A.   Increase hospital revenue

B.   Orient new nurses

C.   Protect against law suits

D.   Set standards of care

A.   The United States is the world leader in EBN

B.   EBN is the first initiative by Nursing to apply research findings to clinical practice

C.   EBN was started by physicians involved in Evidence-based Medicine

D.   EBN is the most recent development in Nursing’s long history of applying research findings to clinical practice

A.   Quality monitoring data

B.   Information from Wikipedia

C.   Research findings

D.   Expert opinion

A.   A systematic review

B.   A research study report

C.   An article about how to do clinical research

D.   An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

A.   The findings of original studies with large samples

B.   The findings of original studies, conclusions of systematic reviews, and recommendations of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

C.   The findings of studies with statistically significant results

D.   The conclusions of meta-analyses

A.   The findings of a single, original study are meaningless

B.   The findings of a single, original study should be brought together and integrated with the findings of other studies of the same issue

C.   The findings of a single, original study are dependable if quantitative analysis was done

D.   The findings of a single, original study are dependable if the sample size was large

A.   A quality performance target

B.   A description of how the sample was obtained

C.   Specification of the target population

D.   Conclusions or Discussion

A.   Researchers choose a format that best fits their study

B.   There are internationally agreed upon formats

C.   Formats of research articles are similar from journal to journal but vary somewhat

D.   Formats of research articles are identical from journal to journal

A.   Introduction

B.   Discussion

C.   Throughout the article

D.   Results