Exam 13: Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research

The nurse is preparing to conduct a research study and is interested in exploring the lived experiences of nurses responsible for approaching patients and family members about the donation of organs. Which type of research would this be considered?

The nurse has identified a research problem and knows what to be. What is the next step with this problem?

The nurse correctly devises a dissemination plan at what point during the research process?

The nurse recognizes barriers to the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) include what points?

Nurses use new information in their practice. In the process of implementing EBP, the nurse carries out which actions?

The nurse recognizes that when conducting a qualitative research study, what concept is a basis of this type of research?

If the nurse is trying to determine the best treatment or course of action and wants to incorporate the most reliable evidence into the decision, the nurse will use what filtered resource?

The nurse is ready to analyze the data obtained through a qualitative study. What approach to data analysis should the nurse use?

The nurse understands an institutional review board (IRB) is a review committee established to carry out what task?

The nurse is preparing to conduct a study involving the "postprandial" blood sugars in patients who have received intensive diabetic rehabilitation versus diabetics undergoing "usual care." For the consent to be valid, the nurse would have to carry out which action?

The nurse is conducting a literature review to determine the statistical results of all related studies and identifies this to be what type of review?

The nurse manager knows a Magnet hospital is characterized by which?

The nurse researcher understands a human subject is defined as a living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains what information?

The American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of professional performance require nurses to use research findings in practice. How do these standards impact nurses in the workplace?

In researching the effectiveness of an antihypertensive medication, the nurse knows that the medication would be what type of variable?

The acronym PICO assists in remembering the steps to constructing a good research question and the nurse identifies that the "O" in the acronym refers to what term?

The nurse researcher audiotaped interviews with subjects and would like to play these tapes during dissemination. The nurse identifies what steps that may be required to play the tapes?

The nurse knows that the third phase of evidence-based research involves what action?

The nurse knows testing the application of theories in different situations with different populations is what type of research?

In practice, the nurse has identified an observable phenomenon and wants to conduct research to generate a hypothesis through observation of the situation. The nurse knows what approach to be the best way for the nurse to conduct this type of investigation?