Exam 5: Evidence-Based Practice

A nurse wants to change a patient procedure. Which action will the nurse take to easily find research evidence to support this change?

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

In caring for patients, what must the nurse remember about evidence-based practice (EBP)?

A nurse uses evidence-based practice (EBP) to provide nursing care. What is the best rationale for the nurse's behavior?

A nurse identifies a clinical problem with pressure ulcers. Which step should the nurse take next in the research process?

The nurse researcher is preparing to publish the findings and is preparing to add the limitations to the manuscript. Which area of the manuscript will the nurse researcher add this information?

The nurse is reviewing a research article on a patient care topic. Which area should entice the nurse to read the article?

A nurse has collected several research findings for evidence-based practice. Which article will be the $\bold{best}$ for the nurse to use?

Before conducting any study with human subjects, the nurse researcher must obtain informed consent. What must the nurse researcher ensure to obtain informed consent? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is reviewing literature for an evidence-based practice study. Which study should the nurse use for the $\bold{most}$ reliable level of evidence that uses statistics to show effectiveness?

A nurse is reviewing research studies for evidence-based practice. Which article should the nurse use for qualitative nursing research?

The nurse is reviewing nursing research literature related to a potential practice problem on the nursing unit. What is the rationale for the nurse's action? (Select all that apply.)

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

A nurse develops the following PICOT question: Do patients who listen to music achieve better control of their anxiety and pain after surgery when compared with patients who receive standard nursing care following surgery? Which information will the nurse use as the "C"?

A nurse is trying to decrease the rate of falls on the unit. After reviewing the literature, a strategy is implemented on the unit. After 3 months, the nurse finds that the falls have decreased. Which process did the nurse institute?

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

The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic low back pain. The nurse wants to determine the best evidence-based practice regarding clinical guidelines for low back pain. What is the best database for the nurse to access?

A nurse writes the following PICOT question: How do patients with breast cancer rate their quality of life? How should the nurse evaluate this question?

A nurse is using the research process. Place in order the sequence that the nurse will follow. 1) Analyze results. 2) Conduct the study. 3) Identify clinical problem. 4) Develop research question. 5) Determine how study will be conducted.

In conducting a research study, the nurse researcher guarantees the subject no information will be reported in any manner that will identify the subject and only the research team will have access to the information. Which concept is the nurse researcher fulfilling?