WorksheetsNursing School Implementing Evidence Based Practice
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
Which of the following best describes a cohort study?
The combination of results from different quantitative studies with similar topics
Analyzing a specific event
Gather data on a group over a long period of time
The utilization of research findings within clinical nursing practice
A review of the literature is the meta analysis
True
False
Best practice of a new ASN prepared nurse is...
Inquiry
Studying textbook
Telling old nurses you didn't do it that way in school
Do as you are told without question
In order to narrow down research, the nurse should utilize inclusion and exclusion research articles.
True
False
When reviewing articles to support a PICOT question, it is best to limit the search to articles that are ____________ to find the most trustworthy information.
irrelevant
peer reviewed
published within 10 years
including lots of inclusion criteria and no exclusion criteria
Of the three statistical averages, which is the least predictable of data outcomes?
Mean
Median
Mode
