Nsg 6001 Chapter 5. Evidence-Based Care
10. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level IV evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization - ANS - D. Well-designed controlled
trials without randomization
11. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level V evidence?
A. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
B. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
C. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - ANS - C. Systematic reviews of descriptive or
qualitative studies
12. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VI evidence?
A. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - ANS - C. Well-designed case control or cohort
studies
13. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VII evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - ANS - B. Opinion of authorities and expert
committees
2. 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? - ANS - B. How will the findings be used?
10. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level IV evidence?
A. Single descriptive or qualitative study
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
D. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization - ANS - D. Well-designed controlled
trials without randomization
11. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level V evidence?
A. Systematic review of randomized clinical trial studies
B. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
C. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - ANS - C. Systematic reviews of descriptive or
qualitative studies
12. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VI evidence?
A. Systematic reviews of descriptive or qualitative studies
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - ANS - C. Well-designed case control or cohort
studies
13. Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level VII evidence?
A. Well-designed controlled trials without randomization
B. Opinion of authorities and expert committees
C. Well-designed case control or cohort studies
D. Single descriptive or qualitative study - ANS - B. Opinion of authorities and expert
committees
2. 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? - ANS - B. How will the findings be used?
