Test Bank For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research 5th Edition by Schmidt ,Brown Chapters 1 - 19

Test Bank For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses:
Appraisal and Application of Research
5th Edition by Schmidt ,Brown Chapters 1 - 19

,Test49Bank49For49Evidence-
Based49Practice49for49Nurses:49Appraisal49and49Application49of49Research495th49Edition49b
y49Schmidt,49Brown


Table of Contents:
49 49




Chapter49149What49Is49Evidence-Based49Practice?
Chapter49249Using49Evidence49Through49Collaboration49To49Promote49Excellence49In49Nursing49P
ractice
Chapter49349Identifying49Research49Questions
Chapter49449Finding49Sources49Of49Evidence
Chapter49549Linking49Theory,49Research,49And49Practice
Chapter49649Key49Principles49Of49Quantitative49Designs
Chapter49749Quantitative49Designs:49Using49Numbers49To49Provide49Evidence
Chapter49849Epidemiologic49Designs:49Using49Data49To49Understand49Populations
Chapter49949Qualitative49Designs:49Using49Words49To49Provide49Evidence
Chapter491049Collecting49Evidence
Chapter491149Using49Samples49To49Provide49Evidence
Chapter491249Other49Sources49Of49Evidence
Chapter491349What49Do49The49Quantitative49Data49Mean?
Chapter491449What49Do49The49Qualitative49Data49Mean?
Chapter491549Weighing49In49On49The49Evidence
Chapter491649Transitioning49Evidence49To49Practice
Chapter491749Developing49Oneself49As49An49Innovator
Chapter491849Evaluating49Outcomes49Of49Innovations
Chapter491949Sharing49The49Insights49With49Others

,CHAPTER491:49WHAT49IS49EVIDENCE49BASED49PRACTICE?

Test49Bank49Evidence-
Based49Practice49for49Nurses:49Appraisal49and49Application49of49Research495th49Edition49Schm
idt,49Brown

Multiple49Choice

Definition49of49research49(p.4914)
1. Which49of49the49following49is49the49best49definition49of49research?
a. Critically49thinking49about49problems49that49occur49in49health49care49to49determin
e49possible49solutions.
b. Information49that49is49based49on49personal49experience49or49tradition.
c. Planned49and49systematic49activity49that49leads49to49new49knowledge49a
nd/or49the49discovery49of49solutions49to49problems49or49questions.
d. Trying49a49variety49of49approaches49to49a49clinical49problem49and49settling49on4
9the49approach49that49is49effective49more49often49than49not.


Definition49of49research49utilization49(p.494)
2. Which49of49the49following49is49the49best49definition49of49research49utilization?
a. Applying49research49findings49from49individual49studies49to49practice.
b. Analyzing49multiple49research49studies49to49synthesize49findings.
c. Appreciating49the49importance49of49clinical49decision49making.
d. Using49previous49personal49experience49to49build49confidence.

Definition49of49EBP49(pp.494-5)
3. Which49of49the49following49is49the49best49definition49of49evidence-based49practice49(EBP)?
a. Application49of49research49findings49based49on49scientific49theories49in49a49clinical49sett
ing.
b. Research49studies49that49correspond49to49nationally49established49priorities49for49h
ealthcare,49conducted49by49experts49in49their49fields.
c. Use49of49theory-derived,49research-
based49information49in49making49decisions49about49health49care49delivery,49wit
h49consideration49of49individual49needs49and49preferences49and49the49clinical49
expertise49of49the49provider.
d. Using49the49individual49health49care49provider’s49perception49of49truth49without49
conscious49attention49or49reasoning.

Difference49between49research49utilization49and49EBP49(pp.494-5)
4. Which49of49the49following49best49describes49the49difference49between49research49util
ization49and49EBP?
a. Research49utilization49is49a49process49of49evaluating49multiple49studies49for
49the49most49generalizable49findings;49EBP49is49use49of49the49most49recent49s
tudy49on49a49topic.

, b. Research49utilization49involves49changing49practice49based49on49findings49of4
9a49single49research49study;49EBP49is49the49syntheses49of49findings49from49mul
tiple49studies49to49incorporate49with49practitioner49skills49and49client49prefere
nce49to49determine49best49care.
c. Research49utilization49is49the49application49of49research49findings49to49health49car
e49practice;49EBP49is49considered49in49selecting49medication49options.
d. Research49utilization49is49review49of49research49publications;49EBP49is49us
ing49the49healthcare49provider’s49perception49of49what49care49would49b
e49best49in49individual49situations.

Evidence49from49other49disciplines49(p.496)
5. In49what49way49can49evidence49from49disciplines49other49than49nursing49be49helpful?
a. Theory49based49non-
nursing49evidence49can49provide49a49basis49on49which49to49build49new49evi
dence.
b. Non-
nursing49evidence49supports49the49use49of49nursing49knowledge49obtained49by
49trial49and49error.
c. Clinical49decision49making49can49be49based49on49findings49from49single49n
on-nursing49research49studies.
d. All49evidence49is49equally49important49to49the49practice49of49nursing.

Identification49of49sources49of49evidence49(p.496)
6. You49are49a49new49nurse49working49at49XYZ49hospital.49Your49preceptor49tells49you49to49
dangle49Ms.49Jones’49legs49on49the49side49of49the49bed49before49you49attempt49to49assist
49her49to49a49chair.49You49ask49your49preceptor49why49this49is49done49and49shNeUaRnSsIw
NeGrTsB,4 9 “
.CTOhM
is49is49what49we49have49always49done,49so49go49do49it.”49This49is49an49example49of49
which49type49of49evidence?
a. Trial49and49error
b. Intuition
c. Borrowed49evidence
d. Tradition

Identification49of49sources49of49evidence49(p.496)
7. You49are49a49new49nurse49working49at49XYZ49hospital.49Your49preceptor49tells49you49to49
dangle49Ms.49Jones’49legs49on49the49side49of49the49bed49before49you49attempt49to49assist
49her49to49a49chair.49You49ask49your49preceptor49why49this49is49done49and49she49answers,4
9“Because49I49said49so.”49This49is49an49example49of49which49type49of49evidence?
a. Intuition
b. Tradition
c. Authority
d. Borrowed49evidence

Identification49of49sources49of49evidence49(p.496)
8. Trial49and49error49is49not49a49preferred49approach49for49delivering49nursing49care49because
a. it49is49not49based49on49systematic49scientific49approaches.
b. it49is49not49a49sanctioned49method49by49the49American49Nurses49Association.
c. it49is49based49only49on49intuition49and49therefore49not49scientifically49based.
d. patient49outcomes49are49always49based49only49on49level49149evidence.