A.   Orient new nurses

B.   Protect against law suits

C.   Increase hospital revenue

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 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.   Expert opinion

B.   Research findings

C.   Information from Wikipedia

D.   Quality monitoring data

A.   An article about how to do clinical research

B.   A systematic review

C.   A research study report

D.   An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

A.   Describe how a healthcare subculture works

B.   Develop a theory

C.   Test a hypothesis about a nursing intervention

D.   Understand the experience of persons

A.   The findings of original studies with large samples

B.   The findings of studies with statistically significant results

C.   The conclusions of meta-analyses

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Specification of the target population

B.   Conclusions or Discussion

C.   A quality performance target

D.   A description of how the sample was obtained

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

B.   There are internationally agreed upon formats

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

D.   Researchers choose a format that best fits their study

A.   Introduction

B.   Throughout the article

C.   Discussion

D.   Results