EBP chapter 3 practice questions
As people age, blood pressure measurements normally increase. This is an example of what type of relationship in a hypothesis?
Associative relationship
An ___________ has a narrow scope, providing a bridge from grand theory to a testable theory
middle range nursing theory
Which of the following demonstrate the importance of nurses gaining an understanding of existing research on a specific topic? ( select all that apply)
- Reading existing research helps nurses understand current knowledge about the topic. - reading existing research helps nurses identify gaps about what is known. - reading existing research helps nurses recognize research problems
The Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has what purpose(s) (select all that apply)
-To improve delivery and coordination of primary care - to ensure high quality, safe, and effective care - To ensure efficient clinical prevention and chronic disease care
Healthy People 2020 had what purpose with regards to healthcare delivery in the United States?
It prioritizes ways to improve health and the health care of the nation for a 10 year time span
the five components of mnemonic PICOT include:
Patient population or patient condition of interest
When the nurse is narrowing a research focus and determining a research topic, it is important to consider which of the following?
The clinical significan of the research, ensuring that it adds to the body of nursing knowledge
True or false? Research problem can be identified by a nurse through providing patient care
True
True or False? The study hypothesis is defined as: formal statements regarding the expected or predicted relationship between two or more variables in a specific population
true
A nurse researcher understands that a mediator accounts for how or why two _________ are strongly associated.
varibles
