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Chapter 7: Evidence-Based Practice in Medical-Surgical Nursing
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The cardiac nurse wants to know about the best practices to prevent pneumonia after
open-heart surgery. What does the nurse do first?
a. Critically appraise relevant evidence.
b. Implement acceptable recommendations.
c. Ask clinical experts for their opinions.
d. Search for evidence to answer the question.
ANS: D
The process of evidence-based practice (EBP) is systematic and consists of several steps.
After asking “burning” clinical questions, the next step is to find the very best evidence to try
to answer the question.
2. The nurse is identifying clinical practice problems on a cardiac unit. What question is a
foreground question?
a. “What is the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure?”
b. “How does smoking affect the internal lumens of arteries?
c. “What is the best treatment for a myocardial infarction?
d. “How are a client’s vital signs affected by anxiety?”
ANS: C
A foreground question asks a question of relationship and may be controversial (best
treatment). All other questions are background questions, which ask for a fact.
3. The nursing student asks, “What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative clinical
questions?” What is the nurse’s best response?
a. “Qualitative questions utilize a strict statistical analysis of information.”
b. “Quantitative questions identify relationships between measurable concepts.”
c. “Qualitative questions ask about associations among defined phenomena.”
d. “Quantitative questions analyze the content of what a person says or does.”
ANS: B
Quantitative questions ask about the relationship between or among defined, measurable
phenomena and include statistical analysis of information that is collected to answer a
question. Qualitative questions focus on the meanings and interpretations of human
phenomena or experiences of people and usually analyze the content of what a person says
during an interview or what a researcher observes.
4. The nurse is assessing the following PICO(T) question: In a 60-year-old woman with
osteoarthritis, can a COX-2 inhibitor decrease the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding compared
with other NSAIDs? What is the comparison component in this question?
a. Osteoarthritis
b. COX-2 inhibitor
c. NSAIDs
d. Gastrointestinal bleeding
ANS: C
The comparison component of the clinical question may be the standard or the current
treatment, or may be another intervention against which the innovative practice is compared.
In this question, the standard or current practice is other NSAIDs. The innovative practice
(COX-2 inhibitor) is compared against this standard.
5. The nurse is looking for the best interventions for postoperative pain control. When are the
facility’s policies and procedures an appropriate source of evidence?
a. When policies are based on high-quality clinical practice guidelines
b. When evidence is derived from a valid and reliable quantitative research study
c. When procedures originated from opinions of the facility’s chief surgeon
d. When evidence is founded on recommendations from experienced nurses
ANS: A
Facility policies and procedures can be used as evidence of specific nursing practice in the
clinical setting if the policies are based on high-quality evidence. Clinical practice guidelines
are based on systematic reviews, which provide the highest level of evidence. Policies based
on quantitative research, opinions, and experience should not be used because they are not
founded on evidence of highest quality.
7. The nurse is searching for evidence related to a PICOT question. What source provides the
best evidence?
a. Medline database
b. Cochrane library
c. CINAHL database
d. Library of Congress
ANS: B
The top level of evidence consists of systematic reviews. The major purpose of systematic
reviews is to provide high-quality evidence to busy clinicians who do not have the time to
spend finding original studies and then reviewing, critiquing, and synthesizing evidence from
each study. These reviews can be found in the Cochrane library; the Medline and CINAHL
databases provide single studies that are not reviewed, critiqued, or synthesized for the
clinician. The Library of Congress houses the world’s largest collection of historical and
cultural references; it does not provide best evidence related to health care PICOT questions.
8. A hospice nurse routinely uses Therapeutic Touch to promote comfort. A current client
demonstrates anxiety when this intervention is offered. What is the nurse’s best response?
a. Provide pain medication to manage the client’s comfort and pain.
b. Continue with the intervention because it has worked with other clients.
c. Search for alternative interventions to better meet the client’s needs.
d. Share research that supports Therapeutic Touch with the client.
ANS: C
Evidence-based practice integrates best evidence with the clinician’s experience and client
preferences. If a client is not receptive to an intervention, the best nursing response is to
search for an alternative evidence-based intervention that is congruent with the client’s
preferences.
9. The health care facility is implementing a new evidence-based nursing protocol. What is
necessary to ensure successful implementation?
a. Tools to evaluate the protocol are valid and reliable.
b. Support from the nurses implementing the protocol is present.
c. Recommendations for the protocol are obtained from senior administrators.
d. The evidence-based protocol is cost-effective for the facility.
ANS: B
Complete buy-in from the people who will be involved in implementing the new protocol is
essential for the success of implementation.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension/Understanding REF: p. 83
TOP: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment (Management of Care—Ethical
Practice) MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process (Planning)
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The nurse is developing a clinical question in a PICOT format. What components are included
in the question? (Select all that apply.)
a. Population
b. Comparison
c. Observation
d. Intervention
e. Technique
ANS: A, B, D
The major components of a PICOT question are population, intervention, comparison, and
outcome, with an added time component when appropriate.
3. A nurse who wants to incorporate evidence-based practices into client care on a medical unit
is meeting resistance. What barriers prevent nurses from engaging in evidence-based
practices? (Select all that apply.)
a. Difficulty accessing research materials
b. Difficulty understanding client needs
c. Lack of value for research in practice
d. Lack of value for client preferences
e. Inadequate available time
f. Inadequate nurse-client ratios
ANS: A, C, E
Major barriers that prevent nurses from engaging in evidence-based practice include lack of
time, lack of value for research in practice, lack of understanding of organization or structure
of electronic databases, difficulty accessing research materials, lack of computer skills, and
difficulty understanding research articles.
