NURS 311 MIDTERM 1 (WEEKS 1-5) UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What are the sources of knowledge for nursing practice?
Answer:
Tradition/rituals Authority Trial and error Experience Research
Question:
How did Canadian nursing and research generally progress?
Answer:
Nursing research went from apprenticeship to having nursing leaders in
nursing chairs leading specific researchers
Question:
What were the knowledge sources in 1639, when nursing was only in the level
of apprenticeship training?
Answer:
Traditions Trial and error Experience
Question:
What was Nightingale known for? What did she do?
Answer:
Statistics - she looked at public health conditions and how they affected the
recovery of soldiers
Question:
In which province did the formal nurse training program based on hospital
apprenticeship model occur?
Answer:
Ontario
Question:
Where did the first nursing degree occur?
Answer:
University of British Columbia
Question:
What were the precursors for change, in which nursing became increasingly
scientific and specialized?
Answer:
WWII Medicare
Question:
Where did the first nursing PhD program occur?
Answer:
University of Alberta
Question:
What establishment propelled things like Nursing Research Chairs?
,Answer:
Canadian Consortium for Nursing Research and Innovation
Question:
What started nursing research?
Answer:
Nightingale in the 1900's - public health
Question:
What does nursing professional practice equal?
Answer:
Evidence-based practice
Question:
What did Benner state about nursing knowledge?
Answer:
Nurses have tasset knowledge - a 6th sense, which takes 5-10 years to acquire
Question:
What are the 5 stages of evidence-based practice?
Answer:
(Ask) Create answerable/searchable questions (Search) Perform searches in
bibliographic databases (Appraise) Critically assess and summarize the
research (Implement) Transfer research findings into nursing practice
(Evaluate) outcomes
Question:
Evidence-based practice vs. evidence-informed practice
Answer:
Based: early models only focus on research without accounting for whether
research is relevant Informed: values patient preferences, clinical expertise
Question:
What is knowledge transfer?
Answer:
The cognitive and interpersonal processes of applying knowledge gained in
one situation to similar situations
Question:
What is research utilization?
Answer:
Using knowledge to guide practice
Question:
Which organizations have policy statements that say you have to use EBP, as a
nurse?
Answer:
WHO CNA CARNA
Question:
Which organization protects/advocates for the public?
Answer:
CARNA
, Question:
Best nursing evidence is _______________________ and _________________________
Answer:
Methodologically rigorous and clinically relevant
Question:
What does the approach of nursing re-search depend on?
Answer:
The goal of the study
Question:
What are the purposes of EBP?
Answer:
Therapy, treatment, intervention Diagnosis and assessment Prognosis
Causation and harm (aetiology) Meaning and process
Question:
What is single RCT?
Answer:
Highest level of evidence under systematic review Most rigorous form of
research that establishes cause and effect
Question:
What are the organizational level challenges with implementing evidence?
Answer:
Lack of value for research in practice Difficulty in changing practice Lack of
administrative support Lack of knowledgable mentors Insufficient time or
resources to conduct re-search
Question:
What are the individual level challenges with implementing evidence?
Answer:
Lack of knowledge and awareness about re-search or EBP Research
reports/articles not readily available No time on the job to read research
Lack of confidence analyzing research re-ports
Question:
Which level of challenges with implementing evidence can be more readily
addressed?
Answer:
Individual level
Question:
What is the biggest barrier in implementing evidence (under individual level)?
Answer:
Not having time on the job to read Lacking confidence to analyze research
re-ports
Question:
What is the construct of the John Hopkins Nursing EBP model?
Answer:
Practice question -> evidence -> translation -> best practice changes, individual
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What are the sources of knowledge for nursing practice?
Answer:
Tradition/rituals Authority Trial and error Experience Research
Question:
How did Canadian nursing and research generally progress?
Answer:
Nursing research went from apprenticeship to having nursing leaders in
nursing chairs leading specific researchers
Question:
What were the knowledge sources in 1639, when nursing was only in the level
of apprenticeship training?
Answer:
Traditions Trial and error Experience
Question:
What was Nightingale known for? What did she do?
Answer:
Statistics - she looked at public health conditions and how they affected the
recovery of soldiers
Question:
In which province did the formal nurse training program based on hospital
apprenticeship model occur?
Answer:
Ontario
Question:
Where did the first nursing degree occur?
Answer:
University of British Columbia
Question:
What were the precursors for change, in which nursing became increasingly
scientific and specialized?
Answer:
WWII Medicare
Question:
Where did the first nursing PhD program occur?
Answer:
University of Alberta
Question:
What establishment propelled things like Nursing Research Chairs?
,Answer:
Canadian Consortium for Nursing Research and Innovation
Question:
What started nursing research?
Answer:
Nightingale in the 1900's - public health
Question:
What does nursing professional practice equal?
Answer:
Evidence-based practice
Question:
What did Benner state about nursing knowledge?
Answer:
Nurses have tasset knowledge - a 6th sense, which takes 5-10 years to acquire
Question:
What are the 5 stages of evidence-based practice?
Answer:
(Ask) Create answerable/searchable questions (Search) Perform searches in
bibliographic databases (Appraise) Critically assess and summarize the
research (Implement) Transfer research findings into nursing practice
(Evaluate) outcomes
Question:
Evidence-based practice vs. evidence-informed practice
Answer:
Based: early models only focus on research without accounting for whether
research is relevant Informed: values patient preferences, clinical expertise
Question:
What is knowledge transfer?
Answer:
The cognitive and interpersonal processes of applying knowledge gained in
one situation to similar situations
Question:
What is research utilization?
Answer:
Using knowledge to guide practice
Question:
Which organizations have policy statements that say you have to use EBP, as a
nurse?
Answer:
WHO CNA CARNA
Question:
Which organization protects/advocates for the public?
Answer:
CARNA
, Question:
Best nursing evidence is _______________________ and _________________________
Answer:
Methodologically rigorous and clinically relevant
Question:
What does the approach of nursing re-search depend on?
Answer:
The goal of the study
Question:
What are the purposes of EBP?
Answer:
Therapy, treatment, intervention Diagnosis and assessment Prognosis
Causation and harm (aetiology) Meaning and process
Question:
What is single RCT?
Answer:
Highest level of evidence under systematic review Most rigorous form of
research that establishes cause and effect
Question:
What are the organizational level challenges with implementing evidence?
Answer:
Lack of value for research in practice Difficulty in changing practice Lack of
administrative support Lack of knowledgable mentors Insufficient time or
resources to conduct re-search
Question:
What are the individual level challenges with implementing evidence?
Answer:
Lack of knowledge and awareness about re-search or EBP Research
reports/articles not readily available No time on the job to read research
Lack of confidence analyzing research re-ports
Question:
Which level of challenges with implementing evidence can be more readily
addressed?
Answer:
Individual level
Question:
What is the biggest barrier in implementing evidence (under individual level)?
Answer:
Not having time on the job to read Lacking confidence to analyze research
re-ports
Question:
What is the construct of the John Hopkins Nursing EBP model?
Answer:
Practice question -> evidence -> translation -> best practice changes, individual
