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Evidence Based Practice Exam #1 Questions
and Correct Answers
What Is Evidence-Based Practice? Ans: — The collection,
interpretation, and integration of valid research evidence,
combined with clinical expertise and an understanding of patient
and family values and preferences to inform clinical decision
making.
Clinical Decision Making Ans: — Nurses are using best available
evidence, combined with their clinical judgment and patient
preferences to influence the nature and direction of health care
delivery, and document outcomes related to the quality and cost
effectiveness of patient care.
What is Quality Improvement? Ans: — The systematic use of data
to monitor the outcomes of care processes as well as the use of
improvement methods to design and test changes in practice, the
aim of which is to continuously improve the quality and safety of
health care systems.
Quantitative research Ans: — Uses research ques/hypo to describe
phenomena, test relationships, assess differences, & seek to
explain cause-&-effect relationships between variables, & test for
effectiveness of interventions.
Use numeric data to describe and analyze the results summarized
and analyzed using statistics.
Data collected from large # of subjects.
Uses questionnaires, equipment
Used for testing theories.
Uses objective approach
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Efficiency, but may miss contextual details
Qualitative research Ans: — Aims to understand meaning of a
human experience: grief, hope, loss.
Uses words rather than numeric data to describe experience.
Data collected from small # of subjects allowing for in-depth study
of a phenomenon.
Generally conducted in natural settings.
Researcher as instrument
Data assist in generating theories.
Uses a subjective approach.
Information rich, but time consuming, lack of generalizability.
Research Ans: — qualitative, quantitative, or mixed
Systematic Research Ans: — a summation & assessment of a group
of studies that used similar designs based on a focused clinical
question
Meta-analysis Ans: — summarizes a number of studies focused on
a topic using a specific statistical methodology to synthesize
findings in order to draw conclusions.
Integrative review Ans: — a focused review & synthesis of lit
without statistical analysis. Can include both qual & quant articles
Meta-synthesis Ans: — Synthesis of a no. of qual studies on a
focused topic using specific qualitative methodology
Preliminary understanding Ans: — Familiarize self with the study.
Skim abstract and article.
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Evidence Based Practice Exam #1 Questions
and Correct Answers
What Is Evidence-Based Practice? Ans: — The collection,
interpretation, and integration of valid research evidence,
combined with clinical expertise and an understanding of patient
and family values and preferences to inform clinical decision
making.
Clinical Decision Making Ans: — Nurses are using best available
evidence, combined with their clinical judgment and patient
preferences to influence the nature and direction of health care
delivery, and document outcomes related to the quality and cost
effectiveness of patient care.
What is Quality Improvement? Ans: — The systematic use of data
to monitor the outcomes of care processes as well as the use of
improvement methods to design and test changes in practice, the
aim of which is to continuously improve the quality and safety of
health care systems.
Quantitative research Ans: — Uses research ques/hypo to describe
phenomena, test relationships, assess differences, & seek to
explain cause-&-effect relationships between variables, & test for
effectiveness of interventions.
Use numeric data to describe and analyze the results summarized
and analyzed using statistics.
Data collected from large # of subjects.
Uses questionnaires, equipment
Used for testing theories.
Uses objective approach
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Efficiency, but may miss contextual details
Qualitative research Ans: — Aims to understand meaning of a
human experience: grief, hope, loss.
Uses words rather than numeric data to describe experience.
Data collected from small # of subjects allowing for in-depth study
of a phenomenon.
Generally conducted in natural settings.
Researcher as instrument
Data assist in generating theories.
Uses a subjective approach.
Information rich, but time consuming, lack of generalizability.
Research Ans: — qualitative, quantitative, or mixed
Systematic Research Ans: — a summation & assessment of a group
of studies that used similar designs based on a focused clinical
question
Meta-analysis Ans: — summarizes a number of studies focused on
a topic using a specific statistical methodology to synthesize
findings in order to draw conclusions.
Integrative review Ans: — a focused review & synthesis of lit
without statistical analysis. Can include both qual & quant articles
Meta-synthesis Ans: — Synthesis of a no. of qual studies on a
focused topic using specific qualitative methodology
Preliminary understanding Ans: — Familiarize self with the study.
Skim abstract and article.
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