NU371 PrepU Week 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Information is collected for analysis in both quantitative and qualitative research. What is the information
called?
a) Surveys
b) answers
c) interviews
d) data - CORRECT ANSWER -d) data
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Data are information the researcher collects from subjects in the study. Data are collected through answers
on instruments (such as surveys, rating scales, or biologic measurements) or verbal interviews.
The nurse is caring for a client with a new diagnosis of cancer, and allows the client to verbalize fears
relating to how to tell the children. The nurse's intervention reflects which aspect of nursing?
a) art of nursing
b) science of nursing
c) evidence-based practice
d) application of research - CORRECT ANSWER -a) art of nursing
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In this example, the nurse is utilizing a holistic approach to the provision of nursing care based on the
knowledge of providing psychosocial interventions, such as allowing the client to verbalize feelings/fears.
This application of knowledge is the art of nursing. The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the
provision of care. Evidence-based practice and application of research are using research to make
decisions on how to care for clients.
The nurse is applying evidence-based practice (EBP) during a client's wound care. Which are
characteristics of EBP that the nurse is likely to demonstrate? Select all that apply.
a) The nurse is using a problem-solving approach.
b) The nurse uses the best evidence available.
, c) The nurse performs the wound care as it has always been done in the facility.
d) The nurse performs care based on institutional protocols.
e) The nurse blends the science and art of nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER -a) The nurse is using a
problem-solving approach.
b) The nurse uses the best evidence available.
e) The nurse blends the science and art of nursing.
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EBP is a problem-solving approach to making clinical nursing decisions. EBP uses the best evidence
available, which is collected from resources such as published research, national standards and guidelines,
and reviews of targeted literature. EBP blends both the science and the art of nursing. EBP is practiced
among clinical nurses by using the nursing process and reading professional journals. Institutional
protocols may be based on EBP, but EBP is based on research and not institutional protocols. Doing
things the way they've always been done is not EBP.
At the last hospital unit meeting, the policy for the insertion of Foley catheters was revised based on
current evidence. The new nurse on the unit just learned "the old way" and is frustrated to now have to
learn a new methodology. Several other nurses comment that the change is "all about money." The charge
nurse must educate the staff about the importance of this new policy. Which explanation by the charge
nurse is most appropriate?
a) "Incorporating evidenced-based practice into our care routines links our interventions to valued
outcomes, thereby increasing quality care. When we provide quality care, we can decrease cost."
b) "Cost is not a driver in quality health care delivery."
c) "Using evidence-based practice is the trend in providing quality care and may expose the client to
better care implementation. None of our care methods are associated with cost."
d) "Because our clients are considered consumers of c - CORRECT ANSWER -a) "Incorporating
evidenced-based practice into our care routines links our interventions to valued outcomes, thereby
increasing quality care. When we provide quality care, we can decrease cost."
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Evidenced-based practice improves client outcomes, thereby increasing the quality of care; quality care
leads to decreased cost. Cost is a driver in quality health care delivery. Evidenced-based practice is not
just a trend in care; it is an expectation in health care delivery. Clients are consumers of care, but they
often do not understand evidenced-based care or the cost associated with care. Today's greater focus on
quality makes it less likely that clients will suffer unnecessary or harmful treatment, reduces waste, and
increases safety.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Information is collected for analysis in both quantitative and qualitative research. What is the information
called?
a) Surveys
b) answers
c) interviews
d) data - CORRECT ANSWER -d) data
-
Data are information the researcher collects from subjects in the study. Data are collected through answers
on instruments (such as surveys, rating scales, or biologic measurements) or verbal interviews.
The nurse is caring for a client with a new diagnosis of cancer, and allows the client to verbalize fears
relating to how to tell the children. The nurse's intervention reflects which aspect of nursing?
a) art of nursing
b) science of nursing
c) evidence-based practice
d) application of research - CORRECT ANSWER -a) art of nursing
-
In this example, the nurse is utilizing a holistic approach to the provision of nursing care based on the
knowledge of providing psychosocial interventions, such as allowing the client to verbalize feelings/fears.
This application of knowledge is the art of nursing. The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the
provision of care. Evidence-based practice and application of research are using research to make
decisions on how to care for clients.
The nurse is applying evidence-based practice (EBP) during a client's wound care. Which are
characteristics of EBP that the nurse is likely to demonstrate? Select all that apply.
a) The nurse is using a problem-solving approach.
b) The nurse uses the best evidence available.
, c) The nurse performs the wound care as it has always been done in the facility.
d) The nurse performs care based on institutional protocols.
e) The nurse blends the science and art of nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER -a) The nurse is using a
problem-solving approach.
b) The nurse uses the best evidence available.
e) The nurse blends the science and art of nursing.
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EBP is a problem-solving approach to making clinical nursing decisions. EBP uses the best evidence
available, which is collected from resources such as published research, national standards and guidelines,
and reviews of targeted literature. EBP blends both the science and the art of nursing. EBP is practiced
among clinical nurses by using the nursing process and reading professional journals. Institutional
protocols may be based on EBP, but EBP is based on research and not institutional protocols. Doing
things the way they've always been done is not EBP.
At the last hospital unit meeting, the policy for the insertion of Foley catheters was revised based on
current evidence. The new nurse on the unit just learned "the old way" and is frustrated to now have to
learn a new methodology. Several other nurses comment that the change is "all about money." The charge
nurse must educate the staff about the importance of this new policy. Which explanation by the charge
nurse is most appropriate?
a) "Incorporating evidenced-based practice into our care routines links our interventions to valued
outcomes, thereby increasing quality care. When we provide quality care, we can decrease cost."
b) "Cost is not a driver in quality health care delivery."
c) "Using evidence-based practice is the trend in providing quality care and may expose the client to
better care implementation. None of our care methods are associated with cost."
d) "Because our clients are considered consumers of c - CORRECT ANSWER -a) "Incorporating
evidenced-based practice into our care routines links our interventions to valued outcomes, thereby
increasing quality care. When we provide quality care, we can decrease cost."
-
Evidenced-based practice improves client outcomes, thereby increasing the quality of care; quality care
leads to decreased cost. Cost is a driver in quality health care delivery. Evidenced-based practice is not
just a trend in care; it is an expectation in health care delivery. Clients are consumers of care, but they
often do not understand evidenced-based care or the cost associated with care. Today's greater focus on
quality makes it less likely that clients will suffer unnecessary or harmful treatment, reduces waste, and
increases safety.
