TEST BANK FOR EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING- THE RESEARCH PRACTICE CONNECTION 5th EDITION 2025 update

TEST BANK FOR EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING: THE
RESEARCH PRACTICE CONNECTION 5th EDITION 2025
update

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Practice Connection w w


MULTIPLE CHOICE w




• Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
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a. A combination of best research evidence, medical centeral expertise, and th
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e needs and values of clients.
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b. A determination of the factors necessary to control client respons
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es to care.
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c. The development of population care guidelines applicable to all c
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lients.
d. The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance client outcomes. AC
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CURATE ANSWER:-A w




REASONING:
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based practice evolves from the integration of the best research evidence with
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medical centeral expertise and client needs and values.
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B Studies that attempt to find determinants of client outcomes are generally experim
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experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not completely define it.
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C EBP is a combination of guidelines and specific client needs and values. D
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Quantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of client out
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comes are part of EBP but do not completely define EBP.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering (
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Knowledge) REF: dm. 3 w w w


• The nursing attendant is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfe
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d babies as part of a larger research study. Which research method will the
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nursing attendant use when collecting data for this study?
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d.Prediction

ACCURATE ANSWER:-B w


REASONING:
AControl can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired outcome.
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B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing ph
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enomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
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C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certai
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n events occur.
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D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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REF: dm. 6 w w

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The nursing attendant is participating in a study and is collecting data identifyi
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ng the number of obese adults whose parents were also obese or overweight.
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Which research method is being used in this study? w w w w w w w w


a.Co ntrol w w


b.De scrip tion w w w


c.Ex plan atio n
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ACCURATE ANSWER:-D w




REASONING:
AControl indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
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BDescription involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phe
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nomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
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CExplanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
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certain events occur.
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DThrough prediction the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a
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given situation. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were
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obese, the probability of predicting this may be calculated.
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PTS:1DIF:Cognitive level: Applying (Applic w w w


ation) REF: pp. 7-8 w w w


• The nursing attendant reviews a study in which adherence to an asthma act
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ion plan is compared among groups of adolescents who received different
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asthma education. Which research method does this represent?
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a.Co ntrol w


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wc.Ex plan atio n
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d. Prediction
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ACCURAT
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E ANSWER
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:-C

REASONING:
A Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
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B Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing ph
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enomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
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C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certai
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n events occur.
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D Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation. PTS:1
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DIF:Cognitive level: Applying (Application) w w w


REF: dm. 7 w w




• A nursing attendant manager is interested in learning which attitudes among s
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taff nursing attendants may indicate relative risk of needle-
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stick injuries. To study this, the nursing attendant manager will employ whic
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, h method of study? w w w


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b.De scrip tion
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c.Ex plan atio n
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d.Pr edict ion
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ACCURATE ANSWER:-D w




REASONING:
AControl indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
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BExplanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why
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certain events occur. w w


CDescription involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phe
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nomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
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DThrough prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given
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situation. PTS:1DIF:Cognitive level: Applying (Application)
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REF: pp. 7-8 w w




• Which is the most important result of Florence Nightingales data collection
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and statistical analysis during the Crimean War?
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a.Bringing awareness of the rigors of war to the general public. b.D
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eveloping a process for statistical analysis and nursing documentati
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on. c.Identifying and defining the role of nursing attendants in mode
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rn health care.
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d.Using medical centeral research to evaluate the importance of sanitation, cle
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an drinking water, and adequate nutrition.
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ACCURATE ANSWER:-D w




REASONING:
AThis was not the most imp
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ortant result BThis was not the
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most important result CThis
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was not the most important re
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sult
DNightingales research enabled her to instigate attitudinal, organizational, and so
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cial changes, including the militarys approach to the care of the sick and societys sen
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se of responsibility for testing public water, improving sanitation, and preventing sta
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rvation to decrease morbidity and mortality rates.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding
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(Comprehension) REF: dm. 11 w w w


• The nursing attendant participates in data collection in a study in which two
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different pain management protocols are used with randomly assigned clients
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to measure differences in postoperative recovery time. Which method of stu
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dy is this? w w


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c.De scrip tion
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