Exam 10: Finding Knowledge in the Digital

A nurse is reading an article about evidence-based practice and treatment of major depression. The nurse determines that the article provides the highest level of evidence. The evidence in the article would be based on:

When developing a presentation for the unit staff, a nurse manager uses a free personal reference manager. Which actions would the nurse manager be able to take? Select all that apply.

A nurse is using the Cochrane Library to search for systematic reviews about treatment for hypertension. The nurse understands that systematic reviews help to reduce bias. When reading the review, the nurse notes that the review covers a wide range of databases and search terms. The nurse identifies this as reducing which bias?

An nursing informatics specialist is developing an in-service presentation to stimulate interest in researching ways to solve clinical problems on the units. As part of the presentation, the specialist is planning to address seeking out information for nursing knowledge. How would the nurse specialist most likely describe the quest for knowledge?

A group of staff nurses working with a nursing informatics specialist are engaged in searching databases for information on evidence-based practice and diabetes care. One of the nurses in the group asks the specialist what the "advanced search" tab means. Which response would be most appropriate?

After searching a database for information on pain control, a nurse is reviewing a research article on the topic. While reading the article, the nurse notes that much of the research is based on the author's point of view. The nurse interprets this as:

A nurse is searching a database for information about cancer care. As part of the search, the nurse uses stop words. Which words might the nurse be using? Select all that apply.

A nurse is looking for systematic reviews and meta-analyses to support evidence-based practice. Which database would be most appropriate to search?

Various barriers to the adoption of evidence-based practice have been identified. Which would be considered a personal barrier? Select all that apply.

A nurse wants to search for information about legal and ethical issues involving nursing. Which database would be most helpful for the nurse to use first in this search?

A nurse is conducting a database search. Which information would the nurse need to keep in mind?

A nurse is reviewing journal articles obtained from a database search and frequently notes that a specific work is being cited by authors. In addition, the nurse notices that this cited work is often the basis for the author's opinion. The nurse would identify this as:

A nurse is evaluating the information obtained from a search and notes that the majority of information is from reports of expert committees. The nurse interprets this research to be at which level of evidence?

A nurse is using a knowledge-based digital database. Which information would the nurse expect to find?

A group of nurses are working on a committee to develop a program that promotes the adoption of evidence-based nursing at the facility. Which barriers would the committee need to address? Select all that apply.

A nurse is conducting a search of several databases simultaneously. The nurse is conducting which type of search?

When searching PubMed, the nurse understands that this database uses a search term structure:

When seeking knowledge, which step would a nurse typically do first?

A nursing informatics specialist at a large health sciences teaching facility is working with the school of nursing's librarian to obtain vendors of health science databases. Which vendor would the instructor be least likely to recommend? Select all that apply.

A nurse is using a library database to search for information related to cancer. The nurse includes the words "some" and "many" in the search. The search engine would identify these words as: