Research Study Types and Clinical Guidelines Quiz

A randomized controlled trial is a type of Quantitative Research study?

• True

• False

When trying to determine what type of research study is described in an article, which two sections of the article will give you the best information to make that determination?

• Methods and results

• Qualitative research

• Randomized controlled trials

• Peer Review

What are clinical guidelines?

• An article submitted for publication and reviewed by a panel of experts familiar with the topic or subject matter of the article.

• Among the best-known comprehensive databases that represent the scientific knowledge base of health care.

• Systematically developed statements about a plan of care for a specific set of clinical circumstances involving a specific patient population.

• A guideline built by Florence Nightingale

What is a knowledge focused trigger?

• It is one you face while caring for a patient or a trend that you see on a nursing unit.

• An article submitted for publication and reviewed by a panel of experts familiar with the topic of subject matter of the article.

• Predictions made about the relationship between study variables.

• A question that arises as a result of new information available on a topic.

What is Qualitative Research?

• It offers answers when trying to understand patients’ experiences with health problems and the contexts of their experiences. Patients have the chance to tell their stories and share their experiences in studies.

• It is one you face while caring for a patient or a trend that you see on a nursing unit.

• Systematically developed statements about a plan of care for a specific set of clinical circumstances involving a specific patient population.

• Among the best-known comprehensive databases that represent the scientific knowledge base of health care.

Why is EBP important to a nurse?

• EBP assists in patient care specifically for trends you see on a nursing unit.

• It assists in questions that arise as a result of new information available on a topic.

• EBP is a guide for how nurses make accurate, timely, and appropriate clinical decisions.

• To make sure articles are true, reliable, and valid, and to see if you can use the evidence in practice.

Who is credited with initiating EBP?

• Madeline Leininger

• Florence Nightingale

• Margaret Newman

• Dorothy Johnson

What are sources of non-research based sources of evidence?

• Among the best-known comprehensive databases that represent the scientific knowledge base of health care.

• Performance improvement data, risk management data, infection control data, clinician’s expertise.

• Textbooks and scientific journals.

• Articles that are true, reliable, and valid, and used in practice.

What is a peer-reviewed article?

• An article submitted for publication and reviewed by a panel of experts familiar with the topic or subject matter of the article.

• A formatted article that helps you identify key words that will allow healthcare professionals to conduct successful literature search.

• An article that questions topics available.

• An article that provides research and clinical practice issues that have been raised on a nursing unit.

Quality improvement analyzes current protocols and their associated outcomes.

• True

• False