Exam 6: Evidence-Informed Practice

The extent to which the findings of a qualitative study are thought to be meaningful and applicable to similar cases or other situations is known as which of the following?

The nurse is preparing to conduct research that will allow precise measurement of a phenomenon.Which of the following methods will provide the nurse with the right kind of data? (Select all that apply. )

When the best evidence is collected,what is the "gold standard" for research?

In conducting a research study,the researcher must inform the participants,in lay language,about the risks and benefits of participating.This is an important aspect of what?

The quality improvement committee has been alerted to an increased number of falls in the hospital.Most of these falls have occurred at night and have involved patients who were trying to crawl over bed rails.A literature review revealed that most falls occur because patients are trying to go to the bathroom.The committee created a practice change that bed rails should be left in the down position,and hourly nursing rounds should be conducted.What is the committee's next step?

The nurse is developing a PICOT question related to sucrose administration before phlebotomy in infants: "Is the pain score lower in infants who are administered sucrose one minute before phlebotomy than in infants who do not receive sucrose at all?" With a PICOT question,P is the population of interest,I is the intervention of interest,C is the comparison of interest,O is the outcome,and T is the time;is this a true PICOT question?

The nurse is writing a research article on a patient care topic.Which section will get the reader to read the article because of the value of the topic for the reader?

The nurse has used her PICOT question to develop an evidence-informed change in protocol for a certain nursing procedure.However,to make these changes throughout the entire institution would require more support staff than is available at this time.What is the nurse's best option?

The first step in evidence-informed practice is to ask a clinical question.In doing so,what does the nurse need to realize with regard to researching interventions?

Why is qualitative nursing research valuable?

In caring for patients,it is important for the nurse to realize that evidence-informed decision making is which of the following?

The nurse is trying to identify common general themes relative to the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation for patients who have had heart attacks and have gone through cardiac rehabilitation programs.The nurse conducts interviews and focus groups.What type of research is the nurse conducting?

According to hospital policy,when starting an intravenous (IV)catheter,the nurse must first prepare the potential IV site with alcohol and dress it with a gauze dressing.The nurse has done a literature review and believes that evidence-informed practice dictates the use of a transparent dressing to prevent catheter dislodgement.What should the nurse do?

The nurse is reviewing literature related to a potential problem that has been identified on the nursing unit.The nurse realizes that nursing research is important in that it is designed to do which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

When evaluating quality improvement (QI)programs in relation to evidence-informed decision making,what should the nurse note?

In a review of literature for an evidence-informed practice study,what is the most reliable level of evidence?

The nurse is conducting a research project on optimal time frames for postoperative ambulation of patients.After the nurse identifies the problem,what is the next step in the research process?

The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic low back pain.In providing care for this patient,the nurse wonders whether there is literature on nursing interventions for chronic low back pain.What are the best-known databases for nursing literature?

As nurses move forward in their education,different roles may be assumed with regard to research.What is the expected research role for the baccalaureate-prepared nurse?

Before conducting any study with human subjects,the researcher must obtain approval from the agency's human subjects committee or research ethics board (REB).The REB ensures that the researcher will do what? (Select all that apply. )