NUR 314: Exam 1 Study Guide Questions With Complete
Solutions
0. Cultivate a spirit of inquiry along with an EBP culture and
environment
1. Ask the PICO (T) question
2. Search for the best evidence
3. Critically appraise the evidence
4. Integrate the evidence with clinical expertise and patient
preferences to make the best clinical decision
5. Evaluate the outcome(s) of the EBP practice change
6. Disseminate the outcome(s) Correct Answers List the seven
steps of evidence-based practice listed in the study.
1. Promote a culture and context or environment that supports
EBP
2. Establish EBP performance expectations for all nurse leaders
and clinicians
3. Sustain EBP activities and culture Correct Answers List the
three major categories listed for strategies for integration of the
EBP components.
1. Question clinical practices for the purposes of improving the
quality of care
2. Describes clinical problems using internal evidence
3. participates in the formulation of clinical questions using
PICOT format
4. Searches for external evidence to answer focused clinical
questions
5. Participates in critical appraisal of pre appraised evidence
,6. Participates in the critical appraisal of published research
studies to determine their strength and applicability to clinical
practice
7. Participates in the evaluation and synthesis of a body of
evidence gathered to determine its strength and applicability to
clinical practice
8. Collects practice data systematically as internal evidence for
clinical decision making in the care of individuals, groups, and
populations
9. Integrates evidence gathered from external and internal
sources in order to plan evidence-based practice changes
10. Implements practice changes based on Correct Answers List
the 13 evidence-based practice (EBP) competencies for
practicing registered professional nurses.
1. Systemically conducts an exhaustive search for external
evidence to answer clinical questions
2. Critically appraises relevant pre appraised evidence and
primary studies, including evaluation and synthesis
3. Integrates a body of external evidence from nursing and
related fields with internal evidence in making decisions about
patient care
4. Leads transdisciplinary teams in applying synthesized
evidence to initiate clinical decisions and practice changes to
improve the health of individuals, groups, and populations
5. Generates internal evidence through outcomes management
and EBP implementation projects for the purpose of integrating
best practices
6. Measures processes and outcomes of evidence-based clinical
decisions
7. Formulates evidence-based policies and procedures
,8. Participates in the generation of external evidence with other
healthcare professionals
9. Mentors others in evidence-based decision making Correct
Answers List the EBP competencies for practicing advanced
practice nurses.
A circular chart where pieces within the chart represents a
corresponding proportion of each category, and it is an
appropriate choice for nominal and ordinal level of measurement
Correct Answers What is a pie chart?
A confidence interval will be a valid result a very high
percentage of the time, while a point estimate will almost always
be at least a little bit off. Correct Answers What advantage does
a confidence interval have compared to a point estimate such as
the mean?
A graphical way of presenting information from a frequency
distribution. It organizes a group of data points into a number of
intervals, and the bar in the graph represents the frequency in
corresponding intervals, not in predefined limited numbers of
categories as with a bar chart. Correct Answers What is a
histogram?
A number of selected influences of evidence-based practice
trends on nursing and nursing care quality are explored as well
as thoughts about the "next big ideas" for moving nursing and
healthcare forward. Correct Answers Understand trends in
health care and what these mean for evidence-based practice.
, A population is an entire group of individuals that a researcher
wants to study.
A sample is a subset of those individuals selected from a
population from which an investigator draws conclusions that
are used to understand the population. Correct Answers
Distinguish sample from population
A population is an entire group of individuals that a researcher
wants to study. A sample is a subset of the population that the
researcher will collect data from. For example, the population of
a research study could be the people that live in Saint Joseph,
MO (around 75,000). Since it wouldn't be very easy to collect
data from that many people, we could collect data from a sample
of 500 Saint Joseph citizens. Correct Answers Define both
"sample" and "population"; compare and contrast sample and
population and give an example of each
A quantitative research report uses values that are numeric.
While a meta-analysis uses a combination of experiences on one
or more intervention and then examines the effects on outcomes.
Correct Answers Explain the difference between quantitative
research report and a meta-analysis.
A theory is a set of principles that justifies a course of action
that is applicable to a wide variety of situations, and can be
proven when filled with topics, goals, and problems. Correct
Answers Explain in your own words, "what is theory"?
A tool/instrument is a device for measuring variables. Reliability
tells us whether or not a test can consistently measure a variable.
