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1. Which best describes evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
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a.A combination of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and the needs and values o
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b.A determination of the factors necessary to control patient responses to care
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. c.The development of population care guidelines applicable to all patients.
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d.The utilization of quantitative and qualitative studies to enhance patient outcomes.
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BStudies that attempt to find determinants of patient outcomes are generally experimental
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o r quasi-experimental. They may be used to guide EBP but do not completely define
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CEBP is a combination of guidelines and specific patient needs and values.
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DQuantitative and qualitative studies applied to the evaluation of patient outcomes are part o
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2. The nurse is collecting data about the sleep patterns of breastfed babies as part of a
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larger r esearch study. Which research method will the nurse use when collecting data for
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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 phenomena and the
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relationships among these phenomena.
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C Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events
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3. The nurse is participating in a study and is collecting data identifying the number of obese
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mad ults whose parents were also obese or overweight. Which research method is being used in
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. By knowing the percentage of parents of obese adults who were obese, the probability of
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pre dicting this may be calculated.
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m gr oups of adolescents who received different asthma education. Which research method does
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