EVIDENCE BASE PRACTICE TEST BANK
QUESTIONS & 100% COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. A nurse you are working with complains that evidence based practice (EBP) results in a "cookbook
approach" to caring for patients. What would you tell this nurse about evidence based practice? - ANS-a.
EBP holds that research alone is never sufficient to make a clinical decision.
2. What is the role of qualitative research in evidence based nursing practice? - ANS-b. Qualitative
designs are often best for questions regarding perceptions, meaning or beliefs.
3. All of the following are reasons for a nurse to consult research evidence except - ANS-c. The clinical
unit consistently attains expected patient outcomes.
4. The Clinical Nurse Leader's (CNL) role in evidence based practice is to - ANS-c. Promote evidence
based projects that will improve the functioning of a microsystem.
5. What is the first step in implementing evidence based nursing? - ANS-d. Define the patient problem
precisely
6. Which of the following is true of background questions in defining a patient problem? Background
questions are - ANS-b. Questions about foundational information needs
7. A nurse attempts to develop a clinical question in PICO format: "What is the effect of an ongoing
pressure ulcer prevention program compared to the standard of care (e.g. turning every 2 hours) on
signs of emerging pressure ulcers?" Which PICO component is missing? - ANS-c. Population
8. You are trying to decide what the research literature shows to be the most effective treatment for a
Stage 3 pressure ulcer. Which intervention has the strongest level of evidence? - ANS-c. Intervention C,
whose efficacy was demonstrated in a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.
9. You are trying to decide what factors will predict which children will be in full compliance with
immunization recommendations by the time they enter kindergarten. The best study design to answer
this question is a - ANS-c. Survey
As a CNL you are trying to gain an understanding of the leadership, staffing, values, safety issues and
interruptions that characterize work on your microsystem. Which of the 5 Ps are you assessing? - ANS-d.
Processes
11. A meta-analysis is a special type of systematic review in which - ANS-d. The statistical results of more
than one study are combined
QUESTIONS & 100% COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. A nurse you are working with complains that evidence based practice (EBP) results in a "cookbook
approach" to caring for patients. What would you tell this nurse about evidence based practice? - ANS-a.
EBP holds that research alone is never sufficient to make a clinical decision.
2. What is the role of qualitative research in evidence based nursing practice? - ANS-b. Qualitative
designs are often best for questions regarding perceptions, meaning or beliefs.
3. All of the following are reasons for a nurse to consult research evidence except - ANS-c. The clinical
unit consistently attains expected patient outcomes.
4. The Clinical Nurse Leader's (CNL) role in evidence based practice is to - ANS-c. Promote evidence
based projects that will improve the functioning of a microsystem.
5. What is the first step in implementing evidence based nursing? - ANS-d. Define the patient problem
precisely
6. Which of the following is true of background questions in defining a patient problem? Background
questions are - ANS-b. Questions about foundational information needs
7. A nurse attempts to develop a clinical question in PICO format: "What is the effect of an ongoing
pressure ulcer prevention program compared to the standard of care (e.g. turning every 2 hours) on
signs of emerging pressure ulcers?" Which PICO component is missing? - ANS-c. Population
8. You are trying to decide what the research literature shows to be the most effective treatment for a
Stage 3 pressure ulcer. Which intervention has the strongest level of evidence? - ANS-c. Intervention C,
whose efficacy was demonstrated in a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.
9. You are trying to decide what factors will predict which children will be in full compliance with
immunization recommendations by the time they enter kindergarten. The best study design to answer
this question is a - ANS-c. Survey
As a CNL you are trying to gain an understanding of the leadership, staffing, values, safety issues and
interruptions that characterize work on your microsystem. Which of the 5 Ps are you assessing? - ANS-d.
Processes
11. A meta-analysis is a special type of systematic review in which - ANS-d. The statistical results of more
than one study are combined
