NUR 363 TOPICS 1 & 2 REVISION QUIZ

Question 1

Define EBN or evidence based health care practice

Answer 1

Nurses making clinical decisions based on scientific evidence, clinical expertise and experience, patient values and preferences and the best available research evidence

Question 2

When do we (as nurses) need to seek out evidence?

Answer 2

When we have a question or are unsure about something

Question 3

Evidence can be placed in two categories. Name these

Answer 3

1. Research based

2. Non-research based

Question 4

What is the purpose of an abstract?

Answer 4

To give a quick summary of the main points addressed int he research/evidence and to include:
Where, how, with whom and what the findings were

Question 5

Why might an abstract be useful for us to read?

Answer 5

To know whether the paper is relevant to the question

Question 6

Explain the relationship between the parts of a published research report and the
research process. (Can explain by use of a table)

Answer 6

Define the problem, formulate the aim or question

Intro/background/the problem

methodology

Results/Findings

Discussion and conclusion

Question 7

Identify some common terms used in each section of a research report -
Introduction:

Answer 7

Purpose
Hypothesis
Literature review

Question 8

Identify some common terms used in each section of a research report -
Methods

Answer 8

Qualitative
Quantitative
Samples
Measures  
Procedures

Question 9

Identify some common terms used in each section of a research report -
Results

Answer 9

Findings
Data
Analysis
Significance

Question 10

Identify some common terms used in each section of a research report -
Discussion/conclusions

Answer 10

Implications
Comparisons
Recap

Question 11

Define literature review

Answer 11

Has bias from the author

Systematic review doesn’t = better

Question 12

State three major features of qualitative methods

Answer 12

Holistic

The whole situation

About feelings and is subjective

Need to have rapport between researcher and study population

Question 13

State three major features of quantitative methods

Answer 13

Numerical

Statistics

Single part of a situation

About facts, not feelings

Objective

Prediction

Control

Question 14

What do you think differentiates between qualitative and quantitative methods?

Answer 14

How the data id obtained/collected

The researcher is involved in qual but not quan

Question 15

What would you expect to find in the methods section of a research study?

Answer 15

How the study was conducted

Who was involved

Data collection and analysis

Question 16

What would you expect to find in the discussion section of a research study?

Answer 16

Findings

Conclusion

Limitations

Suggestions for future study

Question 17

List three considerations that you would take into account before you used the
results of a study to change your clinical practice.
Briefly explain why these are
important

Answer 17

1. Is the research appropriate for the question
2. Need to consider patient preferences - is it relevant to the patient preferences?
3. Is it reliable?