Evidence Based Practice Exam #1
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What Is Evidence-Based Practice? - correct answer...✔✔Synthesis of knowledge
(research, patient circumstances, values, and clinical experiences)
Making a change in practice and evaluating it
promotes quality, safe, and cost-effective outcomes for
patients, families, healthcare providers, and the healthcare system
T/F: EBP is a one size fits all approach to healthcare - correct answer...✔✔FALSE
T/F: EBP is a cost cutting practice or method for rationing healthcare services - correct
answer...✔✔FALSE
nursing research - correct answer...✔✔systematic inquiry to develop trustworthy
evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their clients
clinical nursing research - correct answer...✔✔nursing research designed to guide
nursing practice
2 kinds of research - correct answer...✔✔basic - extending information for sake of
knowledge
applied - discovering solutions to immediate problems
4 general purposes of research - correct answer...✔✔describe (identify and understand
nursing phenomena, measure AT LEAST ONE THING)
explain (clarify relationships, see why events occur, measure AT LEAST 2 THINGS and
connect them)
predict (estimate probability of a specific outcome, measure AT LEAST 2 THINGS, one
thing happens before the other, connect them)
control (manipulate to produce desired outcome, DO something, SEE what happens to
something else and measure)
in the 1850's, this person was named the first nurse researcher - correct answer...✔✔
Florence nightingale
AGRADESOLUTIONS
,What is Florence nightingale's research work? - correct answer...✔✔initial studies
focused on the importance of a healthy environment in promoting patients' physical and
mental well-being.
studied ventilation, cleanliness, purity of water, and diet to determine their influence on
patients' health
also noted for her data collection and analyses (mortality rates), especially during the
Crimean War.
changed the attitudes of the military and society about the care of the sick.
Because of Nightingale's research evidence and influence, society began to accept
responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation, preventing starvation, and
decreasing morbidity and mortality rates
Identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships
among the phenomena are examples of __________?
a. Description
b. Explanation
c. Prediction
d. Control - correct answer...✔✔Description and Explanation
T/F Quantitative research involves identification - correct answer...✔✔False
T/F Quantitative research involves prediction & control - correct answer...✔✔True
T/F both quantitative and qualitative data involve description, exploration and
explanation - correct answer...✔✔True
focuses on examining results of care and determining the changes in health status for
the patient - correct answer...✔✔outcomes research
a researcher who does not disclose that a portion of the data from the original study
sample was not used in the final data analysis could be accused of:
A. Infidelity
B. Lack of scientific objectivity
C. Plagiarism
D. Scientific misconduct - correct answer...✔✔Scientific misconduct; includes
fabrication, falsification or forging
therapeutic versus non therapeutic research - correct answer...✔✔therapeutic: results
might benefit participants
non-therapeutic: results don't benefit participants but might in the future
AGRADESOLUTIONS
, What ar 3 ethical principles addressed in the National Commission for the Protection of
Human Subjects guidelines - correct answer...✔✔respect for persons (no coercion),
beneficence (do no harm), justice (fair treatment)
what principle describes this:
individuals should be treated as autonomous agents
persons with diminished autonomy are entitled to protection - correct answer...✔✔
respect for person
what principle describes this:
max possible benefits and minimize possible harms - correct answer...✔✔beneficence
what principle describes this:
fairness in distribution or what is deserved - correct answer...✔✔justice
what are the principles of respect for persons - correct answer...✔✔self-determination
no coercion
full disclosure, no deception
voluntary consent
special protection for those with diminished autonomy
what are the principles of beneficence - correct answer...✔✔freedom from harm
freedom from exploitation
risk/benefit rations
high anticipated benefits may balance high risks
what are the principles of justice - correct answer...✔✔Fair treatment (even if the
person chooses not to participate)
Right to privacy
Anonymity
Confidentiality
what are the 5 human rights that require protection in research? - correct answer...✔✔
right to self determination (freedom to conduct their lives as they chose)
right to privacy (freedom to determine the time, extent, and general circumstance where
private info will be shared)
right to anonymity and confidentiality (no one knows the identity of the subjects; refrains
from sharing info with others)
