NU 456 Midterm UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER -Practice based on facts and truth; integration of
best research evidence with clinical expertise and clinical values.
Evidentiary dynamics - CORRECT ANSWER -Nursing practices based on research that is
conducted so that evidence may be presented.
PICO approach - CORRECT ANSWER -Methodology used to form a clinical question, in which P
is patient or problem, I is intervention, C is comparison intervention, and O is outcomes.
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER -Expression of a role and its relationship to the world,
representing a social contract and reflecting high expectations for its exercise from those who will depend
on it
Shared governance - CORRECT ANSWER -Structural format for nursing to implement a more
horizontal locus of control & practice power enablers that are essential to professional self-governance.
This framework provides support for professions, their interaction, & their collective obligation to
advance interest of healthcare.
Complex adaptive system - CORRECT ANSWER -Densely linked, intersecting, & interacting
connection of agents, each making their own contribution & acting both independently in making that
contribution and interpedently in linking that contribution to the independent but related contributions of
other agents.
Deep dive - CORRECT ANSWER -Tool to advance change & innovation in which a particular area
is selected for observation in multiple ways. Workflows, photos, interviews, & observations are gathered
by a team to analyze current processes & brainstorm new ways of doing the current work processes.
Directed creativity - CORRECT ANSWER -Tool to advance change & innovation in which a
situation is proposed to encourage & advance new ideas.
, Mind mapping - CORRECT ANSWER -Tool to advance change & innovation in which software is
used for collecting, organizing, & synthesizing large amounts of data in layers with complex
relationships.
Research - CORRECT ANSWER -Systemic examination of an idea using rigorous principles of
experimentation & measurement.
Research utilization - CORRECT ANSWER -Use of knowledge that is typically based on a single
study.
Trust - CORRECT ANSWER -One's willingness to be vulnerable to another based on the belief that
the other person is constant, open, concerned and reliable thus rendering risk-taking more rational and
realistic
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -Breaking down the components of a problem or issue into parts
or elements
Emergent - CORRECT ANSWER -Conditions that are driven by new socio-political realities,
economic changes, technological advances, evidence of best practices, & host of related shifts that
demonstrate that holding onto current practices is an impediment to better and gaging work processes in
best interests of those they serve
Equality - CORRECT ANSWER -Measure of condition
Equity - CORRECT ANSWER -measure of value
leader - CORRECT ANSWER -Person who coordinates, integrates, facilitates & provides a context
for the performance of people & organization
manager - CORRECT ANSWER -An organizational position & function. Managers have
subordinates in a vertical relationship to those they manage
CORRECT Answers
Evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER -Practice based on facts and truth; integration of
best research evidence with clinical expertise and clinical values.
Evidentiary dynamics - CORRECT ANSWER -Nursing practices based on research that is
conducted so that evidence may be presented.
PICO approach - CORRECT ANSWER -Methodology used to form a clinical question, in which P
is patient or problem, I is intervention, C is comparison intervention, and O is outcomes.
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER -Expression of a role and its relationship to the world,
representing a social contract and reflecting high expectations for its exercise from those who will depend
on it
Shared governance - CORRECT ANSWER -Structural format for nursing to implement a more
horizontal locus of control & practice power enablers that are essential to professional self-governance.
This framework provides support for professions, their interaction, & their collective obligation to
advance interest of healthcare.
Complex adaptive system - CORRECT ANSWER -Densely linked, intersecting, & interacting
connection of agents, each making their own contribution & acting both independently in making that
contribution and interpedently in linking that contribution to the independent but related contributions of
other agents.
Deep dive - CORRECT ANSWER -Tool to advance change & innovation in which a particular area
is selected for observation in multiple ways. Workflows, photos, interviews, & observations are gathered
by a team to analyze current processes & brainstorm new ways of doing the current work processes.
Directed creativity - CORRECT ANSWER -Tool to advance change & innovation in which a
situation is proposed to encourage & advance new ideas.
, Mind mapping - CORRECT ANSWER -Tool to advance change & innovation in which software is
used for collecting, organizing, & synthesizing large amounts of data in layers with complex
relationships.
Research - CORRECT ANSWER -Systemic examination of an idea using rigorous principles of
experimentation & measurement.
Research utilization - CORRECT ANSWER -Use of knowledge that is typically based on a single
study.
Trust - CORRECT ANSWER -One's willingness to be vulnerable to another based on the belief that
the other person is constant, open, concerned and reliable thus rendering risk-taking more rational and
realistic
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -Breaking down the components of a problem or issue into parts
or elements
Emergent - CORRECT ANSWER -Conditions that are driven by new socio-political realities,
economic changes, technological advances, evidence of best practices, & host of related shifts that
demonstrate that holding onto current practices is an impediment to better and gaging work processes in
best interests of those they serve
Equality - CORRECT ANSWER -Measure of condition
Equity - CORRECT ANSWER -measure of value
leader - CORRECT ANSWER -Person who coordinates, integrates, facilitates & provides a context
for the performance of people & organization
manager - CORRECT ANSWER -An organizational position & function. Managers have
subordinates in a vertical relationship to those they manage
