Nursing School Implementing Evidence Based Practice

A PICOT question formula is used for developing answers to researchable questions. The mneumonic stands for which of the following?

• Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time

• Popularity, Intervention, Cost, Outcome, Time

• Population, Intragroup, Collaboration, Outcome, Time

• Participants, Instances, Collaboration, Outsourcing, Time

Once the research team has a PICOT question, what is the next course of action?

• Conduct a literature review

• Poll friends and family to get their opinion

• Seek out the nurse managers to obtain input

• Tell the nurses/doctors who will be the control group

Qualitative is a type of research study that is best described as which of the following?

• Research that yields a high level of statistical data

• Research that is subjective and describes life experiences

• Research that is objective and examines the cause-and-effect interactions among variables

• Research that lacks one of the components of the experimental design

Qualitative research studies is low level research, but can bring cohesiveness to research in nursing as a whole.

• True

• False

Which of the following research study types is useful when searching for data that is statistically significant?

• Randomized control trial

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Quasi-experimental

Which components of the experimental design with a Quasi-experimental research study is typically missing in nursing?

• Population

• Intervention group

• Control group

• Experimental group

In a randomized control trial the nurse chooses which group gets the intervention and which does not.

• True

• False

A meta analysis is considered the strongest evidence. Which types of research would be included in a meta analysis?

• Observational studies

• Opinions of expert committees

• A review of a randomized control trial

• A review of a non-randomized control trial

• A review of qualitative research

As the nurse is compiling articles that complement PICOT, many meta analysis studies are included along with one observational and one qualitative study. This now brings this level of research from a one to which of the following levels?

• Level II

• Level III

• Level IV

• Level V

A case study would be considered a level ___ on the evidence hierarchy?

• III

• IV

• V

• VI