Test Bank For Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing &
Healthcare 4th Edition by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk; Ellen
Fineout-Overholt
Whats the goal of nursing research at the BSN level? - ANSWER: Critique research for
applicability to nursing practice
Essential III definition from the AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) is
what? - ANSWER: Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of
current evidence into ones practice
Institute of Medicine wants to focus priority on what form of practice? - ANSWER:
Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence Based Practice definition? - ANSWER: Integrate best research with clinical
expertise and patient values for optimum care, and participate in learning and
research activities to the extent feasible
What are the 3 "levels" of nursing practice? - ANSWER: Dependent (Physician), Inter-
Dependent (Social Work, PT), Independent (Only Nursing)
Nursing as a profession is... - ANSWER: The mastery of a complex body of knowledge
and skills
What are the 3 areas of focus that the AACN believes that Nurses should be focused
on? - ANSWER: Clinical Research, Outcomes Research, Educational Research
What are the two criteria that need to be met to be considered a magnet hospital? -
ANSWER: 1) Care Delivery Model that incorporates evidence based pratice and
contemporary management concepts and theory
2) There is integration of research and evidence-based practice into clinical and
operational processes
What organization has the most credibility in the field of nursing research? -
ANSWER: NIH/NINR
Who organization funds the most in the field of nursing research? - ANSWER:
NIH/NINR
What are the 3 components of Nursing Professional Knowledge Base? - ANSWER:
Nursing Theory, Nursing Research, Nursing Practice
, Where does nursing knowledge come from? - ANSWER: Tradition, Authority,
Borrowing, Trial and error, Personal Experience, Role Model, Intuition, Logical
Reasoning, Disciplined Research
Inductive reasoning is what? - ANSWER: Specific to General
Deductive reasoning is what? - ANSWER: General to specific
What is the build up for inductive reasoning? - ANSWER: Observation, Pattern,
Tentative Hypothesis, Theory
What is the build up for Deductive Reasoning? - ANSWER: Theory, Hypothesis,
Observation, Confirmation
What are the 6 traits of Positivist Research? - ANSWER: 1. Fixed Design, 2. Deductive,
3. Control over context 4. Verification of Hunches, 5. Seeks Generalization 6.
Quantitative Information
What are the 6 traits of Naturalist Research? - ANSWER: 1. Flexible Design, 2.
Inductive, 3. Context Bound, 4. Emerging Interpretations 5. Seeks Patterns, 6.
Qualitative Information
3 Quantitative types? - ANSWER: Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, Non-
Experimental
3 Qualitative types? - ANSWER: Grounded Theory, Phenomenology, Ethnography,
Historical
What are the terms special to Quantitative? - ANSWER: Subject, Participant,
Respondent, Variables, Numeric Data, Relationships
What are terms special to Qualitative? - ANSWER: Study Participant, Informant,
Phenomena, Data Expressed as Words, Patterns of Association
Datum means... - ANSWER: One Piece of information
What is the theoretical focus of quantitative theory? - ANSWER: Testing Theory
What is the theoretical focus of Qualitative theory? - ANSWER: Generation of Theory
When is qualitative used? - ANSWER: When we are checking out things that we do
not know a lot about
When is the quantitatve method used? - ANSWER: When you have more information
and can typically form a hypothesis
What is the emphasis of Phenomenology Research? - ANSWER: Lived Experience
Healthcare 4th Edition by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk; Ellen
Fineout-Overholt
Whats the goal of nursing research at the BSN level? - ANSWER: Critique research for
applicability to nursing practice
Essential III definition from the AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) is
what? - ANSWER: Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of
current evidence into ones practice
Institute of Medicine wants to focus priority on what form of practice? - ANSWER:
Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence Based Practice definition? - ANSWER: Integrate best research with clinical
expertise and patient values for optimum care, and participate in learning and
research activities to the extent feasible
What are the 3 "levels" of nursing practice? - ANSWER: Dependent (Physician), Inter-
Dependent (Social Work, PT), Independent (Only Nursing)
Nursing as a profession is... - ANSWER: The mastery of a complex body of knowledge
and skills
What are the 3 areas of focus that the AACN believes that Nurses should be focused
on? - ANSWER: Clinical Research, Outcomes Research, Educational Research
What are the two criteria that need to be met to be considered a magnet hospital? -
ANSWER: 1) Care Delivery Model that incorporates evidence based pratice and
contemporary management concepts and theory
2) There is integration of research and evidence-based practice into clinical and
operational processes
What organization has the most credibility in the field of nursing research? -
ANSWER: NIH/NINR
Who organization funds the most in the field of nursing research? - ANSWER:
NIH/NINR
What are the 3 components of Nursing Professional Knowledge Base? - ANSWER:
Nursing Theory, Nursing Research, Nursing Practice
, Where does nursing knowledge come from? - ANSWER: Tradition, Authority,
Borrowing, Trial and error, Personal Experience, Role Model, Intuition, Logical
Reasoning, Disciplined Research
Inductive reasoning is what? - ANSWER: Specific to General
Deductive reasoning is what? - ANSWER: General to specific
What is the build up for inductive reasoning? - ANSWER: Observation, Pattern,
Tentative Hypothesis, Theory
What is the build up for Deductive Reasoning? - ANSWER: Theory, Hypothesis,
Observation, Confirmation
What are the 6 traits of Positivist Research? - ANSWER: 1. Fixed Design, 2. Deductive,
3. Control over context 4. Verification of Hunches, 5. Seeks Generalization 6.
Quantitative Information
What are the 6 traits of Naturalist Research? - ANSWER: 1. Flexible Design, 2.
Inductive, 3. Context Bound, 4. Emerging Interpretations 5. Seeks Patterns, 6.
Qualitative Information
3 Quantitative types? - ANSWER: Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, Non-
Experimental
3 Qualitative types? - ANSWER: Grounded Theory, Phenomenology, Ethnography,
Historical
What are the terms special to Quantitative? - ANSWER: Subject, Participant,
Respondent, Variables, Numeric Data, Relationships
What are terms special to Qualitative? - ANSWER: Study Participant, Informant,
Phenomena, Data Expressed as Words, Patterns of Association
Datum means... - ANSWER: One Piece of information
What is the theoretical focus of quantitative theory? - ANSWER: Testing Theory
What is the theoretical focus of Qualitative theory? - ANSWER: Generation of Theory
When is qualitative used? - ANSWER: When we are checking out things that we do
not know a lot about
When is the quantitatve method used? - ANSWER: When you have more information
and can typically form a hypothesis
What is the emphasis of Phenomenology Research? - ANSWER: Lived Experience
