NUR401 -MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAM 2025-2026
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ANSWERS \GRADE A+
What is the most effective D. Organize discussions and meetings with EBP mentors
strategy for engaging care
providers in a proposed Rationale: Interactive discussions between EBP mentors
EBP change? and care providers are an effective way to increase
A. Disseminate the evidence knowledge and address attitudinal barriers. Other
that underlies the change strategies, such as bringing in outsiders to teach,
B. Remind staff of their disseminating research findings, or telling caregivers
obligation to provide that they are obliged to change, are less likely to engage
optimal care them and foster genuine change.
C. Bring in EBP experts to
speak to staff members
D. Organize discussions and
meetings with EBP
mentors
False
T/F: Implementation of EBP is
the Rationale: Implementation of EBP in the clinical setting is
responsibility of graduate- dependent on broad
prepared nurses and engagement and participation from all care providers at all levels,
members of the nursing as well as leaders, administrators, and members of other
leadership. disciplines.
Which of the following factors D. The commitment of the caregivers who will put the guideline
has the into practice
greatest bearing on the
success or failure of CPG Rationale: While CPGs must be based on strong
implementation? evidence and must be developed in a valid manner,
A. The strength of the these factors do not determine the success of their
evidence that clinical
underlies the implementation. Successful implementation is
,guideline dependent on the commitment of practitioners to the
B. The validity of the process process. Education level is not a key determinant of
that was used to develop success.
the guideline
C. The education level of
the nurses who will
implement the guideline
D. The commitment of the
caregivers who will put the
guideline into practice
False
T/F: A valid, reliable, and
applicable clinical practice
Rationale: Because a body of evidence is constantly growing and
guideline becomes a changing, CPGs
permanent cannot be considered static documents. Regular reviews and
component of the healthcare changes are necessary.
literature.
Which of the following C. PubMed
online databases is the Rationale: PubMed can be searched for CPGs by setting
most likely source of a CPG publication limits on the query to "practice guideline."
to guide a nurse's care?
A. CINAHL
B. EBSCO
C. PubMed
D. PsycInfo
False
T/F: EBPGs are a valid guide
to practice because they
Rationale: EBPGs are based on the best available
encompass not only research
evidence, but it is the responsibility of the individual
evidence, but also patient
clinician to integrate patient preferences and clinical
preferences and clinical
expertise into consideration when planning care.
expertise.
A nurse has examined C. Transferability
whether the
participants in a qualitative Rationale: Transferability addresses the question of
study on the meaning of whether the findings of a qualitative study are
dependence among IV drug applicable to other people who are in similar situations.
users are similar to the clients
that the nurse works with.
This nurse has evaluated
,this
study's:
A. Dependability
B. Confirmability
C. Transferability
D. Credibility
Qualitative evidence is most A. Cancer patients' perceptions of hope during chemotherapy
likely to inform which of the treatment
following aspects of the care
of patients with cancer? Rationale: The concept of hope is an aspect of the human responses
A. Cancer patients' and meaning
perceptions of hope that surround a health experience. Treatment options and the
during chemotherapy relationships between different concepts are likely better addressed
by quantitative evidence.
treatment
B. Treatment options for
chemotherapy- induced
nausea
C. Clinicians' choices of
chemotherapeutic agents
D. The relationship
between anxiety and
nausea in patients
undergoing
chemotherapy
, T/F: Grounded theory is the True
most
appropriate tradition for a Rationale: Grounded theory often focuses on changes in
study that explores women's the human experience as they move through time.
coping as they move through
different stages of fertility
treatment.
False
T/F: Meta-analysis results in
Rationale: In meta-analyses, combining the results of several
evidence that is applicable to studies produces a
a larger patient population larger sample size and thus greater power to accurately
than individual studies. determine the magnitude of the effect. This does not,
however, increase the size of the relevant patient
population.
A team of researchers have A. Case control
received a grant to
investigate the potential Rationale: A case control study often selects individuals
links between diet and the with a particular disease (e.g., stomach cancer) and
development of stomach looks back to identify factors that may underlie that
cancer. What methodology disease (e.g., diet). Neither a case study nor a
is most likely to answer the qualitative study would inform this relationship and an
researchers' clinical RCT would be unethical and impractical.
question?
A. Case control
B. Case study
C. Randomized controlled trial
(RCT)
D. Qualitative study
T/F: The smaller the p value, True
the less likely the null
hypothesis is true.