Validity tells us whether or not a tool, an instrument, or a scale
Solutions
0. Cultivate a spirit of inquiry along with an EBP culture and
environment
1. Ask the PICO (T) question
2. Search for the best evidence
3. Critically appraise the evidence
4. Integrate the evidence with clinical expertise and patient
preferences to make the best clinical decision
5. Evaluate the outcome(s) of the EBP practice change
6. Disseminate the outcome(s) Correct Answers List the seven
steps of evidence-based practice listed in the study.
1. Promote a culture and context or environment that supports
EBP
2. Establish EBP performance expectations for all nurse leaders
and clinicians
3. Sustain EBP activities and culture Correct Answers List the
three major categories listed for strategies for integration of the
EBP components.
1. Question clinical practices for the purposes of improving the
quality of care
2. Describes clinical problems using internal evidence
3. participates in the formulation of clinical questions using
PICOT format
4. Searches for external evidence to answer focused clinical
questions
5. Participates in critical appraisal of pre appraised evidence
,6. Participates in the critical appraisal of published research
studies to determine their strength and applicability to clinical
practice
7. Participates in the evaluation and synthesis of a body of
evidence gathered to determine its strength and applicability to
clinical practice
8. Collects practice data systematically as internal evidence for
clinical decision making in the care of individuals, groups, and
populations
9. Integrates evidence gathered from external and internal
sources in order to plan evidence-based practice changes
10. Implements practice changes based on Correct Answers List
the 13 evidence-based practice (EBP) competencies for
practicing registered professional nurses.
1. Systemically conducts an exhaustive search for external
evidence to answer clinical questions
2. Critically appraises relevant pre appraised evidence and
primary studies, including evaluation and synthesis
3. Integrates a body of external evidence from nursing and
related fields with internal evidence in making decisions about
patient care
4. Leads transdisciplinary teams in applying synthesized
evidence to initiate clinical decisions and practice changes to
improve the health of individuals, groups, and populations
5. Generates internal evidence through outcomes management
and EBP implementation projects for the purpose of integrating
best practices
6. Measures processes and outcomes of evidence-based clinical
decisions
7. Formulates evidence-based policies and procedures
,8. Participates in the generation of external evidence with other
healthcare professionals
9. Mentors others in evidence-based decision making Correct
Answers List the EBP competencies for practicing advanced
practice nurses.
A circular chart where pieces within the chart represents a
corresponding proportion of each category, and it is an
appropriate choice for nominal and ordinal level of measurement
Correct Answers What is a pie chart?
A confidence interval will be a valid result a very high
percentage of the time, while a point estimate will almost always
be at least a little bit off. Correct Answers What advantage does
a confidence interval have compared to a point estimate such as
the mean?
A graphical way of presenting information from a frequency
distribution. It organizes a group of data points into a number of
intervals, and the bar in the graph represents the frequency in
corresponding intervals, not in predefined limited numbers of
categories as with a bar chart. Correct Answers What is a
histogram?
A number of selected influences of evidence-based practice
trends on nursing and nursing care quality are explored as well
as thoughts about the "next big ideas" for moving nursing and
healthcare forward. Correct Answers Understand trends in
health care and what these mean for evidence-based practice.
, A population is an entire group of individuals that a researcher
wants to study.
A sample is a subset of those individuals selected from a
population from which an investigator draws conclusions that
are used to understand the population. Correct Answers
Distinguish sample from population
A population is an entire group of individuals that a researcher
wants to study. A sample is a subset of the population that the
researcher will collect data from. For example, the population of
a research study could be the people that live in Saint Joseph,
MO (around 75,000). Since it wouldn't be very easy to collect
data from that many people, we could collect data from a sample
of 500 Saint Joseph citizens. Correct Answers Define both
"sample" and "population"; compare and contrast sample and
population and give an example of each
A quantitative research report uses values that are numeric.
While a meta-analysis uses a combination of experiences on one
or more intervention and then examines the effects on outcomes.
Correct Answers Explain the difference between quantitative
research report and a meta-analysis.
A theory is a set of principles that justifies a course of action
that is applicable to a wide variety of situations, and can be
proven when filled with topics, goals, and problems. Correct
Answers Explain in your own words, "what is theory"?
A tool/instrument is a device for measuring variables. Reliability
tells us whether or not a test can consistently measure a variable.
Validity tells us whether or not a tool, an instrument, or a scale
