Nursing NUR408 – All Review Questions Evidence-Based Practice Comprehensive Study Guide
and Practice Questions
Wk 3:
- A problem statement has many components. Which is least likely to be a component of a
written problem statement for a qualitative study?
→ A. Scope of the problem
→ B. Researchers' views about how to fix the problem
→ C. Gaps in what is known
→ D. Consequences of not fixing the problem - ✔✔B. Researchers' views about how to fix the
problem
Wk 3:
- What is a major source of ideas for research problems?
→ A. Journal clubs
→ B. Nursing code of ethics
→ C. Nurses' personal clinical experience
→ D. Evidence hierarchies - ✔✔C. Nurses' personal clinical experience
Wk 3:
- 3. What type of hypothesis is represented by the following prediction? "The fewer social
supports an elderly person has, the more likely the individual will be institutionalized."
→A. Null
→ B. Complex
, → C. Nondirectional
→ D. Directional - ✔✔D. Directional
Wk 3:
Systematic reviews are the cornerstone of:
→ A. evidence-based practice.
→ B. evidence hierarchies
→ C. meta-analyses
→ D. primary studies. - ✔✔B. evidence hierarchies
Wk 3:
- Which activity is not normally undertaken as part of doing a meta synthesis?
→ A. Systematically extracting and recording data from the primary studies
→ B. Searching for and selecting a sample of primary studies
→ C. Obtaining the original data set from primary study researchers
→ D. Evaluating the quality of the primary studies - ✔✔C. Obtaining the original data set from
primary study researchers
Wk 3:
- Meta-analysts should avoid the "apples and oranges" problem. What does this mean?
→ A. Meta-analyses should focus primarily on topics relating to nutrition and health promotion.
→ B. The same instruments—not different ones—should be used to measure outcomes in all
the studies in the review.
→ C. The meta-analysts should be the same researchers as those who did the primary studies.
and Practice Questions
Wk 3:
- A problem statement has many components. Which is least likely to be a component of a
written problem statement for a qualitative study?
→ A. Scope of the problem
→ B. Researchers' views about how to fix the problem
→ C. Gaps in what is known
→ D. Consequences of not fixing the problem - ✔✔B. Researchers' views about how to fix the
problem
Wk 3:
- What is a major source of ideas for research problems?
→ A. Journal clubs
→ B. Nursing code of ethics
→ C. Nurses' personal clinical experience
→ D. Evidence hierarchies - ✔✔C. Nurses' personal clinical experience
Wk 3:
- 3. What type of hypothesis is represented by the following prediction? "The fewer social
supports an elderly person has, the more likely the individual will be institutionalized."
→A. Null
→ B. Complex
, → C. Nondirectional
→ D. Directional - ✔✔D. Directional
Wk 3:
Systematic reviews are the cornerstone of:
→ A. evidence-based practice.
→ B. evidence hierarchies
→ C. meta-analyses
→ D. primary studies. - ✔✔B. evidence hierarchies
Wk 3:
- Which activity is not normally undertaken as part of doing a meta synthesis?
→ A. Systematically extracting and recording data from the primary studies
→ B. Searching for and selecting a sample of primary studies
→ C. Obtaining the original data set from primary study researchers
→ D. Evaluating the quality of the primary studies - ✔✔C. Obtaining the original data set from
primary study researchers
Wk 3:
- Meta-analysts should avoid the "apples and oranges" problem. What does this mean?
→ A. Meta-analyses should focus primarily on topics relating to nutrition and health promotion.
→ B. The same instruments—not different ones—should be used to measure outcomes in all
the studies in the review.
→ C. The meta-analysts should be the same researchers as those who did the primary studies.
