Question 14
Type: MCSA
The nursing student completes a literature review on evidence-based practice (EBP). Which action indicates that
the student understands EBP?
1. Presenting a paper about EBP
2. Repositioning a client at risk for skin breakdown every 2 hours
3. Explaining EBP to fellow students
4. Trying to find other problems to implement EBP
Question 15
Type: MCSA
A group of nurses is researching how care providers of Stage I/II Alzheimer’s clients use prior coping skills in
dealing with their current situation. Which qualitative research tradition are these nurses using?
1. Grounded theory
2. Ethnography
3. Phenomenology
4. Substantive dimension
Question 16
Type: MCSA
The nurse is evaluating the results of a study prior to implementing its findings into practice. Which action should
the nurse take when scientifically validating the research results?
1. Scrutinizing how the study was conceptualized, designed, and conducted in order to make a judgment about the
overall quality of its findings
2. Assessing how the study’s findings compare to findings from other studies about the problem
3. Determining how the study’s findings will transfer from the research conditions to the clinical practice
conditions in which they will be used
4. Identifying practical or feasibility considerations that need to be addressed when applying the findings in
practice
Question 17
Type: MCSA
A nurse practitioner feels it is important to participate in nursing research. Which activity is most appropriate for
this nurse’s level of education and position?
1. Helping to identify clinical problems in direct client care
2. Using research findings to develop policies and procedures
3. Critically analyzing and interpreting research for application to practice
4. Participating in data collection
Question 18
Type: MCMA
A nurse researcher is exploring and formulating research problems. Which criteria should the nurse researcher
consider in this process?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Significance
2. Confidentiality
3. Researchability
4. Design
5. Feasibility
6. Interest to the researcher
Question 19
Type: SEQ
The nurse is planning to use evidence-based practice to help guide the care of a client. In which order should the
nurse implement the steps of EBP?
Standard Text: Click and drag the options below to move them up or down.
Choice 1. Design practice change.
Choice 2. Assess the need for a change in practice.
Choice 3. Integrate and maintain change in practice.
Choice 4. Implement and evaluate the change.
Choice 5. Critically analyze the evidence.
Choice 6. Locate the best evidence.
Question 20
Type: MCMA
The nurse educator is reviewing concerns about the use of research for evidence-based practice. What particular
concerns should the nurse highlight when discussing the use of research with the students?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. When evidence-based practice is done appropriately, the process often becomes cost-prohibitive.
2. The research environment results in strictly constructed and controlled circumstances.
3. There is a “best” solution or practice for any specific research question.
4. Evidence-based practice is most applicable to physiological problems.
5. Research evidence can be flawed when applied to various cultures and ethnic groups.
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Question 21
Type: MCMA
The nurse using evidence-based practice to guide care has identified a study in which the findings would be
appropriate to address a client’s health care need. What actions should the nurse take before implementing these
findings?
Standard text: Select all that apply.
1. Ask the client if the findings can be used.
2. Immediately apply the findings to client care.
3. Examine how the findings fit with the client’s health needs.
4. Determine if resources are available to implement the findings.
5. Identify organization policies to support or address the findings.
Question 22
Type: MCMA
The nurse researcher is determining the best way to formulate a research problem. What should the nurse identify
if implementing the PICO format?
Standard text: Select all that apply.
1. Intervention to use
2. Problem of interest
3. Comparison of treatments
4. Outcome of the treatments
5. Individuals to perform actions
