Exam 3: Evidence-Based Practice

Which one of the following statements defines the term meta-analysis?

Which of the following information sources provides nurses with up-to-the-moment clinical information that warrants immediate attention?

Which of the following is an example of a government-funded project created to examine nursing-sensitive client results?

At which university's school of medicine was the term evidence-based medicine first coined?

When searching the literature, John finds that it is important to have an understanding of research terminology. The first study involved six (6) participants who participated in one-on-one interviews. The data collected from the interviews is very important to John because it describes in detail the feelings of the participants, which gives John a better understanding of the issue he is researching. The nurse demonstrates his knowledge of descriptive research and research terminology when he states to his manager:

John is looking at the findings and notices that the study cites the incidence and prevalence of infection in an Emergency Department. The nurse demonstrates his knowledge of this terminology when he states to his peer:

What does the term EPC stand for in relation to health care research?

Which of these statements best describes prevalence?

Trace the history of the evidence-based practice movement as it evolved from evidence-based medicine to evidence-based care.

Which term refers to research that is methodologically sound based on a range of clinically relevant elements related to safety and effective nursing interventions for the best client outcome or experience.