Nursing 350 - Research in Nursing » Fall 2023 » Week 7 Knowledge Check

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Question #1
Which of the following questions is not part of what needs to be addressed when appraising the credibility of an evidence-based clinical practice guideline?
A.   Is the evidence supporting each recommendation indicated and/or discussed?
B.   Are the criteria for selecting the research evidence clearly described?
C.   What population of patients in the guideline intended for?
D.   Was the process used to formulate the recommendations systematic and free of bias?
Question #2
For the care of what groups of patients are clinical protocols usually written?
A.   Patients with chronic illnesses and disabilities
B.   High-volume and high-risk patients
C.   Patients with rare conditions and those with several diseases
D.   Patients with short lengths of stay
Question #3
Who writes clinical nursing protocols?
A.   Medical equipment representatives and nurse managers
B.   MD who is the head of the department and clinical nurse specialists
C.   Nursing administrators and nurse managers
D.   Staff nurses, advanced practice nurses, and nurse managers
Question #4
Which of the following is not a form of nursing protocol?
A.   A drug dosage calculation
B.   A standard order set
C.   A clinical procedure
D.   A clinical decision-making algorithm
Question #5
Which of the following statements about nursing protocols is not true?
A.   Clinical protocols are guides to care that should be given to individual patients.
B.   Ideally, clinical protocols are based on research-evidence, to the extent that is possible.
C.   Deviation from protocol actions should be done only in life-threatening situations
D.   Clinical protocols should be used in combination with clinical judgment and patient preference
Question #6
In the research context, what is a population?
A.   The patient group who receives the experimental treatment
B.   The patient group from whom complete data is collected
C.   The patient group to whom study findings are intended to apply
D.   The patient group who agrees to participate in the study
Question #7
All of the following are used to develop nursing protocols by project teams, except:
A.   Research findings
B.   Quality monitoring data
C.   Information from Wikipedia
D.   Expert opinion
Question #8
The most basic form of research evidence is a finding from _________________.
A.   A systematic review
B.   A qualitative analysis
C.   A micro-analysis
D.   An individual study
Question #9
Which statement best describes the concept of “nursing phenomenon”?
A.   The name given to a rare event in nursing practice
B.   The name given to a reality in the field of nursing
C.   An experience of the super-natural
D.   An experience that is difficult to understand
Question #10
When considering making a change in practice, which of the following activities should the project group do first?
A.   Look for an evidence-based guideline about the issue
B.   Design a small controlled, quantitative study of the issue
C.   Look for a research article about the issue
D.   Conduct a survey of experts to get their opinion about the issue

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