APPRAISING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING
PRACTICE CHAPTER 2 TEST BANK
PRACTICE EXAM 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ research utilization. Answer: The use of study findings in a practical
application unrelated to the original research
⩥ Types of EBP. Answer: Intervention
Diagnosis/assessment
Prognosis
Etiology
Meaning/process
⩥ Intervention. Answer: the treatment being tested in experimental
research. Studies with a therapy purpose seek to identify effective
treatments for improving or preventing health problems
⩥ Diagnosis and Assessment. Answer: EBP purpose:
what test or assessment procedures will yield accurate diagnoses or
assessments of critical patient conditions and outcomes
, ⩥ prognosis. Answer: EBP purpose:
examine the consequences of a disease or health problem, explore
factors that can modify the prognosis and examine when an for which
types of people the consequences are most likely.
Does exposure to a disease/health problem increase the risk of
subsequent adverse consequences.
⩥ Etiology. Answer: EBP purpose:
determine the factors and exposures that affects or cause illness,
mortality or morbidity.
⩥ What does PICOt stand for. Answer: P: Population
I: Intervention
C: Comparison
O: Outcome
T: Time
⩥ Rank the level of studies. Answer: Systematic review
single RCT
Single non-randomized trial
Single prospective cohort study
Single case-control study