A.   Set standards of care

B.   Increase hospital revenue

C.   Protect against law suits

D.   Orient new nurses

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

B.   The United States is the world leader in EBN

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

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

A.   Information from Wikipedia

B.   Research findings

C.   Quality monitoring data

D.   Expert opinion

A.   An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

B.   An article about how to do clinical research

C.   A systematic review

D.   A research study report

A.   The findings of original studies with large samples

B.   The findings of studies with statistically significant results

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

D.   The conclusions of meta-analyses

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

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

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 description of how the sample was obtained

B.   A quality performance target

C.   Specification of the target population

D.   Conclusions or Discussion

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

B.   There are internationally agreed upon formats

C.   Researchers choose a format that best fits their study

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

A.   Results

B.   Introduction

C.   Discussion

D.   Throughout the article