PTI TEST ONE PRACTICE EVALUATION
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ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Which is the most important question to ask in evidence-based
practice?
A.
What findings constitute evidence?
B.
How will the findings be used?
C.
Is this a randomized controlled trial?
D.
What theory is being utilized? Answer: B.
How will the findings be used?
⩥ Nursing research should be utilized by:
A.
Nurses at the bedside
B.
Advanced practice nurses
C.
,Nurse researchers
D.
Nurses at all levels of practice Answer: D.
Nurses at all levels of practice
⩥ A clinical guideline may be found useful if the guideline was:
A.
Published 2 years ago
B.
Created using one group
C.
Authored by a relatively unknown source
D.
Funded by an anonymous source Answer: A.
Published 2 years ago
⩥ Practice guidelines are designed to:
A.
Be inflexible
B.
Be utilized in every circumstance
C.
,Provide a reference point for decision making
D.
Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of a
profession Answer: C.
Provide a reference point for decision making
⩥ Which of the following is an example of determining whether a
crucial element of a guideline is applicable to your patients?
A.
There are no intended specific patients in the guideline.
B.
You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for
primary-care providers.
C.
Your patients have a much lower prevalence of a condition than the
patients in the guideline.
D.
You are a pediatric oncologist and the guidelines were written for
geriatric specialists. Answer: B.
You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for
primary-care providers.
⩥ Which of the following would be considered the research design for
Level I evidence?
, A.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
B.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
C.
Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
D.
Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies Answer: B.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
⩥ Which of the following would be considered the research design for
Level II evidence?
A.
Single descriptive or qualitative study
B.
Well-designed case control or cohort studies
C.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
D.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies Answer: C.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
2026 HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Which is the most important question to ask in evidence-based
practice?
A.
What findings constitute evidence?
B.
How will the findings be used?
C.
Is this a randomized controlled trial?
D.
What theory is being utilized? Answer: B.
How will the findings be used?
⩥ Nursing research should be utilized by:
A.
Nurses at the bedside
B.
Advanced practice nurses
C.
,Nurse researchers
D.
Nurses at all levels of practice Answer: D.
Nurses at all levels of practice
⩥ A clinical guideline may be found useful if the guideline was:
A.
Published 2 years ago
B.
Created using one group
C.
Authored by a relatively unknown source
D.
Funded by an anonymous source Answer: A.
Published 2 years ago
⩥ Practice guidelines are designed to:
A.
Be inflexible
B.
Be utilized in every circumstance
C.
,Provide a reference point for decision making
D.
Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of a
profession Answer: C.
Provide a reference point for decision making
⩥ Which of the following is an example of determining whether a
crucial element of a guideline is applicable to your patients?
A.
There are no intended specific patients in the guideline.
B.
You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for
primary-care providers.
C.
Your patients have a much lower prevalence of a condition than the
patients in the guideline.
D.
You are a pediatric oncologist and the guidelines were written for
geriatric specialists. Answer: B.
You are a primary-care provider and the guidelines were written for
primary-care providers.
⩥ Which of the following would be considered the research design for
Level I evidence?
, A.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
B.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
C.
Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
D.
Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies Answer: B.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
⩥ Which of the following would be considered the research design for
Level II evidence?
A.
Single descriptive or qualitative study
B.
Well-designed case control or cohort studies
C.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
D.
Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies Answer: C.
Single, well-designed, randomized clinical trial
