University of Texas, Arlington

NURS 4325

Quiz 1

1)Which group is best served by the development of a rigorous base of evidence for nursing practice?

 

 

 

 

 

2. Which is a primary source for answering clinical questions for evidence-based nursing?

 

 

 

3. In the United States, which is a major source of funding for nursing research?

 

 

 

4. What is a paradigm?

 

 

 

 

5. Which is a fundamental assumption of the positivist paradigm?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Research utilization is a process that begins with which event?

 

 

 

7. What is the purpose of an evidence hierarchy?

 

 

 

 

8. Several resources support evidence-based practice, including metasyntheses. What is a metasynthesis?

 

 

 

9. Which statement best describes clinical practice guidelines?

 

10. In the following clinical question, what is the Outcome (O component)? "What is the effect of relaxation therapy versus biofeedback on the functional ability of patients with rheumatoid arthritis?"

 

 

 

 

11. In the following clinical question, what is the Intervention/influence/exposure (I component)? "Does taking antidepressants affect the risk of suicide in cognitively impaired adolescents?"

 

 

 

 

12. In the following clinical question, what is the Population (P component)? "Do stress and depression affect dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?"

 

 

 

 

13. In the following clinical question, what is the Comparison (C component)? "Does chronic stress affect inflammatory responses in older men with atherosclerotic disease?"

 

 

 

14. Which activity is part of an organizational—but not an individual—EBP endeavor?

 

 

 

15. The Iowa Model identifies several knowledge-focused triggers for implementing an EBP project. Which source would be considered a knowledge-focused trigger?

 

 

 

 

16. After a product for an institutional EBP project has been developed (e.g., a formal guideline or protocol for an innovation), what is typically the next step?