The findings of a B. NNT
quantitative study testing a
high school-based sexual Rationale: The number needed to treat (NNT)
health program reveal that represents the number of people who would need to
for every 140 female receive the therapy or intervention (the educational
students who take the program) to
prevent one bad outcome (teenage pregnancy).
program, one pregnancy is
\NEWEST VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS \VERIFIED
ANSWERS \GRADE A+
What is the most effective D. Organize discussions and meetings with EBP mentors
strategy for engaging care
providers in a proposed Rationale: Interactive discussions between EBP mentors
EBP change? and care providers are an effective way to increase
A. Disseminate the evidence knowledge and address attitudinal barriers. Other
that underlies the change strategies, such as bringing in outsiders to teach,
B. Remind staff of their disseminating research findings, or telling caregivers
obligation to provide that they are obliged to change, are less likely to engage
optimal care them and foster genuine change.
C. Bring in EBP experts to
speak to staff members
D. Organize discussions and
meetings with EBP
mentors
False
T/F: Implementation of EBP is
the Rationale: Implementation of EBP in the clinical setting is
responsibility of graduate- dependent on broad
prepared nurses and engagement and participation from all care providers at all levels,
members of the nursing as well as leaders, administrators, and members of other
leadership. disciplines.
Which of the following factors D. The commitment of the caregivers who will put the guideline
has the into practice
greatest bearing on the
success or failure of CPG Rationale: While CPGs must be based on strong
implementation? evidence and must be developed in a valid manner,
A. The strength of the these factors do not determine the success of their
evidence that clinical
underlies the implementation. Successful implementation is
,guideline dependent on the commitment of practitioners to the
B. The validity of the process process. Education level is not a key determinant of
that was used to develop success.
the guideline
C. The education level of
the nurses who will
implement the guideline
D. The commitment of the
caregivers who will put the
guideline into practice
False
T/F: A valid, reliable, and
applicable clinical practice
Rationale: Because a body of evidence is constantly growing and
guideline becomes a changing, CPGs
permanent cannot be considered static documents. Regular reviews and
component of the healthcare changes are necessary.
literature.
Which of the following C. PubMed
online databases is the Rationale: PubMed can be searched for CPGs by setting
most likely source of a CPG publication limits on the query to "practice guideline."
to guide a nurse's care?
A. CINAHL
B. EBSCO
C. PubMed
D. PsycInfo
False
T/F: EBPGs are a valid guide
to practice because they
Rationale: EBPGs are based on the best available
encompass not only research
evidence, but it is the responsibility of the individual
evidence, but also patient
clinician to integrate patient preferences and clinical
preferences and clinical
expertise into consideration when planning care.
expertise.
A nurse has examined C. Transferability
whether the
participants in a qualitative Rationale: Transferability addresses the question of
study on the meaning of whether the findings of a qualitative study are
dependence among IV drug applicable to other people who are in similar situations.
users are similar to the clients
that the nurse works with.
This nurse has evaluated
,this
study's:
A. Dependability
B. Confirmability
C. Transferability
D. Credibility
Qualitative evidence is most A. Cancer patients' perceptions of hope during chemotherapy
likely to inform which of the treatment
following aspects of the care
of patients with cancer? Rationale: The concept of hope is an aspect of the human responses
A. Cancer patients' and meaning
perceptions of hope that surround a health experience. Treatment options and the
during chemotherapy relationships between different concepts are likely better addressed
by quantitative evidence.
treatment
B. Treatment options for
chemotherapy- induced
nausea
C. Clinicians' choices of
chemotherapeutic agents
D. The relationship
between anxiety and
nausea in patients
undergoing
chemotherapy
, T/F: Grounded theory is the True
most
appropriate tradition for a Rationale: Grounded theory often focuses on changes in
study that explores women's the human experience as they move through time.
coping as they move through
different stages of fertility
treatment.
False
T/F: Meta-analysis results in
Rationale: In meta-analyses, combining the results of several
evidence that is applicable to studies produces a
a larger patient population larger sample size and thus greater power to accurately
than individual studies. determine the magnitude of the effect. This does not,
however, increase the size of the relevant patient
population.
A team of researchers have A. Case control
received a grant to
investigate the potential Rationale: A case control study often selects individuals
links between diet and the with a particular disease (e.g., stomach cancer) and
development of stomach looks back to identify factors that may underlie that
cancer. What methodology disease (e.g., diet). Neither a case study nor a
is most likely to answer the qualitative study would inform this relationship and an
researchers' clinical RCT would be unethical and impractical.
question?
A. Case control
B. Case study
C. Randomized controlled trial
(RCT)
D. Qualitative study
T/F: The smaller the p value, True
the less likely the null
hypothesis is true.
The findings of a B. NNT
quantitative study testing a
high school-based sexual Rationale: The number needed to treat (NNT)
health program reveal that represents the number of people who would need to
for every 140 female receive the therapy or intervention (the educational
students who take the program) to
prevent one bad outcome (teenage pregnancy).
program, one pregnancy is
