Deck 12: Searching for Research Evidence

Question 1

What type of research evidence should an evidence-based protocol work group look for first?

A) A randomized clinical trial
B) A qualitative study
C) An evidence-based clinical practice guideline
D) A study with a large sample that tests an intervention

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which two of the following organizations are excellent sources for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for nursing?
1) Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
2) National Institute of Nursing Research
3) Joanna Briggs Institute
4) Institute of Medicine
5) American Nursing Association

A) 2 and 4
B) 1 and 5
C) 1 and 3
D) 2 and 3

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is CINAHL?

A) A database of articles, books, and other information sources for nursing and allied health
B) A search engine used to search MEDLINE
C) An online encyclopedia of nursing terminology
D) An organization that produces systematic reviews

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Options feature of CINAHL serves what purpose?

A) Applies settings that reduce the likelihood of a system crash and viruses
B) Lets you send the results to other computers or PDAs
C) Allows you to set the format of how retrieved articles will appear
D) Limits the characteristics of the articles the search will retrieve

Question 5

Which of the following is true of limiting a search to full-text articles?

A) It retrieves citations of articles published in the best clinical journals.
B) It retrieves citations of medical articles but not nursing articles.
C) It retrieves citations of a potentially biased sample of articles on the topic.
D) It retrieves citations of a typical sample of articles on the topic.

Question 6

Which of the following sequences of actions would a project team perform to obtain a comprehensive search on a topic of interest?

A) Identify a focused clinical question and give it to a healthcare librarian to search CINAHL, PubMed, and other electronic databases as s/he thinks appropriate.
B) Identify a clinical question, muddle around in CINAHL or PubMed to get a sense for the issues involved, focus the question, then ask a healthcare librarian to conduct searches.
C) Identify a clinical question and search CINAHL and PubMed for systematic reviews on the topic.
D) Identify a clinical question and have each team member conduct a search on a different database.

Question 7

The best way to search for evidence-based guidelines in electronic databases is to do which of the following?

A) Under Options, use the Publication Type or Type of Article limit.
B) In the search box enter both the topic and "guideline."
C) In one search box enter the topic and in another enter in quotes the name of a professional association that might have produced a guideline on that topic, then combine the two searches.
D) Enter the topic in the search box, then sort through the citations retrieved to identify evidence-based guidelines.

Question 8

When searching using CINAHL, what is the main advantage of using a CINAHL Heading rather than a text word or phrase?

A) You can use it when you don't know how to correctly spell something.
B) Using a CINAHL Heading retrieves all articles about the heading topic, not just those with the exact word or phrase.
C) Using a CINAHL Heading limits the retrieval to research articles.
D) Using a CINAHL Heading allows you to use a Boolean operator.

Question 9

Which of the following organizations does not produce systematic reviews?

A) The Cochrane Collaboration
B) Joanna Briggs Institute
C) National League for Nursing
D) Database of Abstracts of Reviews (DARE)