering the myriad factors that constitute decision making,
taking into account patient preference, culture, history and local context
what is one difference between evidence based practice and evidence informed practice? -
correct answer ✔✔the evidence in evidence informed practice also incorporates expert
opinion, clinical expertise, patient preference and other resources
Definition: phenomena - correct answer ✔✔can be defined as occurrences, situations or factors
that are perceptible by the senses
Definition: quality improvement - correct answer ✔✔a systematic process for improving patient
care
,Definition: quality improvement - correct answer ✔✔a systematic process for improving patient
care
Definition: research - correct answer ✔✔a systematic, rigorous, local investigation with the aim
of answering questions about nursing phenomenon
what are the 7 priorities of nursing research according to the CNA? - correct answer ✔✔-
indigenous and other vulnerable and or equity seeking communities
- chronic disease management and care delivery across space and time
- home care and primary health care nursing
- care of older adults across diverse care contexts
- roles, scopes of practice and vale of RNs and or NPs to health care
- nursing care, quality improvement and patient safety
- nursing education outcomes
what is one issue with evidence based practice? - correct answer ✔✔they can become rigid and
not consider patient preferences, individuality and contexts
Definition: beneficence - correct answer ✔✔the obligation to do no harm and maximize
possible benifits
Definition: confidentiality - correct answer ✔✔means that the individual identities of
participants will not be linked to the information they provide and will not be publicly divulged
Definition: ethics - correct answer ✔✔is the theory or discipline dealing with principles of moral
values and moral conduct
, Definition: justice - correct answer ✔✔the principle that human subjects should be treated
fairly
when does an injustice occur - correct answer ✔✔when benefit to which a person is entitled to
id denied without good reason or when a burden is imposed unduly
Definition: respect for persons - correct answer ✔✔the idea that people have the freedom to
participate or not participate in research
what are the 3 basic ethical principles relevant to the conducting of research - correct answer
✔✔- respect for persons
- beneficence
- justice
Definition: abstract - correct answer ✔✔a short, comprehensive synopsis or summary of a study
at the beginning of an article
Definition: assumptions - correct answer ✔✔accepted truths, key concepts and ideas, reasons
and justifications, supporting examples, parallel experiences, implications and consequences
and an other structural features of the written text used to interpret and assess it accurately
and fairly
Definition: critical appraisal - correct answer ✔✔the process of critically evaluating the
strengths and weaknesses of a research article for scientific merit and application to practice,
theory and education
in which stage of research would one address the need for more research on the topic or clinical
problem - correct answer ✔✔critical appraisal
