NURS 171 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NURS 171
EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
STEPS OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE - Correct answer ✔✔ 1.Ask a clinical question.
2. Collect the most relevant evidence.
3. Critically appraise the evidence you gather.
4. Integrate all the evidence along with your clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values in
making a practice decision or change
5. Evaluate the practice change or decision.
6. Share or communicate the outcomes.
EBP (evidence based practice) incorporates the following to determine safe care practices -
Correct answer ✔✔ -current research evidence
• clinical expertise
• health care resources
• patient and family values and preferences
Step 1: Ask a question - Correct answer ✔✔ - Problem-focused trigger
--A question faced while caring for a patient or a trend seen in a practice setting
-Knowledge-focused trigger
--a question regarding new information about a topic
- Background vs foreground question
EBP becomes easier when... - Correct answer ✔✔ you and your colleagues can agree on a
relevant clinical question.
PICO Meaning - Correct answer ✔✔ P- Patient population
, I-Intervention or area of interest
C-Comparison intervention or area of interest
O- Outcome
Step 2: Collect Best Evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ External evidence
-Scientific literature
-National guidelines
-Benchmarking
Step 2: Collect Best Evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ -Agency policy and procedure manuals
- Quality and performance improvement date
-Clinical practice guidelines
Where to best find evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ -seek out a medical librarian
- Use scientific databases
--PubMed
--Medline
--CINAHL
Step 3: Critique the Evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ - Purpose
- Process
-Decision
Step 3: Purpose - Correct answer ✔✔ -Is there sufficient evidence to answer your PICO
question?
- Determine value. feasibility, and use of evidence for making a practice change.
EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
STEPS OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE - Correct answer ✔✔ 1.Ask a clinical question.
2. Collect the most relevant evidence.
3. Critically appraise the evidence you gather.
4. Integrate all the evidence along with your clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values in
making a practice decision or change
5. Evaluate the practice change or decision.
6. Share or communicate the outcomes.
EBP (evidence based practice) incorporates the following to determine safe care practices -
Correct answer ✔✔ -current research evidence
• clinical expertise
• health care resources
• patient and family values and preferences
Step 1: Ask a question - Correct answer ✔✔ - Problem-focused trigger
--A question faced while caring for a patient or a trend seen in a practice setting
-Knowledge-focused trigger
--a question regarding new information about a topic
- Background vs foreground question
EBP becomes easier when... - Correct answer ✔✔ you and your colleagues can agree on a
relevant clinical question.
PICO Meaning - Correct answer ✔✔ P- Patient population
, I-Intervention or area of interest
C-Comparison intervention or area of interest
O- Outcome
Step 2: Collect Best Evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ External evidence
-Scientific literature
-National guidelines
-Benchmarking
Step 2: Collect Best Evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ -Agency policy and procedure manuals
- Quality and performance improvement date
-Clinical practice guidelines
Where to best find evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ -seek out a medical librarian
- Use scientific databases
--PubMed
--Medline
--CINAHL
Step 3: Critique the Evidence - Correct answer ✔✔ - Purpose
- Process
-Decision
Step 3: Purpose - Correct answer ✔✔ -Is there sufficient evidence to answer your PICO
question?
- Determine value. feasibility, and use of evidence for making a practice change.