AGRADESOLUTIONS
Questions And Answers 100%Solved
Rated A+
What Is Evidence-Based Practice? - correct answer...✔✔Synthesis of knowledge
(research, patient circumstances, values, and clinical experiences)
Making a change in practice and evaluating it
promotes quality, safe, and cost-effective outcomes for
patients, families, healthcare providers, and the healthcare system
T/F: EBP is a one size fits all approach to healthcare - correct answer...✔✔FALSE
T/F: EBP is a cost cutting practice or method for rationing healthcare services - correct
answer...✔✔FALSE
nursing research - correct answer...✔✔systematic inquiry to develop trustworthy
evidence about issues of importance to nurses and their clients
clinical nursing research - correct answer...✔✔nursing research designed to guide
nursing practice
2 kinds of research - correct answer...✔✔basic - extending information for sake of
knowledge
applied - discovering solutions to immediate problems
4 general purposes of research - correct answer...✔✔describe (identify and understand
nursing phenomena, measure AT LEAST ONE THING)
explain (clarify relationships, see why events occur, measure AT LEAST 2 THINGS and
connect them)
predict (estimate probability of a specific outcome, measure AT LEAST 2 THINGS, one
thing happens before the other, connect them)
control (manipulate to produce desired outcome, DO something, SEE what happens to
something else and measure)
in the 1850's, this person was named the first nurse researcher - correct answer...✔✔
Florence nightingale
AGRADESOLUTIONS
,What is Florence nightingale's research work? - correct answer...✔✔initial studies
focused on the importance of a healthy environment in promoting patients' physical and
mental well-being.
studied ventilation, cleanliness, purity of water, and diet to determine their influence on
patients' health
also noted for her data collection and analyses (mortality rates), especially during the
Crimean War.
changed the attitudes of the military and society about the care of the sick.
Because of Nightingale's research evidence and influence, society began to accept
responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation, preventing starvation, and
decreasing morbidity and mortality rates
Identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships
among the phenomena are examples of __________?
a. Description
b. Explanation
c. Prediction
d. Control - correct answer...✔✔Description and Explanation
T/F Quantitative research involves identification - correct answer...✔✔False
T/F Quantitative research involves prediction & control - correct answer...✔✔True
T/F both quantitative and qualitative data involve description, exploration and
explanation - correct answer...✔✔True
focuses on examining results of care and determining the changes in health status for
the patient - correct answer...✔✔outcomes research
a researcher who does not disclose that a portion of the data from the original study
sample was not used in the final data analysis could be accused of:
A. Infidelity
B. Lack of scientific objectivity
C. Plagiarism
D. Scientific misconduct - correct answer...✔✔Scientific misconduct; includes
fabrication, falsification or forging
therapeutic versus non therapeutic research - correct answer...✔✔therapeutic: results
might benefit participants
non-therapeutic: results don't benefit participants but might in the future
AGRADESOLUTIONS
, What ar 3 ethical principles addressed in the National Commission for the Protection of
Human Subjects guidelines - correct answer...✔✔respect for persons (no coercion),
beneficence (do no harm), justice (fair treatment)
what principle describes this:
individuals should be treated as autonomous agents
persons with diminished autonomy are entitled to protection - correct answer...✔✔
respect for person
what principle describes this:
max possible benefits and minimize possible harms - correct answer...✔✔beneficence
what principle describes this:
fairness in distribution or what is deserved - correct answer...✔✔justice
what are the principles of respect for persons - correct answer...✔✔self-determination
no coercion
full disclosure, no deception
voluntary consent
special protection for those with diminished autonomy
what are the principles of beneficence - correct answer...✔✔freedom from harm
freedom from exploitation
risk/benefit rations
high anticipated benefits may balance high risks
what are the principles of justice - correct answer...✔✔Fair treatment (even if the
person chooses not to participate)
Right to privacy
Anonymity
Confidentiality
what are the 5 human rights that require protection in research? - correct answer...✔✔
right to self determination (freedom to conduct their lives as they chose)
right to privacy (freedom to determine the time, extent, and general circumstance where
private info will be shared)
right to anonymity and confidentiality (no one knows the identity of the subjects; refrains
from sharing info with others)
AGRADESOLUTIONS
