A.   Set standards of care

B.   Orient new nurses

C.   Increase hospital revenue

D.   Protect against law suits

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

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

C.   The United States is the world leader in EBN

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

A.   Quality monitoring data

B.   Expert opinion

C.   Information from Wikipedia

D.   Research findings

A.   A systematic review

B.   A research study report

C.   An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

D.   An article about how to do clinical research

A.   Describe how a healthcare subculture works

B.   Understand the experience of persons

C.   Develop a theory

D.   Test a hypothesis about a nursing intervention

A.   The findings of studies with statistically significant results

B.   The findings of original studies with large samples

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 are meaningless

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

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

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

A.   Specification of the target population

B.   A quality performance target

C.   A description of how the sample was obtained

D.   Conclusions or Discussion

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

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

C.   There are internationally agreed upon formats

D.   Researchers choose a format that best fits their study

A.   Results

B.   Introduction

C.   Throughout the article

D.   Discussion