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Evidence-
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Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research


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WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE?
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Multiple Choice
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1. Which of the following is the best definition of research?
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a. Critically thinking about problems that occur in health care to determine possib
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le solutions.
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b. Information that is based on personal experience or tradition.
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c. Planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or t
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he discovery of solutions to problems or questions.
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d. Trying a variety of approaches to a clinical problem and settling on the approa
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ch that is effective more often than not.
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Definition of research utilization (p. 4)
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2. Which of the following is the best definition of research utilization?
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a. Applying research findings from individual studies to practice.
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b. Analyzing multiple research studies to synthesize findings.
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c. Appreciating the importance of clinical decision making. yh yh yh yh yh yh




d. Using previous personal experience to build confidence.
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Definition of EBP (pp. 4-5)
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3. Which of the following is the best definition of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. Application of research findings based on scientific theories in a clinical setting.
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b. Research studies that correspond to nationally established priorities for healthcar
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e, conducted by experts in their fields.
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c. Use of theory-derived, research-
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based information in making decisions about health care delivery, with con
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sideration of individual needs and preferences and the clinical expertise of
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the provider.
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d. Using the individual health care provider’s perception of truth without conscious
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Difference between research utilization and EBP (pp. 4-5)
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4. Which of the following best describes the difference between research utilization a
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nd EBP?
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a. Research utilization is a process of evaluating multiple studies for the mo
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st generalizable findings; EBP is use of the most recent study on a topic.
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b. Research utilization involves changing practice based on findings of a sing
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le research study; EBP is the syntheses of findings from multiple studies
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to incorporate with practitioner skills and client preference to determine
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best care. yh




c. Research utilization is the application of research findings to health care practic
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e; EBP is considered in selecting medication options.
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d. Research utilization is review of research publications; EBP is using th
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e healthcare provider’s perception of what care would be best in indivi
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Evidence from other disciplines (p. 6)
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5. In what way can evidence from disciplines other than nursing be helpful?
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a. Theory based non- yh yh




nursing evidence can provide a basis on which to build new evidence.
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b. Non-
nursing evidence supports the use of nursing knowledge obtained by trial an
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d error.
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c. Clinical decision making can be based on findings from single non-
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nursing research studies. yh yh




d. All evidence is equally important to the practice of nursing.
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Identification of sources of evidence (p. 6)
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6. You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle M
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s. Jones’ legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a chair. You a
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sk your preceptor why this is done and she answers, “This is what we have always do
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ne, so go do it.” This is an example of which type of evidence?
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a. Trial and error yh yh




b. Intuition
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d. Tradition