Test Bank for Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising
Evidence for Nursing Practice, 10th Edition by Denise F.
Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck, and Fiona Timmins with verified
2025–2026 exam questions and answers.
One of the primary foundations for evidence-based nursing practice is
A. Medical knowledge.
B. Research results.
C. Everyday health care.
D. Textbook information - ANSWER-B. Research results.
Within the process of providing evidence-based nursing care, which
types of research results are incorporated to ascertain the plan of
treatment?
A. Personal experiences and medical knowledge
B. Client values and medical knowledge
C. Personal experiences and client values
D. Medical knowledge and identified challenges - ANSWER-C.
Personal experiences and client values
As a novice nurse on a medical-surgical hospital unit, you want to get
involved in a research study that is being proposed for your unit.
Because your hospital is involved with evidence-based nursing practice,
which aspects of EBP are essential for you to have?
A. Sound bedside nursing skills
B. Basic knowledge of your unit
C. Method for accessing published information
,D. Fundamental safety knowledge - ANSWER-C. Method for accessing
published information
Which of the EBP components carries the greatest weight in determining
the management of the clinical situation?
A. Thought process
B. Client preferences
C. Research
D. The situation - ANSWER-D. The situation
Evidence comes in many forms. Examples of the data that could best be
utilized for EBP are
A. Quality improvement data and integrated reviews.
B. Integrated reviews and non-peer-reviewed journal articles.
C. Collegial relationships and lay journals.
D. Verbal data and practice guidelines. - ANSWER-A. Quality
improvement data and integrated reviews.
When developing a question to drive the compilation of evidence for a
specific practice situation, the five components that can be used to focus
the investigation are
A. Patient, situation, intervention, comparison, and practice.
B. Situation, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time.
C. Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time.
D. Patient, situation, intervention, outcome, and data. - ANSWER-C.
Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time.
A nurse working in a cancer follow-up setting has been asked to
consider the development of a transition program to help young people
adjust to the adult program. The initial question suggested for use in
focusing the identification of evidence is "What is it like to have care
transferred from a pediatric center to an adult clinic?" Which aspects of
this question need to be strengthened to make it more searchable?
,A. Population and outcome
B. Population and intervention
C. Intervention and outcome
D. Comparison and outcome - ANSWER-B. Population and intervention
Research utilization has often been
A. Neglected in the literature.
B. Denied by publishers.
C. Reported in the literature.
D. Spurned by EBP. - ANSWER-C. Reported in the literature.
Obstacles to using nursing research in practice include lack of
A. Education, beliefs/attitudes, and support/resources.
B. Faculty, knowledge, and cost.
C. Time, beliefs/attitudes, and consumers.
D. Outcomes, values, and motivation. - ANSWER-A. Education,
beliefs/attitudes, and support/resources.
As a nurse on a medical-surgical hospital unit, you begin to question the
amount of time your hospital policy requires for taking a patient's oral
temperature. Your hospital uses an EBP approach to nursing care.
Which hospital resources would you expect to be able to connect with to
assist with the accessing of a computer?
A. Ward clerk or CNA
B. Doctor or lawyer
C. Charge nurse or supervisor
D. Librarian or library - ANSWER-D. Librarian or library
You are a BSN-prepared nurse who wants to initiate a research project
on your unit. To get the other nurses to participate, you would
A. Ask the doctors what they think.
B. Check the educational level of other nurses on the unit.
, C. Ignore your desire to learn more at this time.
D. Give a presentation to your peers on the benefits of research. -
ANSWER-B. Check the educational level of other nurses on the unit.
In the past, nurses were often taught that while research might be a good
thing to do, only faculty could do research because
A. Faculty members are the only ones prepared to do research.
B. Most nurses have not been taught research.
C. Most nurses don't need to use research.
D. Faculty members know what's best for nursing. - ANSWER-B. Most
nurses have not been taught research.
Many nurses don't understand research because
A. Research isn't necessary for their practice.
B. Most nurses are too old.
C. Research is like a foreign language.
D. Patients don't expect them to use research. - ANSWER-C. Research
is like a foreign language.
Research is often not valued because
A. It costs too much.
B. Administration wants it.
C. Search engines are easy to access.
D. Staffing is not an obstacle. - ANSWER-A. It costs too much.
Nurses have a responsibility to use research because
A. Doctors order it done.
B. Administrators don't have time for research.
C. Research is nice to know.
D. Research is the "hallmark of a profession." - ANSWER-D. Research
is the "hallmark of a profession."
The ACA, IOM/RWJF and Carnegie Foundation reports are national
movements to
A. Reaffirm current nursing practice.
Evidence for Nursing Practice, 10th Edition by Denise F.
Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck, and Fiona Timmins with verified
2025–2026 exam questions and answers.
One of the primary foundations for evidence-based nursing practice is
A. Medical knowledge.
B. Research results.
C. Everyday health care.
D. Textbook information - ANSWER-B. Research results.
Within the process of providing evidence-based nursing care, which
types of research results are incorporated to ascertain the plan of
treatment?
A. Personal experiences and medical knowledge
B. Client values and medical knowledge
C. Personal experiences and client values
D. Medical knowledge and identified challenges - ANSWER-C.
Personal experiences and client values
As a novice nurse on a medical-surgical hospital unit, you want to get
involved in a research study that is being proposed for your unit.
Because your hospital is involved with evidence-based nursing practice,
which aspects of EBP are essential for you to have?
A. Sound bedside nursing skills
B. Basic knowledge of your unit
C. Method for accessing published information
,D. Fundamental safety knowledge - ANSWER-C. Method for accessing
published information
Which of the EBP components carries the greatest weight in determining
the management of the clinical situation?
A. Thought process
B. Client preferences
C. Research
D. The situation - ANSWER-D. The situation
Evidence comes in many forms. Examples of the data that could best be
utilized for EBP are
A. Quality improvement data and integrated reviews.
B. Integrated reviews and non-peer-reviewed journal articles.
C. Collegial relationships and lay journals.
D. Verbal data and practice guidelines. - ANSWER-A. Quality
improvement data and integrated reviews.
When developing a question to drive the compilation of evidence for a
specific practice situation, the five components that can be used to focus
the investigation are
A. Patient, situation, intervention, comparison, and practice.
B. Situation, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time.
C. Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time.
D. Patient, situation, intervention, outcome, and data. - ANSWER-C.
Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time.
A nurse working in a cancer follow-up setting has been asked to
consider the development of a transition program to help young people
adjust to the adult program. The initial question suggested for use in
focusing the identification of evidence is "What is it like to have care
transferred from a pediatric center to an adult clinic?" Which aspects of
this question need to be strengthened to make it more searchable?
,A. Population and outcome
B. Population and intervention
C. Intervention and outcome
D. Comparison and outcome - ANSWER-B. Population and intervention
Research utilization has often been
A. Neglected in the literature.
B. Denied by publishers.
C. Reported in the literature.
D. Spurned by EBP. - ANSWER-C. Reported in the literature.
Obstacles to using nursing research in practice include lack of
A. Education, beliefs/attitudes, and support/resources.
B. Faculty, knowledge, and cost.
C. Time, beliefs/attitudes, and consumers.
D. Outcomes, values, and motivation. - ANSWER-A. Education,
beliefs/attitudes, and support/resources.
As a nurse on a medical-surgical hospital unit, you begin to question the
amount of time your hospital policy requires for taking a patient's oral
temperature. Your hospital uses an EBP approach to nursing care.
Which hospital resources would you expect to be able to connect with to
assist with the accessing of a computer?
A. Ward clerk or CNA
B. Doctor or lawyer
C. Charge nurse or supervisor
D. Librarian or library - ANSWER-D. Librarian or library
You are a BSN-prepared nurse who wants to initiate a research project
on your unit. To get the other nurses to participate, you would
A. Ask the doctors what they think.
B. Check the educational level of other nurses on the unit.
, C. Ignore your desire to learn more at this time.
D. Give a presentation to your peers on the benefits of research. -
ANSWER-B. Check the educational level of other nurses on the unit.
In the past, nurses were often taught that while research might be a good
thing to do, only faculty could do research because
A. Faculty members are the only ones prepared to do research.
B. Most nurses have not been taught research.
C. Most nurses don't need to use research.
D. Faculty members know what's best for nursing. - ANSWER-B. Most
nurses have not been taught research.
Many nurses don't understand research because
A. Research isn't necessary for their practice.
B. Most nurses are too old.
C. Research is like a foreign language.
D. Patients don't expect them to use research. - ANSWER-C. Research
is like a foreign language.
Research is often not valued because
A. It costs too much.
B. Administration wants it.
C. Search engines are easy to access.
D. Staffing is not an obstacle. - ANSWER-A. It costs too much.
Nurses have a responsibility to use research because
A. Doctors order it done.
B. Administrators don't have time for research.
C. Research is nice to know.
D. Research is the "hallmark of a profession." - ANSWER-D. Research
is the "hallmark of a profession."
The ACA, IOM/RWJF and Carnegie Foundation reports are national
movements to
A. Reaffirm current nursing practice.
