,Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing 8th Edition Test
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Chapter 1. Discovering the World of Nursing Research
MULTIPLE v CHOICE
1. Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
a.A vcombination vof vbest v research vevidence, v clinical v expertise, vand v the
vneeds vandvalues v ofpatients.
b.A v determination v of v the v factors v necessary v to v control
v patient v responses v to v care. v c.The v development v of v
v population v v care v guidelines v applicable v toall v patients.
d.The v v utilization v v of v v quantitative v v and v v qualitative v v studies v
v to v v enhance v v patient voutcomes.
ANS: A
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AEvidence-based practice evolves from the integration v of the best
vresearchevidence withclinical expertise v and v patient v needs v and
v values.
BStudies v that v attempt v to v find v determinants v of v patient v outcomes v are
v generally vexperimental v orquasi-experimental. v They v may be
used v to v guide EBP but vdo v notcompletely
define it.
CEBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient v needs and values.
DQuantitative v and v qualitative v studies v applied v to v the evaluation
of patient voutcomes arepart v of vEBP but
do not v completely define v EBP.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive level:
vRemembering(Knowledge) vREF:
v MCS: v 3
2. The v nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed
babies as part ofa v larger v research v study. Which research method
will the vnurse use vwhen collecting v data
for this study?
a.Control
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ANS: B
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AControl can be described as v the ability to write a prescription to produce the
vdesired