11.6: Review Questions
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The nurse is discussing the importance of evidence-based decision-making (EBDM) with a group of students. Which statement by a student indicates understanding of this process?
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“EBDM is a one-step process to make clinical decisions.”
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“EBDM utilizes subjective decision-making.”
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“EBDM uses interventions with replicable results.”
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“EBDM relies on past nursing experiences.”
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Which information is the nurse assessing when appraising the applicability of a research article?
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The intended audience of the article
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The degree to which the results relate to a specific population
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The accuracy or credibility of the research
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The purpose of the research
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While conducting a literature review for an evidence-based project, the nurse recognizes that which type of study represents the lowest level of evidence?
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Case reports
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Cohort studies
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Randomized control trials
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Cross-sectional studies
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A nurse has developed the following PICOT question: In adult men, is zinc supplementation as effective as vitamin C supplementation in reducing the length of respiratory viral infections over six months? The nurse identifies “zinc supplementation” as which part of the PICOT question?
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Population
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Intervention
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Comparison
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Outcome
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A public health nurse has developed a research question and searched the literature for supporting evidence. In which step of evidence-based decision-making would the nurse compile the research findings and identify specific trends in the data?
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Defining the problem
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Synthesizing the literature
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Appraising the literature
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Adapting the information
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Which database would the public health nurse use when conducting research to locate regularly updated systematic reviews?
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Cochrane Library
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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Medline with Full Text
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Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
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Which action will the public health nurse perform when conducting an ethical community study?
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Require each participant who provides informed consent to complete the study.
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Obtain informed consent only from vulnerable populations.
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Get informed consent only if the risks of participating in the study are high.
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Obtain informed consent from each participant in the study.
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The nurse is developing a PICOT question to study methods to promote smoking cessation in high school students in a rural community. Which statement identifies the targeted population?
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The rural community
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Community members who smoke
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All high school students in the community
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High school students in the rural community who smoke
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Which type of study will the nurse use to understand the experiences of an immigrant group in the community?
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Qualitative
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Randomized control
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Needs assessment
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Quality improvement
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Which activity would the nurse perform during the evaluation phase of evidence-based decision-making (EBDM)?
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Carrying out the proposed plan
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Deciding if the evidence is applicable to the population
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Determining the effectiveness of the plan
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Compiling the data