Chapter 19: Strategies and Tools for Developing an Evidence-Based Practice

Chapter 19: Strategies and Tools for Developing an Evidence-Based Practice

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. What order would be most appropriate for these statements involving development of a focused clinical question, progressing from lowest level to highest level?

 

1. What is the population of interest?
2. To what will this intervention be compared?
3. What is the intervention of interest?
4. How will the intervention make things better or worse?

a.	A, B, C, D
b.	D, C, B, A
c.	D, B, C, A
d.	A, C, B, D

 

 

ANS:  D

 

	Feedback
A	This is not the correct order.
B	This is not the correct order.
C	This is not the correct order.
D	This is the correct order for developing a focused clinical question.

 

 

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2. What type of study would be most appropriate if the nurse researcher is seeking to answer a question about the effectiveness of a particular treatment?

a.	Descriptive
b.	Correlational
c.	Exploratory
d.	Quasi-experimental
e.	Qualitative

 

 

ANS:  D

 

	Feedback
A	Descriptive studies describe a phenomenon and do not test treatments.
B	Correlational studies examine relationships, not causation.
C	Exploratory studies do not analyze treatment efficacy.
D	Quasi-experimental studies do allow testing of a treatment.
E	Qualitative studies are not experimental.

 

 

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3. What type of study would be most appropriate if a nurse researcher wants to answer a question about a patient’s likely course in a disease trajectory?

a.	Experimental
b.	Longitudinal
c.	Cross-sectional
d.	Methodological
e.	Quasi-experimental

 

 

ANS:  B

 

	Feedback
A	Experimental design would not examine disease progress over time.
B	Longitudinal design is recommended for studying outcomes in a particular disease.
C	Cross-sectional study looks at data in one point of time.
D	Methodological design is used for the instrument developed.
E	Quasi-experimental design is recommended to test effects of interventions, not disease trajectory.

 

 

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4. Skills needed to consult the literature and answer a clinical question are known as what?

a.	Informatics
b.	Database searching
c.	Information literacy
d.	Evidence-based practice (EBP)

 

 

ANS:  C

 

	Feedback
A	Informatics is the use of computers in data management.
B	Database searching is one component of information literacy.
C	Information literacy refers to the skills needed to consult the literature and answer a clinical question.
D	Information literacy is a major component of EBP.

 

 

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5. What type of study would be most appropriate if a nurse researcher wants to determine if historical exposure to a specific water source is associated with later development of inflammatory bowel disease?

a.	Ex post facto design
b.	Experimental design
c.	Qualitative design
d.	Therapeutic design

 

 

ANS:  A

 

	Feedback
A	Ex post facto design is used when the researcher wants to determine whether one thing is related to or causes another thing.
B	Experimental design tests efficacy of an intervention.
C	Qualitative design would not be able to assess relationships or causation.
D	Therapeutic design is not a designated design; therapy category is testing efficacy.

 

 

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