EBP practice ?'s Flashcards
The nurse researcher is explaining the key differences between research and EBP to a new nurse researcher. Which statement best describes the relationship between research and practice?
Research involves searching and testing available knowledge and EBP involves finding the best evidence to implement into practice.
Which is the most important result of Nightingale’s data collection and statistical analysis during the Crimean War?
Using clinical research to evaluate the need for sanitation, clean drinking water, and adequate nutrition.
The nursing mentor is providing a brief lecture on the history of nursing. As a new nurse researcher, you understand that the focus of nursing research from the late 1990s through the present has focused on which area?
EBP
A nurse is using theories from psychology to expand her understanding of the grief process. This is an example of which way of acquiring knowledge for nursing practice?
borrowing
A new RN has formed a close relationship with an experienced nurse so that he or she might learn facets of nursing practice by imitating the behavior of the expert nurse. This is an example of which way of acquiring knowledge?
role modeling
What type of reasoning? The nurse researcher speculates that N/V are common side effects of chemotherapy; therefore PTS who have leukemia and are being treated with chemotherapy will most likely have N/V.
deductive reasoning
What type of reasoning? The nurse researcher speculates that PTS who receive chemotherapy for Lung cancer treatment experience vomiting as a side effect; therefore, those PTS who have leukemia receive chemo will also experience nausea.
inductive reasoning
The nurse researcher determines that published research is qualitative if it demonstrates which characteristic?
if presents results as a narrative
Which approaches do you like to use for your future EBP project?
both: quantitative and Qualitative Research
A nurse which a BSN is prepared to so which of the following? (SATA)
appraise and summarize research findings and assist with the implication of evidence based guidelines.
The purpose of a study was to identify caring behavior desired by patients with HIV. The purpose statement indicates that this is probably which type of study?
descriptive
The nurse researcher is implementing a treatment of a low-calorie diet to determine the impact of the diet on body weight. This is an example of what type of study?
Quasi-Experimental
The nurse on a medsurg unit would like to use the research process to find a solution to the current infection rates for post surgical PTS. Which type of research would be employed?
applied
The nurse knows that _________ is conducted to generate and refine theory, and is frequently not directly useful in practice
basic research
The nurse researcher is conducting a lecture series on how to report research findings. The researcher begins with an overview of the four major parts most often included in a research report. Which of the following would be included in this overview?
Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion
The research question of a phenomenological study of the birth of a first child might be which of the following?
What is the meaning of one’s lived experience of having a first child?
An article entailed “The Basic Process of Elder Parenting” best describes which type of research?
grounded theory
What best describes the relationship between researcher and participant in a qualitative study?
Colleagues
Which of the following is true about Qualitative research?
Focus is on studying the “whole.”
What is the primary purpose of reviewing the literature in quantitative research?
Gain a broad understanding of the info available related to a problem
Theses, dissertations, and studies of clinical nursing problems are examples of which type of literature?
empirical
A primary step in appraising a literature review is to evaluate which of the following?
relevance of the sources cited
Which section of the literature review includes a concise presentation of the current knowledge base for a clinical practice problem, including what is known and not known?
summary
What is the purpose of a scholarly review of research literature?
To describe current knowledge of the problem
Which of the following is the type of reasoning used with integrating findings from multiple studies?
Synthesis
Which of the following phrases best describes a framework?
A brief explanation of a theory
Through which process is a theory tested?
Testing the accuracy of its propositions
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a study framework and the hypotheses?
The framework and hypotheses must be congruent with each other
Which of the following techniques can a reviewer use for assistance when critiquing a published study in theory and research frameworks?
Creating a conceptual map of the concepts as described in the study
Which of the following unethical studies involved deliberately infecting children with the Hep virus?
Willow-brook study
Which of the following unethical studies involved U.S. public health services studying syphilis in African American men over a 40 year period?
Tuskegee study
Which of the following potential research subjects have diminished autonomy and are incompetent to give informed consent? (SATA)
older adults with dementia and children
Mary Jane smith is mentally retarded and had been asked to participate in a study. Her diminished autonomy must be managed if she is to participate in a study. This characteristic is directly linked to which of the following human rights?
Self-determination
Subjects with diminished autonomy required what type of documentation of informed consent?
Formal written consent form
Which of the following are essential element(S) of informed consent?
All of the above (comprehension of essential study info, competency to give consent, and disclosure of essential info regarding the study)
Relax therapy is more effective than standard care in decreasing pain perception and use of pain meds in adults with chronic arthritis pain. (SATA)
directional, research/alternative, causal, and simple
Age, family support, and health status are related to the self-care abilities of nursing home residents. (SATA)
associative, complex, research/alternative, and non-directional
Heparinized saline is no more effective than normal saline in maintaining the patency and comfort of a heparin lock. (SATA)
simple, null, causal, and non-directional
