NUR 307 EXAM PREP CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 100% CORRECT.
⫸ Scorecard - satisfaction. Answer: Patient satisfaction
staff satisfaction score
medical staff satisfaction
patient complaint rate
⫸ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Answer: Regulations require Institutional Review Board
(IRB)approval of all studies involving personal health
information(PHI)
If it is possible that knowledge might be shared outside of the specific
quality improvement initiative and institution(e.g., publication or
presentation of strategies used and resultant outcomes), then IRB
approval is often required prior to initiation of the project
⫸ Organizational factors that create barriers to EBP include. Answer:
Lack of interest
Lack of motivation
Lack of leadership support for EBP
Lack of vision
,Lack of strategy
Lack of direction among managers
⫸ Definition of EBP. Answer: Evidence-based practice is a lifelong
problem-solving approach to clinical decision making that involves
the conscientious use of the best evidence with clinical expertise
(including internal evidence) and patient preferences and values to
improve outcomes for individuals,groups, communities, and systems
⫸ Steps of EBP. Answer: 0. Cultivate a spirit of inquiry
1. Ask the burning clinical question in PICOT format
2. Search for and collect the most relevant best evidence
3. critically appraise the evidence (rapid critical appraisal, evaluation,
and synthesis)
4. Integrate the best evidence with one's clinical expertise and patient
preferences and values in making a practice decision or change
5. Evaluate outcomes of the practice decision or change based on
evidence
6. disseminate the outcomes of the EBP decision or change
⫸ Research utilization (RU). Answer: The use of research, often a
singular study, in clinical decision-making
EBP is broader than research
⫸ EBP includes the utilization of. Answer: Best external evidence
, Clinical expertise (including internal evidence;patient assessment
data; availability of health care system resources; knowledge of the
organizational state, setting, and circumstances)
Patient preferences and values
⫸ MODELS TO CHANGE PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATIONS -
models of EBP. Answer: Help us organize our thinking about EBP
Help us understand how various aspects of EBP work together to
improve care and outcomes
Guide and design implementation approaches
Help guide practitioners to implement EBP into practice
⫸ Commonalities of EBP models in terms of steps or phases -.
Answer: Identify a problem that needs addressing
Identify stakeholders (sometimes called change agents)that will help
make the change in practice happen
Identify a practice change shown to be effective by high-quality
research designed to address the problem
Identify, and, if possible, address potential barriers
Use effective strategies to disseminate information about the change
to those who will be implementing it
Implement the change
Evaluate the impact of the change
Identify activities to help sustain the change
EVALUATION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 100% CORRECT.
⫸ Scorecard - satisfaction. Answer: Patient satisfaction
staff satisfaction score
medical staff satisfaction
patient complaint rate
⫸ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Answer: Regulations require Institutional Review Board
(IRB)approval of all studies involving personal health
information(PHI)
If it is possible that knowledge might be shared outside of the specific
quality improvement initiative and institution(e.g., publication or
presentation of strategies used and resultant outcomes), then IRB
approval is often required prior to initiation of the project
⫸ Organizational factors that create barriers to EBP include. Answer:
Lack of interest
Lack of motivation
Lack of leadership support for EBP
Lack of vision
,Lack of strategy
Lack of direction among managers
⫸ Definition of EBP. Answer: Evidence-based practice is a lifelong
problem-solving approach to clinical decision making that involves
the conscientious use of the best evidence with clinical expertise
(including internal evidence) and patient preferences and values to
improve outcomes for individuals,groups, communities, and systems
⫸ Steps of EBP. Answer: 0. Cultivate a spirit of inquiry
1. Ask the burning clinical question in PICOT format
2. Search for and collect the most relevant best evidence
3. critically appraise the evidence (rapid critical appraisal, evaluation,
and synthesis)
4. Integrate the best evidence with one's clinical expertise and patient
preferences and values in making a practice decision or change
5. Evaluate outcomes of the practice decision or change based on
evidence
6. disseminate the outcomes of the EBP decision or change
⫸ Research utilization (RU). Answer: The use of research, often a
singular study, in clinical decision-making
EBP is broader than research
⫸ EBP includes the utilization of. Answer: Best external evidence
, Clinical expertise (including internal evidence;patient assessment
data; availability of health care system resources; knowledge of the
organizational state, setting, and circumstances)
Patient preferences and values
⫸ MODELS TO CHANGE PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATIONS -
models of EBP. Answer: Help us organize our thinking about EBP
Help us understand how various aspects of EBP work together to
improve care and outcomes
Guide and design implementation approaches
Help guide practitioners to implement EBP into practice
⫸ Commonalities of EBP models in terms of steps or phases -.
Answer: Identify a problem that needs addressing
Identify stakeholders (sometimes called change agents)that will help
make the change in practice happen
Identify a practice change shown to be effective by high-quality
research designed to address the problem
Identify, and, if possible, address potential barriers
Use effective strategies to disseminate information about the change
to those who will be implementing it
Implement the change
Evaluate the impact of the change
Identify activities to help sustain the change
