EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH EDITION
TEST BANK FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR
NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH
EDITION BY NOLA A. SCHMIDT, JANET M. BROWN: ISBN-
13; 978-1284226324
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, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH EDITION
ANSWERS IN BOLD BLACK
CHAPTER 1
WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE?
Multiple Choice
Definition of research (p. 14)
1. Which of the following is the best definition of research?
a. Critically thinking about problems that occur in health care to
determine possible solutions.
b. Information that is based on personal experience or tradition.
c. Planned and systematic activity that leads to new
knowledge and/or the discovery of solutions to problems
or questions.
d. Trying a variety of approaches to a clinical problem and settling
on the approach that is effective more often than not.
Definition of research utilization (p. 4)
2. Which of the following is the best definition of research utilization?
a. Applying research findings from individual studies to practice.
b. Analyzing multiple research studies to synthesize findings.
c. Appreciating the importance of clinical decision making.
d. Using previous personal experience to build confidence.
Definition of EBP (pp. 4-5)
3. Which of the following is the best definition of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
a. Application of research findings based on scientific theories in a clinical setting.
b. Research studies that correspond to nationally established
priorities for healthcare, conducted by experts in their fields.
c. Use of theory-derived, research-based information in making
decisions about health care delivery, with consideration of
individual needs and preferences and the clinical expertise of
the provider.
d. Using the individual health care provider’s perception of truth
without conscious attention or reasoning.
Difference between research utilization and EBP (pp. 4-5)
4. Which of the following best describes the difference between research
utilization and EBP?
a. Research utilization is a process of evaluating multiple
studies for the most generalizable findings; EBP is use of the
most recent study on a topic.
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, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH EDITION
b. Research utilization involves changing practice based on
findings of a single research study; EBP is the syntheses of
findings from multiple studies to incorporate with
practitioner skills and client preference to determine best
care.
c. Research utilization is the application of research findings to
health care practice; EBP is considered in selecting medication
options.
d. Research utilization is review of research publications; EBP
is using the healthcare provider’s perception of what care
would be best in individual situations.
Evidence from other disciplines (p. 6)
5. In what way can evidence from disciplines other than nursing be helpful?
a. Theory based non-nursing evidence can provide a basis on
which to build new evidence.
b. Non-nursing evidence supports the use of nursing knowledge
obtained by trial and error.
c. Clinical decision making can be based on findings from
single non-nursing research studies.
d. All evidence is equally important to the practice of nursing.
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
6. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a
chair. You ask your preceptor why this is done and she answers, “This is
what we have always done, so go do it.” This is an example of which type
of evidence?
a. Trial and error
b. Intuition
c. Borrowed evidence
d. Tradition
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
7. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a
chair. You ask your preceptor why this is done and she answers,
“Because I said so.” This is an example of which type of evidence?
a. Intuition
b. Tradition
c. Authority
d. Borrowed evidence
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
8. Trial and error is not a preferred approach for delivering nursing care because
a. it is not based on systematic scientific approaches.
b. it is not a sanctioned method by the American Nurses Association.
c. it is based only on intuition and therefore not scientifically based.
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d. patient outcomes are always based only on level 1 evidence.
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TEST BANK FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR
NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH
EDITION BY NOLA A. SCHMIDT, JANET M. BROWN: ISBN-
13; 978-1284226324
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, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH EDITION
ANSWERS IN BOLD BLACK
CHAPTER 1
WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE?
Multiple Choice
Definition of research (p. 14)
1. Which of the following is the best definition of research?
a. Critically thinking about problems that occur in health care to
determine possible solutions.
b. Information that is based on personal experience or tradition.
c. Planned and systematic activity that leads to new
knowledge and/or the discovery of solutions to problems
or questions.
d. Trying a variety of approaches to a clinical problem and settling
on the approach that is effective more often than not.
Definition of research utilization (p. 4)
2. Which of the following is the best definition of research utilization?
a. Applying research findings from individual studies to practice.
b. Analyzing multiple research studies to synthesize findings.
c. Appreciating the importance of clinical decision making.
d. Using previous personal experience to build confidence.
Definition of EBP (pp. 4-5)
3. Which of the following is the best definition of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
a. Application of research findings based on scientific theories in a clinical setting.
b. Research studies that correspond to nationally established
priorities for healthcare, conducted by experts in their fields.
c. Use of theory-derived, research-based information in making
decisions about health care delivery, with consideration of
individual needs and preferences and the clinical expertise of
the provider.
d. Using the individual health care provider’s perception of truth
without conscious attention or reasoning.
Difference between research utilization and EBP (pp. 4-5)
4. Which of the following best describes the difference between research
utilization and EBP?
a. Research utilization is a process of evaluating multiple
studies for the most generalizable findings; EBP is use of the
most recent study on a topic.
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, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH EDITION
b. Research utilization involves changing practice based on
findings of a single research study; EBP is the syntheses of
findings from multiple studies to incorporate with
practitioner skills and client preference to determine best
care.
c. Research utilization is the application of research findings to
health care practice; EBP is considered in selecting medication
options.
d. Research utilization is review of research publications; EBP
is using the healthcare provider’s perception of what care
would be best in individual situations.
Evidence from other disciplines (p. 6)
5. In what way can evidence from disciplines other than nursing be helpful?
a. Theory based non-nursing evidence can provide a basis on
which to build new evidence.
b. Non-nursing evidence supports the use of nursing knowledge
obtained by trial and error.
c. Clinical decision making can be based on findings from
single non-nursing research studies.
d. All evidence is equally important to the practice of nursing.
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
6. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a
chair. You ask your preceptor why this is done and she answers, “This is
what we have always done, so go do it.” This is an example of which type
of evidence?
a. Trial and error
b. Intuition
c. Borrowed evidence
d. Tradition
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
7. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms.
Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a
chair. You ask your preceptor why this is done and she answers,
“Because I said so.” This is an example of which type of evidence?
a. Intuition
b. Tradition
c. Authority
d. Borrowed evidence
Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
8. Trial and error is not a preferred approach for delivering nursing care because
a. it is not based on systematic scientific approaches.
b. it is not a sanctioned method by the American Nurses Association.
c. it is based only on intuition and therefore not scientifically based.
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, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR NURSES: APPRAISAL & APPLICATION OF RESEARCH 5TH EDITION
d. patient outcomes are always based only on level 1 evidence.
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