Exam 23: Translational Research: Generating Evidence for Practice

A nurse administrator seeks to increase access to evidence-based care content at the point of care by providing which of the following?

A nurse identifies a problem in clinical care and subsequently develops a clinical question. This process is known as:

When a database has full text capability, one must order articles through interlibrary loan.

Quantitative data collection tools or instruments include questionnaires, interviews, surveys, quizzes, assessments, email interviews, and Web-based surveys.

A nurse researcher is teaching a nursing student about meta-analysis. Which statement by the nurse researcher is true?

The most reliable source of research evidence for informing practice is:

Extremely varied in nature, quantitative data can include nearly any information that can be captured and is not numerical.

A nurse is using open access for a literature search and is able to obtain which of the following?

A nurse researcher is searching open access journals and understands that funding for these articles comes from which of the following?

A nurse researcher is initiating an evidence-based research project and understands that the initial step in translating research into practice is which of the following?

A nurse is conducting a literature search for meta-analysis and should begin with which of the following?

The act of removing the outer package of a software CD obligates the user to abide by licensing restrictions. This is known as:

The time between research dissemination and clinical translation is typically 1 to 2 months.

Twelve-hour shifts are problematic for patient and nurse safety, yet hospitals continue to keep the 12-hour shift schedule. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine (Board on Health Care Services & Institute of Medicine, 2004) published a report that referred to studies as early as 1988 that discussed the negative effects of rotating shifts on intervention accuracy. Workers with 12-hour shifts experienced more fatigue than workers on 8-hour shifts. In another study done in Turkey by Ilhan, Durukan, Aras, Turkcuoglu, and Aygun (2006), factors relating to increased risk for injury were age of 24 years or younger, less than 4 years of nursing experience, working in surgical intensive care units, and working for more than 8 hours. As a clinician reading these studies, what would your next step be?

PsychInfo, OTR Seeker, and SpeechBITE are examples of:

A nurse researcher is teaching a nursing student about qualitative research and evidence-based practice. Which statement by the nurse researcher is correct?

Qualitative research on a practice intervention provides insights into:

The use of heparin versus saline to maintain the patency of peripheral intravenous catheters has been addressed in research for many years. The American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHSP) published a position paper in January 2006 advocating its support of the use of 0.9% saline in the maintenance of peripheral catheters in nonpregnant adults. It seems surprising that this position paper references articles that advocate the use of saline over heparin dating from 1991. What do you believe are some of the barriers that would have caused this delay in implementation?

Context of care evidence may be gathered from:

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality seeks to improve patient outcomes through the promotion of research and technology applications focused on evidence-based practice.