EBN Exam 1 Study Questions and
Answers6
what does beneficence mean? - ANSWERS -to do no harm and to maximize potential benefits
and minimize potential harm
what does justice mean? - ANSWERS -equity or fairness in the distribution of burdens and
benefits
what is evidence-based practice? - ANSWERS -it is a framework for clinical practice that
incorporates the conscientious explicit and judicious use of the current best evidence in made
decisions are care. 3 important things are clinical expertise, patient preferences, and research
based info
what are sources of evidences that nurses use in practice? - ANSWERS -tradition, authority, trial
and error, personal experience, intuition, borrowed evidence, and scientific research
what is the role of the individual nurse in advancing EBP? - ANSWERS -nurses should emphasize
the use of theory-derived, researched based info over the evidence gathered from sources
about to have an EBP
Can do this by using the pyramid of evidence
what are the barriers to adopting EBP? - ANSWERS -major barriers include nurses not valuing
research, nurses being resilient to change, a lack of time and resources to obtain evidence,
communication gap, organization culture, and the inability of individuals to evaluate nursing
research
, What should strategies to overcome barriers be aimed at? - ANSWERS -aimed at instilling an
appreciation for EBP, increasing knowledge, developing necessary skills, and changing behaviors
what is a systematic review? - ANSWERS -a rigorous and systematic synthesis of research
findings about a clinical problem. Articles presenting a synthesis of several articles about a
clinical topics
what is a meta-analysis? - ANSWERS -a scholarly paper that combines the results of studies,
both published and unpublished, into a measurable format and statistically estimates the effects
of proposed interventions. This shows the statistical significance
why would you do a literature review? - ANSWERS -a traditional literature review is an article
based on common or uncommon elements of works with little concern for research methods,
designs, or settings--not as rigorous as systematic reviews. It is done to have a thorough
understanding of a topic, identify potential areas of research, to compare previous findings
what is a primary source? - ANSWERS -a source with original information presented by the
person or people responsible for creating it
what is a secondary source? - ANSWERS -commentaries, summaries, review, or interpretations
of primary sources
How are sources categorized? - ANSWERS -1)primary or secondary
2)peer reviewed(rigurious evaluation) or not
3)scholarly(written and edited by professionals), trade (written for professionals in more casual
tone) or popular(inform or entertain public)
define theory - ANSWERS -a set of concepts linked through propositions to explain an
phenomenon
Answers6
what does beneficence mean? - ANSWERS -to do no harm and to maximize potential benefits
and minimize potential harm
what does justice mean? - ANSWERS -equity or fairness in the distribution of burdens and
benefits
what is evidence-based practice? - ANSWERS -it is a framework for clinical practice that
incorporates the conscientious explicit and judicious use of the current best evidence in made
decisions are care. 3 important things are clinical expertise, patient preferences, and research
based info
what are sources of evidences that nurses use in practice? - ANSWERS -tradition, authority, trial
and error, personal experience, intuition, borrowed evidence, and scientific research
what is the role of the individual nurse in advancing EBP? - ANSWERS -nurses should emphasize
the use of theory-derived, researched based info over the evidence gathered from sources
about to have an EBP
Can do this by using the pyramid of evidence
what are the barriers to adopting EBP? - ANSWERS -major barriers include nurses not valuing
research, nurses being resilient to change, a lack of time and resources to obtain evidence,
communication gap, organization culture, and the inability of individuals to evaluate nursing
research
, What should strategies to overcome barriers be aimed at? - ANSWERS -aimed at instilling an
appreciation for EBP, increasing knowledge, developing necessary skills, and changing behaviors
what is a systematic review? - ANSWERS -a rigorous and systematic synthesis of research
findings about a clinical problem. Articles presenting a synthesis of several articles about a
clinical topics
what is a meta-analysis? - ANSWERS -a scholarly paper that combines the results of studies,
both published and unpublished, into a measurable format and statistically estimates the effects
of proposed interventions. This shows the statistical significance
why would you do a literature review? - ANSWERS -a traditional literature review is an article
based on common or uncommon elements of works with little concern for research methods,
designs, or settings--not as rigorous as systematic reviews. It is done to have a thorough
understanding of a topic, identify potential areas of research, to compare previous findings
what is a primary source? - ANSWERS -a source with original information presented by the
person or people responsible for creating it
what is a secondary source? - ANSWERS -commentaries, summaries, review, or interpretations
of primary sources
How are sources categorized? - ANSWERS -1)primary or secondary
2)peer reviewed(rigurious evaluation) or not
3)scholarly(written and edited by professionals), trade (written for professionals in more casual
tone) or popular(inform or entertain public)
define theory - ANSWERS -a set of concepts linked through propositions to explain an
phenomenon
