Clinical Nursing Skills &
Techniques - Chapter 1 Exam
Questions and Correct Answer
1. Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving ap-
proach to making decisions about patient care
that is grounded in correct answer:
2. When evidence-based practice is used, patient care will variable according
to the
be correct answer: situation
3. When a PICOT question is developed, the letter (comparison of interest)
that corresponds with the usual standard of
care is correct answer:
4. A well-developed PICOT question helps the nurse correct answer:
search for evidence
5. The nurse is not sure that the procedure the the cochrane database
patient requires is the best possible for the
situation. Utilizing which of the following resources
would be the quickest way to review research on
the topic?
6. The nurse is getting ready to develop a plan of care for
NGC a patient who has a specific need. The best
source for developing this plan of care would
probably be correct answer:
7. The nurse has done a literature search and found 8. The nurse
25 possible articles on the topic that she is wants to
studying. To determine which of those 25 best fit determine
her inquiry, the nurse first should look at correct the effects of
answer: cardiac
1/
5
, rehabilitation program attendance on the level of the abstracts
post- myocardial depression for individuals who
have had a myocardial infarction. The type of
study that would best capture this information
would be a correct answer:
qualitative study
9.
2/
5
Techniques - Chapter 1 Exam
Questions and Correct Answer
1. Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving ap-
proach to making decisions about patient care
that is grounded in correct answer:
2. When evidence-based practice is used, patient care will variable according
to the
be correct answer: situation
3. When a PICOT question is developed, the letter (comparison of interest)
that corresponds with the usual standard of
care is correct answer:
4. A well-developed PICOT question helps the nurse correct answer:
search for evidence
5. The nurse is not sure that the procedure the the cochrane database
patient requires is the best possible for the
situation. Utilizing which of the following resources
would be the quickest way to review research on
the topic?
6. The nurse is getting ready to develop a plan of care for
NGC a patient who has a specific need. The best
source for developing this plan of care would
probably be correct answer:
7. The nurse has done a literature search and found 8. The nurse
25 possible articles on the topic that she is wants to
studying. To determine which of those 25 best fit determine
her inquiry, the nurse first should look at correct the effects of
answer: cardiac
1/
5
, rehabilitation program attendance on the level of the abstracts
post- myocardial depression for individuals who
have had a myocardial infarction. The type of
study that would best capture this information
would be a correct answer:
qualitative study
9.
2/
5
