NURS 641 EXAM. COMPREHENSIVE TEST
BANK WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS. ALREADY
GRADED A+
The PICOTS format is most useful for focusing what kind of
clinical question for an evidence-based practice project?
a. A quality study
b. A question about intervention effectiveness
c. A question about the meaning of a process of care
d. A study about risk factors for a clinical condition - ✔
ANSWER ✔ b. A question about intervention
effectiveness
What is your review of this question that served as a project
guide?
Would recommending the new shingles vaccine to all
patients ages 50 and older who are seen in our medical
clinics reduce the incidence of shingles over their lifetime
and by what percentage?
a. They are missing essential elements required for a
focused project
b. They are too vague
c. They include all essential elements for a focused project
,d. They are too specific -✔ ANSWER ✔ c. They
include all essential elements for a focused project
What type of research evidence should an evidence-based
protocol work group look for first?
a. A randomized clinical trial
b. A qualitative study
c. An evidence-based clinical practice guideline
d. A study with a large sample that tests an intervention -
✔ ANSWER ✔ c. An evidence-based clinical practice
guideline
Questions not easily answered by research evidence:
A. New technology as when only manufacturer's data is
available.
B. Application of an existing intervention to a new
population not yet studie
C. The care of an individual patient who does not want a
standardized intervention
D. The moral or ethical course of action - ✔ ANSWER ✔
all of the above
Which of the following is not a trigger for an evidence-based
practice project?
,a. An adverse patient event
b. Quality data indicating less than ideal patient outcomes
c. Patient dissatisfaction with care
d. A family disagreement about continuing life support of an
✔ ANSWER ✔ d. A family
elderly parent -
disagreement about continuing life support of an
elderly parent
How are cohort studies different from experimental studies?
a. Cohort studies use smaller samples
b. Cohort studies measure long-term outcomes
c. Cohort studies do not employ random assignment to
groups
d. Cohort studies involve indirect comparison rather than
direct comparison -✔ ANSWER ✔ c. Cohort studies
do not employ random assignment to groups
Which of the following is the source of confounding
variables in cohort studies?
a. The researcher's decision regarding whom to ask to be in
the study
b. The fact that the two groups may be different in ways
other than the risk factor of interest
c. The researcher's choice regarding the outcome to study
, d. The use of retrospective methods rather than prospective
methods - ✔ ANSWER ✔ b. The fact that the two
groups may be different in ways other than the risk
factor of interest
Cohort studies are a good way to study which of the
following phenomenon?
a. The effects of social support on disease outcomes
b. The effects of risk factors on health outcomes
c. Outcomes associated with rare diseases
d. The effectiveness of interventions providing group health
care counseling - ✔ ANSWER ✔ b. The effects of risk
factors on health outcomes
Which of the following statements most accurately
describes a cohort study?
a. Persons are randomly assigned to groups and then
followed to determine if they develop certain outcomes.
b. Groups of persons with different levels of risk are
identified and then followed to determine if they develop
certain outcomes.
c. Persons with rarely occurring conditions are matched
with persons who don't have the conditions and their prior
exposure to risk is examined.
BANK WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS. ALREADY
GRADED A+
The PICOTS format is most useful for focusing what kind of
clinical question for an evidence-based practice project?
a. A quality study
b. A question about intervention effectiveness
c. A question about the meaning of a process of care
d. A study about risk factors for a clinical condition - ✔
ANSWER ✔ b. A question about intervention
effectiveness
What is your review of this question that served as a project
guide?
Would recommending the new shingles vaccine to all
patients ages 50 and older who are seen in our medical
clinics reduce the incidence of shingles over their lifetime
and by what percentage?
a. They are missing essential elements required for a
focused project
b. They are too vague
c. They include all essential elements for a focused project
,d. They are too specific -✔ ANSWER ✔ c. They
include all essential elements for a focused project
What type of research evidence should an evidence-based
protocol work group look for first?
a. A randomized clinical trial
b. A qualitative study
c. An evidence-based clinical practice guideline
d. A study with a large sample that tests an intervention -
✔ ANSWER ✔ c. An evidence-based clinical practice
guideline
Questions not easily answered by research evidence:
A. New technology as when only manufacturer's data is
available.
B. Application of an existing intervention to a new
population not yet studie
C. The care of an individual patient who does not want a
standardized intervention
D. The moral or ethical course of action - ✔ ANSWER ✔
all of the above
Which of the following is not a trigger for an evidence-based
practice project?
,a. An adverse patient event
b. Quality data indicating less than ideal patient outcomes
c. Patient dissatisfaction with care
d. A family disagreement about continuing life support of an
✔ ANSWER ✔ d. A family
elderly parent -
disagreement about continuing life support of an
elderly parent
How are cohort studies different from experimental studies?
a. Cohort studies use smaller samples
b. Cohort studies measure long-term outcomes
c. Cohort studies do not employ random assignment to
groups
d. Cohort studies involve indirect comparison rather than
direct comparison -✔ ANSWER ✔ c. Cohort studies
do not employ random assignment to groups
Which of the following is the source of confounding
variables in cohort studies?
a. The researcher's decision regarding whom to ask to be in
the study
b. The fact that the two groups may be different in ways
other than the risk factor of interest
c. The researcher's choice regarding the outcome to study
, d. The use of retrospective methods rather than prospective
methods - ✔ ANSWER ✔ b. The fact that the two
groups may be different in ways other than the risk
factor of interest
Cohort studies are a good way to study which of the
following phenomenon?
a. The effects of social support on disease outcomes
b. The effects of risk factors on health outcomes
c. Outcomes associated with rare diseases
d. The effectiveness of interventions providing group health
care counseling - ✔ ANSWER ✔ b. The effects of risk
factors on health outcomes
Which of the following statements most accurately
describes a cohort study?
a. Persons are randomly assigned to groups and then
followed to determine if they develop certain outcomes.
b. Groups of persons with different levels of risk are
identified and then followed to determine if they develop
certain outcomes.
c. Persons with rarely occurring conditions are matched
with persons who don't have the conditions and their prior
exposure to risk is examined.
