EBN Exam 1 – Evidence-Based Nursing Study Guide and Practice
Questions Review
Define evidence-based practice (EBP) - correct answer ✔✔The collection, interpretation, and
integration of valid research evidence, combined with clinical expertise and an understanding of
patient and family values and preferences to inform clinical decision making.
State the significance of EBP and the role research plays - correct answer ✔✔EBP allows nurses
to make complex health care decisions based on findings from rigorous or high-quality research
reports, clinical expertise, and patient perspectives
quanatative research - correct answer ✔✔process of collecting and analyzing numerical data
Qualitative Research - correct answer ✔✔informal research methods, including observation,
following social media sites, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and projective techniques
What is a PICO question? - correct answer ✔✔P- Who is the patient or population?
I- What is the intervention of interest?
C- What is the main comparator under consideration?
O- What is the specific outcome of interest?
List and identify the levels of evidence hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔picture of pyramid
qualitative research designs - correct answer ✔✔-Case Study
-Ethnography
-Phenomenological Study
-Grounded Theory Study
-Content Analysis
, phenomenological study - correct answer ✔✔is conducted to understand people's everyday
life. It asks "What is the lived experience of these people?"
ethnographic study - correct answer ✔✔in-depth study of a culture, which uses a combination
of methods including participant observation
grounded theory study - correct answer ✔✔inductive approach involving a systematic set of
procedures to arrive at a theory about basic social processes.
case study - correct answer ✔✔an observation technique in which one person is studied in
depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
historical research - correct answer ✔✔Used to collect data on past occurrences. Takes many
forms including biographical histories, review of ANY type of historical data (archives,
documents, non-written materials, physical remains, objects, photographs, films, audio
recordings, artwork
experimental research - correct answer ✔✔gathering primary data by selecting matched groups
of subjects, giving them different treatments, controlling related factors, and checking for
differences in group responses
homogeneity - correct answer ✔✔refers to the participants having similar characteristics that
might affect outcomes. If you are randomly assigning participants to receive the treatment or a
placebo, you would want these two groups to be similar (homogenous) at baseline
Internal validity - correct answer ✔✔asks whether the independent variable really made the
difference or the change in the dependent variable.
Questions Review
Define evidence-based practice (EBP) - correct answer ✔✔The collection, interpretation, and
integration of valid research evidence, combined with clinical expertise and an understanding of
patient and family values and preferences to inform clinical decision making.
State the significance of EBP and the role research plays - correct answer ✔✔EBP allows nurses
to make complex health care decisions based on findings from rigorous or high-quality research
reports, clinical expertise, and patient perspectives
quanatative research - correct answer ✔✔process of collecting and analyzing numerical data
Qualitative Research - correct answer ✔✔informal research methods, including observation,
following social media sites, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and projective techniques
What is a PICO question? - correct answer ✔✔P- Who is the patient or population?
I- What is the intervention of interest?
C- What is the main comparator under consideration?
O- What is the specific outcome of interest?
List and identify the levels of evidence hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔picture of pyramid
qualitative research designs - correct answer ✔✔-Case Study
-Ethnography
-Phenomenological Study
-Grounded Theory Study
-Content Analysis
, phenomenological study - correct answer ✔✔is conducted to understand people's everyday
life. It asks "What is the lived experience of these people?"
ethnographic study - correct answer ✔✔in-depth study of a culture, which uses a combination
of methods including participant observation
grounded theory study - correct answer ✔✔inductive approach involving a systematic set of
procedures to arrive at a theory about basic social processes.
case study - correct answer ✔✔an observation technique in which one person is studied in
depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
historical research - correct answer ✔✔Used to collect data on past occurrences. Takes many
forms including biographical histories, review of ANY type of historical data (archives,
documents, non-written materials, physical remains, objects, photographs, films, audio
recordings, artwork
experimental research - correct answer ✔✔gathering primary data by selecting matched groups
of subjects, giving them different treatments, controlling related factors, and checking for
differences in group responses
homogeneity - correct answer ✔✔refers to the participants having similar characteristics that
might affect outcomes. If you are randomly assigning participants to receive the treatment or a
placebo, you would want these two groups to be similar (homogenous) at baseline
Internal validity - correct answer ✔✔asks whether the independent variable really made the
difference or the change in the dependent variable.