Figure 61
The principle of the 5-spoke pass defense and the 4-spoke pass
defense is basically the same with the exception you have only four
spokes or four men in the outer perimeter of your secondary. The
spokes run from an imaginary center with a defender placed on the
end of each spoke, as illustrated in Figure 62.
These spokes can all be lengthened or shortened, as was
explained previously for the 5-spoke defense. They must move as a
unit or team, however, or there will be vulnerable areas in the
secondary. We run an imaginary line from defender to defender,
considering the lines as a rubber band, as illustrated in Figure 63.
The rubber band can stretch, but it should not break.
Figure 62
Figure 63
Versus the straight drop back pass, as illustrated in Figure 66, the
linebackers, corner men and twin safeties will react as follows:
Figure 66
Defensive Left Corner Man—On the snap of the ball the defensive
corner man is in a position to observe both the end and the halfback
nearest to him. If the end releases and the halfback is coming toward
him, the corner man must turn to his outside and sprint to a position
eight yards deep. He sets up in a good football position and covers
his short one-quarter area. He never takes his eyes off the passer,
and should the ball be thrown into his area he intercepts the pass.
Defensive Left Halfback (Safety)—After he lines up in his proper
position, the defensive halfback upon recognizing a straight drop
back pass developing, immediately looks to see which side has two
eligible receivers. He then starts to his outside and goes deep,
unless he receives an oral signal from his corner man releasing him
from his deep one-third area. As shown in Figure 66, the defensive
left halfback covers the deep one-third area to his side of the field.
Defensive Right Halfback (Safety)—After lining up in his proper
position and stance, the defensive right halfback, upon recognizing
the drop back pass, covers the deep one-third zone. Should he
receive an oral signal from his corner man, he is released from
covering the deep one-third to his side and he now covers the deep
middle one-third. He should receive the signal on his third or fourth
step, if the corner man gives it. The safety then plants his foot and
turns to the inside, always facing the passer, while he sprints to the
middle one-third if he is released from his other responsibility by his
corner man.
Defensive Right Corner Man—On the snap of the ball, when the
defensive corner man observes the drop back pass developing, and
the end and halfback release to his side, he starts to his outside in
order to cover his short one-quarter area. If the near halfback stays
in and blocks, and only the end releases, the corner man gives an
oral signal to his safety, the defensive right halfback, who covers the
middle one-third, and the corner man covers the deep one-third area
on his side.
Defensive Linebackers—The defensive linebackers play exactly
like the linebackers on a 5-spoke defense, which I explained
previously. The only difference is the area which they line up in (see
Figure 55 and Figure 66). On the 4-spoke pass defense the
linebackers play the straight drop back pass and the action pass
exactly as they do on a 5-spoke defense, which I explained
previously.
Figure 68
The defensive right halfback moves over and plays the safety
position. When the straight drop back pass develops, he covers the
deep middle one-third of the field. As he goes back to cover his area,
he faces toward the strong side of the offense.
The defensive right corner man revolves from his regular corner
position back to a defensive halfback. He lines up about three yards
outside of his offensive end, and when the pass develops, he covers
the deep one-third of the field that he has lined up in.
The linebackers play their regular technique, sprinting to their
usual spots to play their regular pass defense.
Figure 70
Figure 71
Figure 72
PREDETERMINED ROTATION
When identifying our different defenses, we decided to number all
of our 4-spoke defenses in the 40 series as far as the secondary was
concerned. I mentioned in a previous chapter that we have a
defensive signal caller for the secondary, as well as for the defensive
line. We decided that 4-spoke and 40 had something in common (the
4’s), and would be easy for our players to remember. Consequently
a 4-spoke defense is in the 40 series.
In addition, we gave our right and left corner men numbers. Our
objective was to eliminate indecision as the second digit, when
called, gave the corner man a definite responsibility, as will be
illustrated shortly. Therefore, it was possible for the secondary to do
a good job of rotation merely by watching the flow of the offensive
backs.
As an example, let’s assume our defensive signal caller says, “40,”
which is our regular 4-spoke defense. Therefore, our secondary will
revolve according to the flow of the offensive backs, and the corner
men will read the end and halfback nearest to them in order to
ascertain whether they go up or drop back.
However, we will do more than play a straight 40 defense. By
numbering our corner men, we can predetermine the rotation. Our
right corner man is given the even numbers 4 and 8, and the left
corner man the odd numbers 5 and 9. Therefore, we can call 44, 45,
48 and 49 defenses from the 4-spoke alignment. Now 44 and 48
mean two different things, as does 45 and 49. However, 44 and 45
are the same, only to opposite sides of the line, and the same holds
true for 48 and 49.
When our defensive signal caller calls, “44,” our secondary will
have a predetermined rotation to our right, unless the flow of the
offensive backs is to our left. Then we will play regular and disregard
the predetermined call. Let’s assume 44 was called and the flow of
the offensive backs was to our right. We have already predetermined
our rotation. Regardless of whether it is a pass or a run, our
defensive right corner man must come across the line of scrimmage
and contain the passer quickly, as illustrated in Figure 73. Our
defensive right inside linebacker knows the corner will contain
quickly, so he is now responsible for the short one-quarter area the
corner man usually covers on a flow pass toward him (Figure 73). If
the corner man was hesitant before, he need not be under these
conditions as he knows he will contain without fail on a 44
predetermined call when the flow is toward him.
Figure 73
If the flow was away from him on a 44 call, as illustrated in Figure
75, the predetermined call is “off,” and he revolves back and covers
his regular position. Both situations would be reversed if the call was
“45.”
Defensive call 44 is also good versus a straight back pass, as
illustrated in Figure 74. The same is true of defense 45. The only
thing that erases the predetermined call is when the flow is away
from the second digit called, i.e., away from 4 or 5.
Figure 74
Figure 75
Figure 76