Exam 20: Understanding Research Utilization and EBP Collaboration in Nursing Practice.

Which EBP model provides individual practitioners with step-by-step instructions for integrating research into practice?

Which of the following is the best definition of research?

A difference between a visual analog scale (VAS) and the Likert scale is that a VAS is a ratio-level scale and a Likert scale is an ordinal-level scale.

Descriptive research differs from explanatory research because descriptive research is solely concerned with identifying relationships among the phenomena being studied.

Which of the following is a way phenomenology differs from the other four major types of qualitative research with regards to method?

Which of the following epidemiologic measures can be best used to compare and contrast health outcomes across populations when populations differ in size?

Which of the following is an example of an international code for ethical conduct by physicians conducting biomedical research which provides more specific guidelines than the Nuremburg Code?

A nurse could use Miller's wheel of professionalism in a real-life situation by actively participating in a specialty organization, and that participation could assist with promotions in an institution where such professional behaviors are a part of that institution's philosophy.

A sense of inquiry, self-awareness, and flexibility all are interrelated to each other because inquiry requires curiosity to investigate yourself and why you think and do things in a certain way, and flexibility is required to make any changes to improve oneself.

What is a major advantage of using a poster presentation to disseminate evidence?

According to Kotter's change phases model, which of the following provides the best example of a short-term win?

One example of an ethical consideration of qualitative research that is generally not found in quantitative research is that that a participant may share personal information after developing a friendship-type relationship with the researcher, and the participant may not expect that information to be used as study data.

Which term refers to volunteers in qualitative research studies?

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

Which step of the five-step approach for EBP to analyze research studies is being demonstrated when recommendations of research study on pain control result in implementation of a new pain assessment scale?

Which of the following is an example of incidence in epidemiology?

Also known as prospective designs, cohort designs differ from longitudinal designs because cohort designs gather data about subjects at more than one point in time. They can be a panel design, crossover design, trend study, or follow-up study.

A nurse is attending a professional conference. How might the nurse demonstrate professional behavior?

Which of the following is an example of one step a staff nurse can take to advance EBP at the point of care?

The ethical principle of beneficence can be compared with respect for persons because beneficence involves risk of possible harm and autonomy involves allowing a subject to make an informed decision about treatment because the risk of possible harm is made clear.