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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-
Based Practice Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
a.A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise,
and the needs and values of patients.
b.A determination of the factors necessary to control patient
responses to care. c.The development of population care
guidelines applicable to all patients.
d.The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient
outcomes.
ANS: A
Feedback
A Evidence-based practice evolves
from the integration of the best
B researchthat
Studies evidence with
attempt to clinical
find
determinants of patient outcomes are
generally experimental or quasi-
C experimental.
EBP They may
is a combination be used toand
of guidelines
D specific patient
Quantitative andneeds and values.
qualitative studies
applied to the evaluation of patient
outcomes are part of EBP but do not
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level:
REF: p. 3 Remembering (Knowledge)
2.The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as
part of a larger research study. Which research method will the nurse use
when collecting data for this study?
a.Control
b.Description
c.Explanation
d.Prediction
ANS: B
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level:
Feedback Understanding
, A Control can be described as the
ability to write a prescription to
B produce theinvolves
Description desired outcome.
identifying
and understanding the nature of
C nursing phenomena
Explanation clarifies and
the the
relationships among phenomena
D and identifies
Through why certain
prediction, events of
the probability
a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
REF: p. 6
BANK
,TEST
BANK
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence-
Based Practice Grove: Understanding Nursing Research, 8th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
a.A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise,
and the needs and values of patients.
b.A determination of the factors necessary to control patient
responses to care. c.The development of population care
guidelines applicable to all patients.
d.The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient
outcomes.
ANS: A
Feedback
A Evidence-based practice evolves
from the integration of the best
B researchthat
Studies evidence with
attempt to clinical
find
determinants of patient outcomes are
generally experimental or quasi-
C experimental.
EBP They may
is a combination be used toand
of guidelines
D specific patient
Quantitative andneeds and values.
qualitative studies
applied to the evaluation of patient
outcomes are part of EBP but do not
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level:
REF: p. 3 Remembering (Knowledge)
2.The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as
part of a larger research study. Which research method will the nurse use
when collecting data for this study?
a.Control
b.Description
c.Explanation
d.Prediction
ANS: B
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level:
Feedback Understanding
, A Control can be described as the
ability to write a prescription to
B produce theinvolves
Description desired outcome.
identifying
and understanding the nature of
C nursing phenomena
Explanation clarifies and
the the
relationships among phenomena
D and identifies
Through why certain
prediction, events of
the probability
a specific outcome can be estimated
in a given situation.
REF: p. 6
