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EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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EBP Exam 1 Practice Questions
c. Synthesis
Critical reading requires four stages of understanding. What is the last stage?
a. Analysis
b. Preliminary (skimming)
c. Synthesis
d. Comprehensive
c. Conducting an assessment
What is the most common first step in the quality improvement process?
a. Deciding how improvements will be measured
b. Adopting the practice change as a new standard of care
c. Conducting an assessment
d. Measuring improvements in care
a. Systematic review
What is an assessment of a group of research studies that test a similar research
question?
a. Systematic review
b. Literature Review
c. Qualitative Research
d. Quantitative Research
b. Hypothesis
Which must be explicitly identified in a research article?
a. Research question
b. Hypothesis
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c. Intervention
d. Testability
e. Population
b. Review the resources in the articles to determine if there are additional
studies to support those found from the search.
A nurse researcher find four useful resources. What is an appropriate next action?
a. Decide whether the four resources provide a strong enough base for the topic.
b. Review the resources in the articles to determine if there are additional studies to
support those found from the search.
c. Talk to the librarian.
d. Expand the topic.
a. is the framework for research clearly identified?
What is the first question to ask when critiquing the theoretical framework of a
research study?
a. is the framework for research clearly identified?
b. is the framework consistent with a nursing perspective?
c. is the framework appropriate to guide research on the subject of interest?
d. are the concepts and variables clearly and appropriately defined?
c. older adult patients with prostate cancer
**P = population
Determine the 'P' of PICO in the following: In older adult patients with prostate
cancer, how does choosing to undergo surgery compared with not to undergo
surgery influence lifespan or quality of life?
a. choosing to undergo surgery
b. choosing to not to undergo surgery
c. older adult patients with prostate cancer
d. influence lifespan or quality of life
b. Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions.
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Why should the registered nurse practicing bedside nursing be concerned about
research for the delivery of quality nursing care?
a. Traditional nursing care is no longer appropriate for 21st century nursing.
b. Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions.
c. One study can change nursing practice dramatically.
d. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires all
nurses to be consumers of research.
c. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference.
Why should the average consumer of health care be concerned about nursing
research?
a. Nurses must justify the cost of their services for reimbursement purposes.
b. Accrediting agencies must determine how best to use the technology needed to
provide nursing care.
c. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference.
d. The nursing profession needs to define its place in the health care system.
c. Ask, gather, assess and appraise, act, and evaluate
The nurse in an intensive care unit is engaged in nursing practice that is evidence
based. The nurse recognizes which sequence of steps that will culminate in
evidence-based practice?
a. Gather, ask, evaluate, act, and appraise and assess
b. Appraise and assess, act, ask, gather, and evaluate
c. Ask, gather, assess and appraise, act, and evaluate
d. Evaluate, act, appraise and assess, gather, and ask
d. Nursing research
To be important to nursing practice, which best supports nursing theory?
a. Educational environment
b. Patient outcomes
c. Expansive body of science
d. Nursing research
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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Johns Hopkins University
School of Nursing
HIGH YIELDS QUESTIONS
NEWEST MODEL 2026 EXAM LATEST
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Exam
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EBP Exam 1 Practice Questions
c. Synthesis
Critical reading requires four stages of understanding. What is the last stage?
a. Analysis
b. Preliminary (skimming)
c. Synthesis
d. Comprehensive
c. Conducting an assessment
What is the most common first step in the quality improvement process?
a. Deciding how improvements will be measured
b. Adopting the practice change as a new standard of care
c. Conducting an assessment
d. Measuring improvements in care
a. Systematic review
What is an assessment of a group of research studies that test a similar research
question?
a. Systematic review
b. Literature Review
c. Qualitative Research
d. Quantitative Research
b. Hypothesis
Which must be explicitly identified in a research article?
a. Research question
b. Hypothesis
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c. Intervention
d. Testability
e. Population
b. Review the resources in the articles to determine if there are additional
studies to support those found from the search.
A nurse researcher find four useful resources. What is an appropriate next action?
a. Decide whether the four resources provide a strong enough base for the topic.
b. Review the resources in the articles to determine if there are additional studies to
support those found from the search.
c. Talk to the librarian.
d. Expand the topic.
a. is the framework for research clearly identified?
What is the first question to ask when critiquing the theoretical framework of a
research study?
a. is the framework for research clearly identified?
b. is the framework consistent with a nursing perspective?
c. is the framework appropriate to guide research on the subject of interest?
d. are the concepts and variables clearly and appropriately defined?
c. older adult patients with prostate cancer
**P = population
Determine the 'P' of PICO in the following: In older adult patients with prostate
cancer, how does choosing to undergo surgery compared with not to undergo
surgery influence lifespan or quality of life?
a. choosing to undergo surgery
b. choosing to not to undergo surgery
c. older adult patients with prostate cancer
d. influence lifespan or quality of life
b. Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions.
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Why should the registered nurse practicing bedside nursing be concerned about
research for the delivery of quality nursing care?
a. Traditional nursing care is no longer appropriate for 21st century nursing.
b. Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical
decisions.
c. One study can change nursing practice dramatically.
d. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires all
nurses to be consumers of research.
c. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference.
Why should the average consumer of health care be concerned about nursing
research?
a. Nurses must justify the cost of their services for reimbursement purposes.
b. Accrediting agencies must determine how best to use the technology needed to
provide nursing care.
c. Research provides evidence that nursing care makes a difference.
d. The nursing profession needs to define its place in the health care system.
c. Ask, gather, assess and appraise, act, and evaluate
The nurse in an intensive care unit is engaged in nursing practice that is evidence
based. The nurse recognizes which sequence of steps that will culminate in
evidence-based practice?
a. Gather, ask, evaluate, act, and appraise and assess
b. Appraise and assess, act, ask, gather, and evaluate
c. Ask, gather, assess and appraise, act, and evaluate
d. Evaluate, act, appraise and assess, gather, and ask
d. Nursing research
To be important to nursing practice, which best supports nursing theory?
a. Educational environment
b. Patient outcomes
c. Expansive body of science
d. Nursing research
